Type of dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_
 

Dear all,

In many parts of OpenFOAM (e.g. src/combustionModels/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModelNew.C) the variable dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_ occurs.

I would like to know what the class of this variable is, and where on the code it is instantiated.

Thanks!

I found that the variable dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_ that occurs on src/combustionModels/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModelNew.C
is of pointer type Foam::combustionModels:: psiCombustionModel::dictionaryConstructorTable* {aka Foam::HashTable<Foam::autoPtr<Foam::combustionMode ls:: psiCombustionModel> (*)(const Foam::word&, const Foam::fvMesh&), Foam::word, Foam::string::hash>*}.

So I believe its type varies according to the scope of dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_.

Check out this blog post. There is an entire series on RTS that I wrote, you might want to read that if you want to understand the RTS mechanism.

FYI: do not expect to read that stuff in 2 minutes and understand everything immediately - it's a complicated system that uses macros together with nested class templates to register stuff to class-static hash tables. It is not a cookie recipe ;) Work over the source code examples (available on bitbucket ). If you find a bug in the examples, please submit an issue here

Hello t.oliveira
found another place where it is explained in another way.
http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Op...tion_mechanism

Maybe it helps,
Wouter

Thanks, Tomislav and Wouter.

Tomislav, the series on RTS on sourceflux blog is one of a kind. Please consider making a new chapter out of it to add to the next edition of your book (which has been very useful, by the way).

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