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/* Copyright (c) 1992 by AT&T Bell Laboratories. */
/* Advanced C++ Programming Styles and Idioms */
/* James O. Coplien */
/* All rights reserved. */
//************************************************************//
// //
// F I L E : E K . C //
// //
// Code for class Thing //
// //
//************************************************************//
#include "ek.h"
Thing *
Thing::cutover() {
// placeholder for cutover function. This function is
// provided by the user on a case-by-case basis to
// orchestrate the conversion between an old class
// data format and a new one. The function is
// invoked on an instance of the old class, and should
// return an instance of the new one.
return this;
}
int
Thing::docutover() {
// the user may choose not to cut over some objects
// on a class data conversion. This function returns
// true or false on an object-by-object basis to tell
// whether the object should be converted to the new
// format. This is done mainly for objects shared
// by multiple envelope classes: the object needs
// to be converted exactly once, NOT once per
// envelope, and docutover can orchestrate when that
// shared object is converted (by looking at its
// reference count, keeping a shadow counter, etc.)
return 1;
}