// properties.hios
#ifndef _PROPERTIES_H #define _PROPERTIES_H #define PROPERTY(t,n) __declspec( property ( put = property__set_##n, get = property__get_##n ) ) t n;\ typedef t property__tmp_type_##n #define READONLY_PROPERTY(t,n) __declspec( property (get = property__get_##n) ) t n;\ typedef t property__tmp_type_##n #define WRITEONLY_PROPERTY(t,n) __declspec( property (put = property__set_##n) ) t n;\ typedef t property__tmp_type_##n #define GET(n) property__tmp_type_##n property__get_##n() #define SET(n) void property__set_##n(const property__tmp_type_##n& value) #endif /* _PROPERTIES_H */
// main.cppspa
#include <iostream> #include <math.h> #include "properties.h" class Vector2 { public: float x; float y; READONLY_PROPERTY(float, Length); GET(Length) { return sqrt((x*x + y*y)); } }; int main() { Vector2 vec; vec.x = 1; vec.y = 1; std::cout << "Length of vector(" << vec.x << ", " << vec.y << ") = "; std::cout << vec.Length << "\n"; // <--- property, not a function call return 0; }
The above code works with any Visual C++ version above 6.0. It does not need any additional dependencies -- as the section title states, it is a full example.code