// BlockyFroggy
// Created by John Ryland on 17/3/19
// Copyright © 2019 John Ryland. All rights reserved.
#pragma once
#ifndef Factory_h
#define Factory_h


template <typename T>
struct GenericFactoryItem
{
  GenericFactoryItem(const char* a_name, T a_value)
    : m_name(a_name), m_value(a_value), m_next(getFactoryHead())
  {
    getFactoryHead(this);
  }
  const char* m_name;
  T m_value;
  const GenericFactoryItem<T>* m_next;
  static const GenericFactoryItem<T>* getFactoryHead(const GenericFactoryItem<T>* newValue = nullptr);
};


// It shouldn't matter, but for XCode this needed to not be inline in the definition above
template <typename T>
const GenericFactoryItem<T>* GenericFactoryItem<T>::getFactoryHead(const GenericFactoryItem<T>* newValue)
{
  static const GenericFactoryItem<T>* s_factoryHead = nullptr;
  if (newValue != nullptr)
    s_factoryHead = newValue;
  return s_factoryHead;
}


#endif /* Factory_h */