LuaVariable.hpp

// Copyright � 2013 Tom Tondeur
// 
// This file is part of LuaLink.
// 
// LuaLink is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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// 
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#pragma once

#include <lua.hpp>

namespace LuaLink
{
	template <typename T> class LuaClass;

	class LuaVariable
	{
    public:
		template<typename T>
		// // Register a variable of type T, will be automatically registered for a class if done so in the appropriate member function
		static void Register(T& var, const char* varName);

	private:
		//LuaScript and LuaClass need to trigger the actual commits to the lua_State
		friend class LuaScript;
		template<typename T> friend class LuaClass;

		// // Commits all registered variables to the lua_State, pass 0 to register as global, otherwise the index on the stack of the table to register variables for
		static void Commit(lua_State* pLuaState, int tableIdx = 0);
		
		//Disable default constructor, destructor, copy constructor & assignment operator
		LuaVariable(void) = delete;
		~LuaVariable(void) = delete;
		LuaVariable(const LuaVariable& src) = delete;
		LuaVariable& operator=(const LuaVariable& src) = delete;
	};
}

#include "LuaVariable.inl"