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+ +<!-- End header --> + + +<!-- NeL Misc Library : Features --> +<table width=100%><tr><td align=left><b>NeL Misc Library : Features</b></td><td align=right><b></b></td></TR></TABLE> + + +<H2>Introduction</H2> +<P>The Misc library contains all the core types and functionality and utilities necessary to use the Net, AI, 3D or PACS libraries.</P> +<P>It also includes a handful of handy utilities that don't belong in any of the other libraries. </P> + +<H2>Features</H2> + +<H3>Core functionality</H3> +<UL> + <li>base data types + <li>platform independent data type definitions such as sint32, uint32, etc + <li>exception base class + <li>debugging macros + <li>debugging macros (assertions, debugging information, warnings,...) w/ link to displayers + <li>A fistfull of handy common routines and classes - maths, string manipulation, etc + <li>Reference counting system with smart pointers + <li>Smart pointers free the data they point to when it is no longer referenced + <li>unicode string management + <li>displayer system which abstracts the displayer (may be stdout, a file, a console window, etc.) + <li>A log message management system based on displayers. Provides message filtering functionality and support for multiple simultaneous displayers. + <li>The Class registry which allows instantiation of polymorphic classes by name. +</UL> + +<H3>Portability</H3> +<UL> + <li>System information retrieval (retrieves info on the system OS, processor, RAM) + <li>Generalised event management system (c/f windows) used for input (keyboard, mouse, etc) + <li>OS independent thread & mutex management with Posix and Windows implementations + <li>System for management of internationaly localised text + <li>OS independent time retrieval (retrieves time from local machine's clock) +</UL> + +<H3>Miscelaneous 3d primitives & utilities</H3> +<UL> + <li>Bounding box and bounding sphere implementations with 1001 associated utility routines + <li>complete implementation of different formats of RGBA colour representations +</UL> + +<H3>Maths</H3> +<UL> + <li>Quaternion classes for quaternion maths + <li>Matrix classes for 3d maths + <li>2D and 3D vector classes in integer, single precision and double precision float implementations + <li>Plane class with associated functionality - projection of vector onto plane, polygon or line segment clipping against plane, etc. +</UL> + +<H3>Memory management</H3> +<UL> + <li>Block and pool based memory managers for minimisation of memory fragmentation + <li>A Fifo manager that houses arbitrary non-uniform sized data blocks. The fifo size is dynamic but memory allocation and liberation is minimal. +</UL> + +<H3>Serialisation & streams</H3> +<UL> + <li>"Based on Java's SERIALISE" + <li>Includes a file version support mechanism that allows backward compatibility (with old data files) + <li>Supports serialisation of: base types, classes composed of serialisable types, STL containers of serialisable types, pointers to serialisable data (including a reference counting system which serialises the data that the pointer points to unless it has already been serialsed by another pointer to the same data - At re-load time the pointers are fixed back up to point to the same data). + <li>Support for Polymorphism (serialisation of classes repherenced by a pinter of their base class type) + <li>Binary memory stream, ASCII memory stream, binary file stream implementations. +</UL> + +<H3>Utilities</H3> +<UL> + <li>Functionality for loading and treating bitmaps of different formats + <li>A Search path management system for locating data files + <li>A string/ integer association system (handy for compacting message types) + <li>A configuration file loading and management system - capable of detecting changes to configuration files and reloading their contents without stopping and relaunching the program. + <li>Manages variables of type string, integer, float, or an array of any of these. + <li>A system for managing lists of functions refernced by a string and calling the appropriate command when passed a string. 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