safeMetaCast

Declaration

static OSMetaClassBase * safeMetaCast( 
 const OSMetaClassBase *anObject, 
 const OSMetaClass *toMeta);

Parameters

• anObject:

  A pointer to the object to be cast.

• toMeta:

  A pointer to a constant OSMetaClass for the desired target type.

Return Value

anObject if the object is derived from the class managed by toMeta, otherwise NULL.

Overview

It is far more convenient to use OSDynamicCast.

See Also

Miscellaneous

• OSCheckTypeInst
• OSDynamicCast
• OSMemberFunctionCast
• OSSafeRelease
• OSSafeReleaseNULL
• OSTypeAlloc
• OSTypeID
• OSTypeIDInst
• checkTypeInst
• getMetaClass
• getRetainCount
• isEqualTo
• metaCast(const char *)
• metaCast(const OSMetaClass *)
• metaCast(const OSString *)
• metaCast(const OSSymbol *)
• release()
• release(int)
• retain
• serialize
• taggedRelease(const void *)
• taggedRelease(const void *, const int)
• taggedRetain