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/**
 * @file objlink.h
 * @short Template for creating linked list of objects with lookup.
 **/


#include <cstddef>

namespace ost {

/**
 * Used to create and manage a single linked list of objects of a common
 * type.  The list of created objects can be examined to find a key by
 * an identifier.
 *
 * @author David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>
 * @short single linked list searchable template chain.
 */
template <class T, typename K>
class objList {
protected:
	static T* objFirst;
	T* objNext;
	const K objKey;

	objList(const K key) 
	{
		objKey = key;
		objNext = objFirst;
		objFirst = (T *)this;
	}
public:
	static T* getObject(const K& key);
};

template <class T, typename K>
T *objList<T, K>::objFirst = NULL;

template <class T, typename K>
T *objList<T, K>::getObject(const K& key)
{
	T *obj = objList<T, K>::objFirst;
	while(obj) {
		if(key == obj->objKey)
			break;
		obj = obj->objNext;
	}
	return obj;
}

}