Re: ? Feature Detection ala JavaScript
Tamas Demjen <tdemjen@yahoo.com> wrote:
In JavaScript it is possible to detect features, eg:
if (document.getElementById)
document.getElementById(blah);
else
theotherway(blah);
Others have already answered the C++ language aspect of your
question. I would like to discuss the special case of COM objects.
You can detect features of COM object from C++, as long as it
implements the IDispatch interface. After calling GetTypeInfo, you
can retrieve information about the interface, such as a list of
member functions and their parameters
Or, you could just call IDispatch::GetIdsOfNames to check whether the
object supports a given name as a property or method. Note that
JavaScript engine doesn't use type libraries, even when available.
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
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