openmethod/examples/asteroids.cpp

// asteroids.cpp
// Copyright (c) 2018-2025 Jean-Louis Leroy
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

// Example for Wikipedia

#include <boost/openmethod.hpp>
#include <boost/openmethod/compiler.hpp>

class Thing {
  public:
    virtual ~Thing() {
    }
};

class Asteroid : public Thing {};

class Spaceship : public Thing {};

BOOST_OPENMETHOD_CLASSES(Thing, Spaceship, Asteroid);

BOOST_OPENMETHOD(collideWith, (virtual_ptr<Thing>, virtual_ptr<Thing>), void);

BOOST_OPENMETHOD_OVERRIDE(
    collideWith, (virtual_ptr<Thing> left, virtual_ptr<Thing> right), void) {
    // default collision handling
}

BOOST_OPENMETHOD_OVERRIDE(
    collideWith, (virtual_ptr<Asteroid> left, virtual_ptr<Asteroid> right),
    void) {
    // handle Asteroid-Asteroid collision
}

BOOST_OPENMETHOD_OVERRIDE(
    collideWith, (virtual_ptr<Asteroid> left, virtual_ptr<Spaceship> right),
    void) {
    // handle Asteroid-Spaceship collision
}

BOOST_OPENMETHOD_OVERRIDE(
    collideWith, (virtual_ptr<Spaceship> left, virtual_ptr<Asteroid> right),
    void) {
    // handle Spaceship-Asteroid collision
}

BOOST_OPENMETHOD_OVERRIDE(
    collideWith, (virtual_ptr<Spaceship> left, virtual_ptr<Spaceship> right),
    void) {
    // handle Spaceship-Spaceship collision
}

auto main() -> int {
    boost::openmethod::initialize();

    Asteroid a1, a2;
    Spaceship s1, s2;

    collideWith(a1, a2);
    collideWith(a1, s1);

    collideWith(s1, s2);
    collideWith(s1, a1);

    return 0;
}