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| -rw-r--r-- | include/base.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/base.h b/include/base.h index fa3399e29..3fa0dac6d 100644 --- a/include/base.h +++ b/include/base.h @@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public: * @param key The key parameter is an arbitary string which identifies the extension data * @param p This parameter is a pointer to any data you wish to associate with the object * - * You must provide a key to store the data as, and a void* to the data (typedef VoidPointer) + * You must provide a key to store the data as via the parameter 'key' and store the data + * in the templated parameter 'p'. * The data will be inserted into the map. If the data already exists, you may not insert it * twice, Extensible::Extend will return false in this case. * @@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ public: /** Get an extension item. * * @param key The key parameter is an arbitary string which identifies the extension data - * @return If you provide a non-existent key name, the function returns NULL, otherwise a pointer to the item referenced by the key is returned. + * @param p If you provide a non-existent key, this value will be NULL. Otherwise a pointer to the item you requested will be placed in this templated parameter. + * @return Returns true if the item was found and false if it was nor, regardless of wether 'p' is NULL. This allows you to store NULL values in Extensible. */ template<typename T> bool GetExt(const std::string &key, T* &p) { |