CObject

CObject is the base class of most of the MFC classes. It has built is support for

  1. Runtime object name identification
  2. Serialization support
  3. Debugging of object's member/state

CObject member functions

  • CObject::AssertValid Validates this object's integrity.
  • CObject::Dump Produces a diagnostic dump of this object.
  • CObject::GetRuntimeClass Returns the CRuntimeClass structure corresponding to this object's class.
  • CObject::IsKindOf Tests this object's relationship to a given class.
  • CObject::IsSerializable Tests to see whether this object can be serialized.
  • CObject::Serialize Loads or stores an object from/to an archive.

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