From f961a492483a2de6b07c5668e04f20fad184790f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gianpaolopalma <gianpaolo.palma@isti.cnr.it>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 13:52:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added type info to the custom attributes

---
 vcg/complex/allocate.h | 4 ++++
 vcg/complex/base.h     | 4 +++-
 vcg/complex/complex.h  | 1 +
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vcg/complex/allocate.h b/vcg/complex/allocate.h
index 25486233..25cf2424 100644
--- a/vcg/complex/allocate.h
+++ b/vcg/complex/allocate.h
@@ -1070,6 +1070,7 @@ public:
     h._sizeof = sizeof(ATTR_TYPE);
     h._padding = 0;
     h._handle =   new SimpleTempData<VertContainer,ATTR_TYPE>(m.vert);
+    h._type = typeid(ATTR_TYPE);
     m.attrn++;
     h.n_attr = m.attrn;
     std::pair < AttrIterator , bool> res =  m.vert_attr.insert(h);
@@ -1211,6 +1212,7 @@ public:
     h._padding = 0;
     //		h._typename = typeid(ATTR_TYPE).name();
     h._handle =  new SimpleTempData<EdgeContainer,ATTR_TYPE>(m.edge);
+    h._type = typeid(ATTR_TYPE);
     m.attrn++;
     h.n_attr = m.attrn;
     std::pair < AttrIterator , bool> res =  m.edge_attr.insert(h);
@@ -1334,6 +1336,7 @@ public:
     h._sizeof = sizeof(ATTR_TYPE);
     h._padding = 0;
     h._handle =   new SimpleTempData<FaceContainer,ATTR_TYPE>(m.face);
+    h._type = typeid(ATTR_TYPE);
     m.attrn++;
     h.n_attr = m.attrn;
     std::pair < AttrIterator , bool> res =  m.face_attr.insert(h);
@@ -1452,6 +1455,7 @@ public:
     h._sizeof = sizeof(ATTR_TYPE);
     h._padding = 0;
     h._handle =  new Attribute<ATTR_TYPE>();
+    h._type = typeid(ATTR_TYPE);
     m.attrn++;
     h.n_attr = m.attrn;
     std::pair < AttrIterator , bool> res =  m.mesh_attr.insert(h);
diff --git a/vcg/complex/base.h b/vcg/complex/base.h
index fc178f79..65cfb4a9 100644
--- a/vcg/complex/base.h
+++ b/vcg/complex/base.h
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ public:
     int _padding;						// padding 	(used only with VMI loading)
 
     int n_attr;							// unique ID of the attribute
-
+    std::type_index _type;
     void Resize(size_t sz){((SimpleTempDataBase *)_handle)->Resize(sz);}
     void Reorder(std::vector<size_t> & newVertIndex){((SimpleTempDataBase *)_handle)->Reorder(newVertIndex);}
     bool operator<(const  PointerToAttribute    b) const {	return(_name.empty()&&b._name.empty())?(_handle < b._handle):( _name < b._name);}
+
+    PointerToAttribute(): _type(typeid(void)) { };
 };
 
 
diff --git a/vcg/complex/complex.h b/vcg/complex/complex.h
index 0121700e..ebc3dc1e 100644
--- a/vcg/complex/complex.h
+++ b/vcg/complex/complex.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <limits>
 #include <iterator>
+#include <typeindex>
 #include <wrap/callback.h>
 #include <vcg/complex/exception.h>
 #include <vcg/container/simple_temporary_data.h>