core: (fixes #1049) add error message to ObjectFactory::Create

2024-03-12 23:02:10 +01:00
parent 3f5d421fe7
commit b0696dd8fe
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/src/core/model/object-factory.h
+++ b/src/core/model/object-factory.h
@@ -205,7 +205,11 @@ Ptr<T>
 ObjectFactory::Create() const
 {
    Ptr<Object> object = Create();
-    return object->GetObject<T>();
+    auto obj = object->GetObject<T>();
+    NS_ASSERT_MSG(obj != nullptr,
+                  "ObjectFactory::Create error: incompatible types ("
+                      << T::GetTypeId().GetName() << " and " << object->GetInstanceTypeId() << ")");
+    return obj;
 }

 template <typename... Args>