#2 self registering objects
At the moment the code uses a fairly complex mechanism
to parse input files and create the required objects.
This means that introducing new object types requires
making changes in a fairly large number of changes.
For example, introducing a new ThermoType requires
editing SpeciesThermoFactory.cpp, changing
static void getSpeciesThermoTypes( ...) ,
SpeciesThermoFactory::newSpeciesThermo(int type)
SpeciesThermoFactory::newSpeciesThermo(XMLNode*)
etc..
It would be very helpfull if a configurable object
factory were introduced together with the use of the
self registring object technique (eg. as in Jim
Beveridge, Self registering objects in c++ , Dr. Dobb's
Journal, 288, 38 (1998) ) to allow users to add
plugins without the need to touch the rest of the code.
If needed I would be willing to help by implementing
above suggestion