stlsoft/conversion/ptr_cast.hpp

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/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 * File:        stlsoft/conversion/ptr_cast.hpp
 *
 * Purpose:     A cast that throws bad_cast for dynamic pointer casting, as well
 *              as references.
 *
 * Created:     28th December 2002
 * Updated:     10th August 2009
 *
 * Home:        http://stlsoft.org/
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2009, Matthew Wilson and Synesis Software
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 * ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// */


#ifndef STLSOFT_INCL_STLSOFT_CONVERSION_HPP_PTR_CAST
#define STLSOFT_INCL_STLSOFT_CONVERSION_HPP_PTR_CAST

#ifndef STLSOFT_DOCUMENTATION_SKIP_SECTION
# define STLSOFT_VER_STLSOFT_CONVERSION_HPP_PTR_CAST_MAJOR      4
# define STLSOFT_VER_STLSOFT_CONVERSION_HPP_PTR_CAST_MINOR      0
# define STLSOFT_VER_STLSOFT_CONVERSION_HPP_PTR_CAST_REVISION   8
# define STLSOFT_VER_STLSOFT_CONVERSION_HPP_PTR_CAST_EDIT       38
#endif /* !STLSOFT_DOCUMENTATION_SKIP_SECTION */

/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 * Compatibility
 */

/*
[Incompatibilies-start]
STLSOFT_COMPILER_IS_INTEL: _MSC_VER<1310
STLSOFT_COMPILER_IS_MSVC: _MSC_VER<1310
STLSOFT_COMPILER_IS_WATCOM:
[Incompatibilies-end]
 */

/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 * Includes
 */

#ifndef STLSOFT_INCL_STLSOFT_H_STLSOFT
# include <stlsoft/stlsoft.h>
#endif /* !STLSOFT_INCL_STLSOFT_H_STLSOFT */
#ifndef STLSOFT_INCL_STLSOFT_META_HPP_BASE_TYPE_TRAITS
# include <stlsoft/meta/base_type_traits.hpp>
#endif /* !STLSOFT_INCL_STLSOFT_META_HPP_BASE_TYPE_TRAITS */

#ifndef STLSOFT_INCL_TYPEINFO
# define STLSOFT_INCL_TYPEINFO
# include <typeinfo>
#endif /* !STLSOFT_INCL_TYPEINFO */

/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 * Namespace
 */

#ifndef _STLSOFT_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace stlsoft
{
#endif /* _STLSOFT_NO_NAMESPACE */

/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 * Classes
 */

template <ss_typename_param_k Target>
struct ptr_cast
{
public:
    typedef Target                                                          target_type;
    typedef ptr_cast<Target>                                                class_type;
    typedef ss_typename_type_k stlsoft::base_type_traits<Target>::cv_type   target_base_type;
    typedef target_base_type&                                               reference_type;
    typedef target_base_type*                                               pointer_type;

private:
    typedef ss_typename_type_k stlsoft::base_type_traits<Target>::base_type target_base_type_;
    static target_base_type_* manage_const(target_base_type_* p)
    {
        return p;
    }
#if defined(STLSOFT_COMPILER_IS_BORLAND)
    static target_base_type_* manage_const(target_base_type_ const* p)
    {
        return const_cast<target_base_type_*>(p);
    }
#else /* ? compiler */
    static target_base_type_ const* manage_const(target_base_type_ const* p)
    {
        return p;
    }
#endif /* compiler */

public:
    template <ss_typename_param_k Source>
    ptr_cast(Source &s)
        : m_p(manage_const(&dynamic_cast<Target>(s)))
    {
        // Nothing to do: dynamic_cast throws for reference types
    }

    template <ss_typename_param_k Source>
#if defined(STLSOFT_COMPILER_IS_BORLAND) || \
    defined(STLSOFT_COMPILER_IS_GCC) || \
    defined(STLSOFT_COMPILER_IS_MWERKS)
    ptr_cast(Source*& s)
#else /* ? compiler */
    ptr_cast(Source* s)
#endif /* compiler */
        : m_p(manage_const(dynamic_cast<Target>(s)))
    {
        if(NULL == m_p)
        {
            STLSOFT_THROW_X(stlsoft_ns_qual_std(bad_cast)());
        }
    }

#ifndef STLSOFT_DOCUMENTATION_SKIP_SECTION
    ptr_cast(pointer_type pt)
        : m_p(pt)
    {}
    ptr_cast(reference_type t)
        : m_p(&t)
    {}
#endif /* !STLSOFT_DOCUMENTATION_SKIP_SECTION */

public:
    operator reference_type () const
    {
        return const_cast<reference_type>(*m_p);
    }
    operator pointer_type () const
    {
        return const_cast<pointer_type>(m_p);
    }

private:
    pointer_type  m_p;

// Not to be implemented
private:
    ptr_cast(class_type const&);
};

// Unit-testing

#ifdef STLSOFT_UNITTEST
# include "./unittest/ptr_cast_unittest_.h"
#endif /* STLSOFT_UNITTEST */

/* ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// */

#ifndef _STLSOFT_NO_NAMESPACE
} // namespace stlsoft
#endif /* _STLSOFT_NO_NAMESPACE */

/* ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// */

#endif /* !STLSOFT_INCL_STLSOFT_CONVERSION_HPP_PTR_CAST */

/* ///////////////////////////// end of file //////////////////////////// */

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