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// Copyright 2019 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
/*! \file pointer_traits.hpp
* \brief Additional type traits support for smart pointers
*/
#ifndef RCPPUTILS__POINTER_TRAITS_HPP_
#define RCPPUTILS__POINTER_TRAITS_HPP_
#include <memory>
#include <type_traits>
namespace rcpputils
{
namespace details
{
template<class T>
struct is_smart_pointer_helper : std::false_type
{};
template<class T>
struct is_smart_pointer_helper<std::shared_ptr<T>>: std::true_type
{};
template<class T>
struct is_smart_pointer_helper<std::unique_ptr<T>>: std::true_type
{};
template<class T>
struct is_smart_pointer : is_smart_pointer_helper<typename std::remove_cv<T>::type>
{};
template<
class T,
bool is_smart_pointer
>
struct remove_pointer
{
using type = typename std::remove_pointer<T>::type;
};
template<class T>
struct remove_pointer<T, true>
{
using type = typename std::remove_pointer<
decltype(std::declval<typename std::remove_volatile<T>::type>().get())>::type;
};
} // namespace details
/// Type traits for validating if T is of type pointer or smart pointer
/**
* In comparison to the existing type trait for pointer in the stdlib `std::is_pointer<T>`
* https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/types/is_pointer this trait is enhancing it for
* checking of smart pointer types as well.
* The valid pointer types are T*, std::shared_pointer<T> and std::unique_ptr<T>
*
* Potential use cases are for static assert when passing a template parameter requiring this
* parameter to be of type pointer without specifying which type of pointer (raw, smart).
*
* ```
* class MyType
* {
* template<class T>
* MyType(T && arg)
* {
* static_assert(rcpputils::is_pointer<decltype(arg)>::value, "arg has to be a pointer");
*
* arg->do_stuff(); // with the assert above, this call is guaranteed to work.
* }
* };
* ```
*/
template<class T>
struct is_pointer
{
/// Indicates whether this object is a pointer or smart pointer.
static constexpr bool value = std::is_pointer<typename std::remove_reference<T>::type>::value ||
details::is_smart_pointer<typename std::remove_reference<T>::type>::value;
};
/// Type traits for deducing the data type of T from a pointer or smart pointer.
/**
* In comparison to the existing type trait for pointer in the stdlib `std::remove_pointer<T>`
* https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/types/remove_pointer this trait is enhancing it for
* checking of smart pointer types as well.
* The valid pointer types are T*, std::shared_pointer<T> and std::unique_ptr<T>
*
*/
template<class T>
struct remove_pointer
{
using type = typename details::remove_pointer<
typename std::remove_reference<T>::type, details::is_smart_pointer<T>::value>::type;
};
} // namespace rcpputils
#endif // RCPPUTILS__POINTER_TRAITS_HPP_