base/template_util.h

   1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
   2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
   3 // found in the LICENSE file.
   4
   5 #ifndef BASE_TEMPLATE_UTIL_H_
   6 #define BASE_TEMPLATE_UTIL_H_
   7
   8 #include <cstddef>  // For size_t.
   9
  10 #include "build/build_config.h"
  11
  12 namespace base {
  13
  14 // template definitions from tr1
  15
  16 template<class T, T v>
  17 struct integral_constant {
  18   static const T value = v;
  19   typedef T value_type;
  20   typedef integral_constant<T, v> type;
  21 };
  22
  23 template <class T, T v> const T integral_constant<T, v>::value;
  24
  25 typedef integral_constant<bool, true> true_type;
  26 typedef integral_constant<bool, false> false_type;
  27
  28 template <class T> struct is_pointer : false_type {};
  29 template <class T> struct is_pointer<T*> : true_type {};
  30
  31 template <class T, class U> struct is_same : public false_type {};
  32 template <class T> struct is_same<T,T> : true_type {};
  33
  34 template<class> struct is_array : public false_type {};
  35 template<class T, size_t n> struct is_array<T[n]> : public true_type {};
  36 template<class T> struct is_array<T[]> : public true_type {};
  37
  38 template <class T> struct is_non_const_reference : false_type {};
  39 template <class T> struct is_non_const_reference<T&> : true_type {};
  40 template <class T> struct is_non_const_reference<const T&> : false_type {};
  41
  42 template <class T> struct is_void : false_type {};
  43 template <> struct is_void<void> : true_type {};
  44
  45 namespace internal {
  46
  47 // Types YesType and NoType are guaranteed such that sizeof(YesType) <
  48 // sizeof(NoType).
  49 typedef char YesType;
  50
  51 struct NoType {
  52   YesType dummy[2];
  53 };
  54
  55 // This class is an implementation detail for is_convertible, and you
  56 // don't need to know how it works to use is_convertible. For those
  57 // who care: we declare two different functions, one whose argument is
  58 // of type To and one with a variadic argument list. We give them
  59 // return types of different size, so we can use sizeof to trick the
  60 // compiler into telling us which function it would have chosen if we
  61 // had called it with an argument of type From.  See Alexandrescu's
  62 // _Modern C++ Design_ for more details on this sort of trick.
  63
  64 struct ConvertHelper {
  65   template <typename To>
  66   static YesType Test(To);
  67
  68   template <typename To>
  69   static NoType Test(...);
  70
  71   template <typename From>
  72   static From& Create();
  73 };
  74
  75 // Used to determine if a type is a struct/union/class. Inspired by Boost's
  76 // is_class type_trait implementation.
  77 struct IsClassHelper {
  78   template <typename C>
  79   static YesType Test(void(C::*)(void));
  80
  81   template <typename C>
  82   static NoType Test(...);
  83 };
  84
  85 }  // namespace internal
  86
  87 // Inherits from true_type if From is convertible to To, false_type otherwise.
  88 //
  89 // Note that if the type is convertible, this will be a true_type REGARDLESS
  90 // of whether or not the conversion would emit a warning.
  91 template <typename From, typename To>
  92 struct is_convertible
  93     : integral_constant<bool,
  94                         sizeof(internal::ConvertHelper::Test<To>(
  95                                    internal::ConvertHelper::Create<From>())) ==
  96                         sizeof(internal::YesType)> {
  97 };
  98
  99 template <typename T>
 100 struct is_class
 101     : integral_constant<bool,
 102                         sizeof(internal::IsClassHelper::Test<T>(0)) ==
 103                             sizeof(internal::YesType)> {
 104 };
 105
 106 }  // namespace base
 107
 108 #endif  // BASE_TEMPLATE_UTIL_H_