ItemWrapper< TY > Class Template Reference

#include "lib/wrapper.hpp"

Description

template<typename TY>
class lib::wrapper::ItemWrapper< TY >

Universal value/ref wrapper accessible similar to a pointer.

A copyable, assignable value object to hold a given value within an embedded inline buffer. It can be default constructed and bool evaluated to detect an empty holder. The value is retrieved through a pointer-like interface, by explicit dereferentiation. (Contrast this to std::ref, where the original reference is retrieved by conversion).

Note

when the embedded value is a pointer, ItemWrapper does not take ownership of and manage data the pointer is pointing to.

The purpose of this template is to be able to remember pretty much any kind of value or pointer or reference, and to subsume this handling within a single template. An example would be to remember the value yielded by a function, without any further assumptions regarding this function.

Definition at line 111 of file wrapper.hpp.

Public Member Functions
	ItemWrapper (TY const &o)
	ItemWrapper (TY &&ro)
	ItemWrapper (ItemWrapper const &ref)
	ItemWrapper (ItemWrapper &&rref)
ItemWrapper &	defaultInit ()
	implant a default-initialised instance of the payload type
bool	isValid () const
	operator bool () const
TY &	operator* () const
TY *	operator-> () const
ItemWrapper &	operator= (ItemWrapper const &cref)
ItemWrapper &	operator= (ItemWrapper &ref)
ItemWrapper &	operator= (ItemWrapper &&rref)
template<typename X >
ItemWrapper &	operator= (X &&something)
	Emulate »assignment« by discarding and then construction of a new payload. More...
void	reset ()

Private Types
using	TY_unconst = std::remove_const_t< TY >

Private Member Functions
TY &	access () const
TY_unconst &	access_unconst () const
	< used to assign new buffer contents
template<typename REF >
void	build (REF &&ref)
void	discard ()

Private Attributes
std::byte	content_ [sizeof(TY)]
bool	created_

Member Function Documentation

operator=()

ItemWrapper& operator= ( X &&  something )

inline

Emulate »assignment« by discarding and then construction of a new payload.

Parameters

something

from which TY can be (copy/move)constructed

Remarks

allows handling »move-only« types; for the typical use case, something new is fabricated in a lambda and then moved into the ItemWrapper; thus the performance overhead of destroy/re-created is not deemed relevant. SFINAE tricks on hidden/deleted assignment operator can be unreliable.

Definition at line 230 of file wrapper.hpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• wrapper.hpp