RHolder.hxx

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#ifndef ROOT7_Browsable_RHolder
#define ROOT7_Browsable_RHolder
 
#include "TClass.h"
 
#include <memory>
 
namespace ROOT {
namespace Experimental {
 
class RLogChannel;
/// Log channel for Browsable diagnostics.
RLogChannel &BrowsableLog(); // implemented in RElement.cxx
 
namespace Browsable {
 
/** \class RHolder
\ingroup rbrowser
\brief Basic class for object holder of any kind. Could be used to transfer shared_ptr or unique_ptr or plain pointer
\author Sergey Linev <S.Linev@gsi.de>
\date 2019-10-19
\warning This is part of the ROOT 7 prototype! It will change without notice. It might trigger earthquakes. Feedback is welcome!
*/
 
class RHolder {
protected:
 
   /** Returns pointer on existing shared_ptr<T> */
   virtual void *GetShared() const { return nullptr; }
 
   /** Returns pointer with ownership, normally via unique_ptr<T>::release() or tobj->Clone() */
   virtual void *TakeObject() { return nullptr; }
 
   /** Returns plain object pointer without care about ownership, should not be used often */
   virtual void *AccessObject() { return nullptr; }
 
   /** Create copy of container, works only when pointer can be shared */
   virtual RHolder *DoCopy() const { return nullptr; }
 
public:
   virtual ~RHolder() = default;
 
   /** Returns class of contained object */
   virtual const TClass *GetClass() const = 0;
 
   /** Returns direct (temporary) object pointer */
   virtual const void *GetObject() const = 0;
 
   template <class T>
   bool InheritsFrom() const
   {
      return TClass::GetClass<T>()->InheritsFrom(GetClass());
   }
 
   template <class T>
   bool CanCastTo() const
   {
      return const_cast<TClass *>(GetClass())->GetBaseClassOffset(TClass::GetClass<T>()) == 0;
   }
 
   /** Returns direct object pointer cast to provided class */
 
   template<class T>
   const T *Get() const
   {
      if (CanCastTo<T>())
         return (const T *) GetObject();
 
      return nullptr;
   }
 
   /** Clone container. Trivial for shared_ptr and TObject holder, does not work for unique_ptr */
   auto Copy() const { return std::unique_ptr<RHolder>(DoCopy()); }
 
 
   /** Returns unique_ptr of contained object */
   template<class T>
   std::unique_ptr<T> get_unique()
   {
      // ensure that direct inheritance is used
      if (!CanCastTo<T>())
         return nullptr;
      auto pobj = TakeObject();
      if (pobj) {
         std::unique_ptr<T> unique;
         unique.reset(static_cast<T *>(pobj));
         return unique;
      }
      return nullptr;
   }
 
   /** Returns shared_ptr of contained object */
   template<class T>
   std::shared_ptr<T> get_shared()
   {
      // ensure that direct inheritance is used
      if (!CanCastTo<T>())
         return nullptr;
      auto pshared = GetShared();
      if (pshared)
         return *(static_cast<std::shared_ptr<T> *>(pshared));
 
      // automatically convert unique pointer to shared
      return get_unique<T>();
   }
 
   /** Returns plains pointer on object without ownership, only can be used for TObjects */
   template<class T>
   T *get_object()
   {
      if (!CanCastTo<T>())
         return nullptr;
 
      return (T *) AccessObject();
   }
};
 
} // namespace Browsable
} // namespace Experimental
} // namespace ROOT
 
 
#endif