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[library Boost.Functional/Factory
[quickbook 1.3]
[version 1.0]
[authors [Schwinger, Tobias]]
[copyright 2007 2008 Tobias Schwinger]
[license
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
[@http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt])
]
[purpose Function object templates for object creation.]
[category higher-order]
[category generic]
[last-revision $Date: 2008/11/01 21:44:52 $]
]
[def __boost_bind__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html Boost.Bind]]
[def __boost__bind__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html `boost::bind`]]
[def __boost__forward_adapter__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/functional/forward/doc/index.html `boost::forward_adapter`]]
[def __fusion_functional_adapters__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/fusion/doc/html/functional.html Fusion Functional Adapters]]
[def __boost_function__ [@http://www.boost.org/doc/html/function.html Boost.Function]]
[def __boost__function__ [@http://www.boost.org/doc/html/function.html `boost::function`]]
[def __smart_pointers__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/index.html Smart Pointers]]
[def __boost__shared_ptr__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm `boost::shared_ptr`]]
[def __std__map__ [@http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/map.html `std::map`]]
[def __std__string__ [@http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/string.html `std::string`]]
[def __std_allocator__ [@http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/concepts/allocator.html Allocator]]
[def __std_allocators__ [@http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/concepts/allocator.html Allocators]]
[def __boost__ptr_map__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/ptr_container/doc/ptr_map.html `__boost__ptr_map__`]]
[def __boost__factory__ `boost::factory`]
[def __boost__value_factory__ `boost::value_factory`]
[def __factory__ `factory`]
[def __value_factory__ `value_factory`]
[section Brief Description]
The template __boost__factory__ lets you encapsulate a `new` expression
as a function object, __boost__value_factory__ encapsulates a constructor
invocation without `new`.
__boost__factory__<T*>()(arg1,arg2,arg3)
// same as new T(arg1,arg2,arg3)
__boost__value_factory__<T>()(arg1,arg2,arg3)
// same as T(arg1,arg2,arg3)
For technical reasons the arguments to the function objects have to be
LValues. A factory that also accepts RValues can be composed using the
__boost__forward_adapter__ or __boost__bind__.
[endsect]
[section Background]
In traditional Object Oriented Programming a Factory is an object implementing
an interface of one or more methods that construct objects conforming to known
interfaces.
// assuming a_concrete_class and another_concrete_class are derived
// from an_abstract_class
class a_factory
{
public:
virtual an_abstract_class* create() const = 0;
virtual ~a_factory() { }
};
class a_concrete_factory : public a_factory
{
public:
virtual an_abstract_class* create() const
{
return new a_concrete_class();
}
};
class another_concrete_factory : public a_factory
{
public:
virtual an_abstract_class* create() const
{
return new another_concrete_class();
}
};
// [...]
int main()
{
__boost__ptr_map__<__std__string__,a_factory> factories;
// [...]
factories.insert("a_name",std::auto_ptr<a_factory>(
new a_concrete_factory));
factories.insert("another_name",std::auto_ptr<a_factory>(
new another_concrete_factory));
// [...]
std::auto_ptr<an_abstract_factory> x = factories[some_name]->create();
// [...]
}
This approach has several drawbacks. The most obvious one is that there is
lots of boilerplate code. In other words there is too much code to express
a rather simple intention. We could use templates to get rid of some of it
but the approach remains inflexible:
o We may want a factory that takes some arguments that are forwarded to
the constructor,
o we will probably want to use smart pointers,
o we may want several member functions to create different kinds of
objects,
o we might not necessarily need a polymorphic base class for the objects,
o as we will see, we do not need a factory base class at all,
o we might want to just call the constructor - without `new` to create
an object on the stack, and
o finally we might want to use customized memory management.
Experience has shown that using function objects and generic Boost components
for their composition, Design Patterns that describe callback mechasisms
(typically requiring a high percentage of boilerplate code with pure Object
Oriented methodology) become implementable with just few code lines and without
extra classes.
Factories are callback mechanisms for constructors, so we provide two class
templates, __boost__value_factory__ and __boost__factory__, that encasulate
object construction via direct application of the constructor and the `new`
operator, respectively.
We let the function objects forward their arguments to the construction
expressions they encapsulate. Overthis __boost__factory__ optionally allows
the use of smart pointers and __std_allocators__.
Compile-time polymorphism can be used where appropriate,
template< class T >
void do_something()
{
// [...]
T x = T(a,b);
// for conceptually similar objects x we neither need virtual
// functions nor a common base class in this context.
// [...]
}
Now, to allow inhomogenous signaturs for the constructors of the types passed
in for `T` we can use __value_factory__ and __boost__bind__ to normalize between
them.
template< class ValueFactory >
void do_something(ValueFactory make_obj = ValueFactory())
{
// [...]
typename ValueFactory::result_type x = make_obj(a,b);
// for conceptually similar objects x we neither need virtual
// functions nor a common base class in this context.
// [...]
}
int main()
{
// [...]
do_something(__boost__value_factory__<X>());
do_something(boost::bind(__boost__value_factory__<Y>(),_1,5,_2));
// construct X(a,b) and Y(a,5,b), respectively.
// [...]
}
Maybe we want our objects to outlive the function's scope, in this case we
have to use dynamic allocation;
template< class Factory >
whatever do_something(Factory new_obj = Factory())
{
typename Factory::result_type ptr = new_obj(a,b);
// again, no common base class or virtual functions needed,
// we could enforce a polymorphic base by writing e.g.
// boost::shared_ptr<base>
// instead of
// typename Factory::result_type
// above.
// Note that we are also free to have the type erasure happen
// somewhere else (e.g. in the constructor of this function's
// result type).
// [...]
}
// [... call do_something like above but with __factory__ instead
// of __value_factory__]
Although we might have created polymorphic objects in the previous example,
we have used compile time polymorphism for the factory. If we want to erase
the type of the factory and thus allow polymorphism at run time, we can
use __boost_function__ to do so. The first example can be rewritten as
follows.
typedef boost::function< an_abstract_class*() > a_factory;
// [...]
int main()
{
__std__map__<__std__string__,a_factory> factories;
// [...]
factories["a_name"] = __boost__factory__<a_concrete_class*>();
factories["another_name"] =
__boost__factory__<another_concrete_class*>();
// [...]
}
Of course we can just as easy create factories that take arguments and/or
return __smart_pointers__.
[endsect]
[section:reference Reference]
[section value_factory]
[heading Description]
Function object template that invokes the constructor of the type `T`.
[heading Header]
#include <boost/functional/value_factory.hpp>
[heading Synopsis]
namespace boost
{
template< typename T >
class value_factory;
}
[variablelist Notation
[[`T`] [an arbitrary type with at least one public constructor]]
[[`a0`...`aN`] [argument LValues to a constructor of `T`]]
[[`F`] [the type `value_factory<F>`]]
[[`f`] [an instance object of `F`]]
]
[heading Expression Semantics]
[table
[[Expression] [Semantics]]
[[`F()`] [creates an object of type `F`.]]
[[`F(f)`] [creates an object of type `F`.]]
[[`f(a0`...`aN)`] [returns `T(a0`...`aN)`.]]
[[`F::result_type`] [is the type `T`.]]
]
[heading Limits]
The macro BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_VALUE_FACTORY_MAX_ARITY can be defined to set the
maximum arity. It defaults to 10.
[endsect]
[section factory]
[heading Description]
Function object template that dynamically constructs a pointee object for
the type of pointer given as template argument. Smart pointers may be used
for the template argument, given that `boost::pointee<Pointer>::type` yields
the pointee type.
If an __allocator__ is given, it is used for memory allocation and the
placement form of the `new` operator is used to construct the object.
A function object that calls the destructor and deallocates the memory
with a copy of the Allocator is used for the second constructor argument
of `Pointer` (thus it must be a __smart_pointer__ that provides a suitable
constructor, such as __boost__shared_ptr__).
If a third template argument is `factory_passes_alloc_to_smart_pointer`,
the allocator itself is used for the third constructor argument of `Pointer`
(__boost__shared_ptr__ then uses the allocator to manage the memory of its
seperately allocated reference counter).
[heading Header]
#include <boost/functional/factory.hpp>
[heading Synopsis]
namespace boost
{
enum factory_alloc_propagation
{
factory_alloc_for_pointee_and_deleter,
factory_passes_alloc_to_smart_pointer
};
template< typename Pointer,
class Allocator = boost::none_t,
factory_alloc_propagation AllocProp =
factory_alloc_for_pointee_and_deleter >
class factory;
}
[variablelist Notation
[[`T`] [an arbitrary type with at least one public constructor]]
[[`P`] [pointer or smart pointer to `T`]]
[[`a0`...`aN`] [argument LValues to a constructor of `T`]]
[[`F`] [the type `factory<P>`]]
[[`f`] [an instance object of `F`]]
]
[heading Expression Semantics]
[table
[[Expression] [Semantics]]
[[`F()`] [creates an object of type `F`.]]
[[`F(f)`] [creates an object of type `F`.]]
[[`f(a0`...`aN)`] [dynamically creates an object of type `T` using
`a0`...`aN` as arguments for the constructor invocation.]]
[[`F::result_type`] [is the type `P` with top-level cv-qualifiers removed.]]
]
[heading Limits]
The macro BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_FACTORY_MAX_ARITY can be defined to set the
maximum arity. It defaults to 10.
[endsect]
[endsect]
[section Acknowledgements]
Eric Niebler requested a function to invoke a type's constructor (with the
arguments supplied as a Tuple) as a Fusion feature. These Factory utilities are
a factored-out generalization of this idea.
Dave Abrahams suggested Smart Pointer support for exception safety, providing
useful hints for the implementation.
Joel de Guzman's documentation style was copied from Fusion.
Further, I want to thank Peter Dimov for sharing his insights on language
details and their evolution.
[endsect]
[section References]
# [@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns Design Patterns],
Gamma et al. - Addison Wesley Publishing, 1995
# [@http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/ Standard Template Library Programmer's Guide],
Hewlett-Packard Company, 1994
# [@http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html Boost.Bind],
Peter Dimov, 2001-2005
# [@http://www.boost.org/doc/html/function.html Boost.Function],
Douglas Gregor, 2001-2004
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The template <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">factory</span></code> lets you encapsulate a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">new</span></code> expression as a function object, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_factory</span></code>
encapsulates a constructor invocation without <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">new</span></code>.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">factory</span></code><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*&gt;()(</span><span class="identifier">arg1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">arg2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">arg3</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="comment">// same as new T(arg1,arg2,arg3)
</span>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_factory</span></code><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;()(</span><span class="identifier">arg1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">arg2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">arg3</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="comment">// same as T(arg1,arg2,arg3)
</span></pre>
<p>
For technical reasons the arguments to the function objects have to be LValues.
A factory that also accepts RValues can be composed using the <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/functional/forward/doc/index.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">forward_adapter</span></code></a>
or <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bind</span></code></a>.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="boost_functional_factory.background"></a><a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.background" title="Background">Background</a></h2></div></div></div>
<p>
In traditional Object Oriented Programming a Factory is an object implementing
an interface of one or more methods that construct objects conforming to known
interfaces.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">// assuming a_concrete_class and another_concrete_class are derived
</span><span class="comment">// from an_abstract_class
</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">a_factory</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="identifier">an_abstract_class</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">create</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">a_factory</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">a_concrete_factory</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="identifier">a_factory</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="identifier">an_abstract_class</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">create</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="identifier">a_concrete_class</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">another_concrete_factory</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="identifier">a_factory</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="identifier">an_abstract_class</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">create</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="identifier">another_concrete_class</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/ptr_container/doc/ptr_map.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">__boost__ptr_map__</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/string.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code></a><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">a_factory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">factories</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span>
<span class="identifier">factories</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"a_name"</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">auto_ptr</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">a_factory</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span>
<span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="identifier">a_concrete_factory</span><span class="special">));</span>
<span class="identifier">factories</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"another_name"</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">auto_ptr</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">a_factory</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span>
<span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="identifier">another_concrete_factory</span><span class="special">));</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">auto_ptr</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">an_abstract_factory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">factories</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">some_name</span><span class="special">]-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">create</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span><span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
This approach has several drawbacks. The most obvious one is that there is
lots of boilerplate code. In other words there is too much code to express
a rather simple intention. We could use templates to get rid of some of it
but the approach remains inflexible:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="identifier">We</span> <span class="identifier">may</span> <span class="identifier">want</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="identifier">factory</span> <span class="identifier">that</span> <span class="identifier">takes</span> <span class="identifier">some</span> <span class="identifier">arguments</span> <span class="identifier">that</span> <span class="identifier">are</span> <span class="identifier">forwarded</span> <span class="identifier">to</span>
<span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">constructor</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="identifier">we</span> <span class="identifier">will</span> <span class="identifier">probably</span> <span class="identifier">want</span> <span class="identifier">to</span> <span class="identifier">use</span> <span class="identifier">smart</span> <span class="identifier">pointers</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="identifier">we</span> <span class="identifier">may</span> <span class="identifier">want</span> <span class="identifier">several</span> <span class="identifier">member</span> <span class="identifier">functions</span> <span class="identifier">to</span> <span class="identifier">create</span> <span class="identifier">different</span> <span class="identifier">kinds</span> <span class="identifier">of</span>
<span class="identifier">objects</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="identifier">we</span> <span class="identifier">might</span> <span class="keyword">not</span> <span class="identifier">necessarily</span> <span class="identifier">need</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="identifier">polymorphic</span> <span class="identifier">base</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="keyword">for</span> <span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">objects</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="identifier">as</span> <span class="identifier">we</span> <span class="identifier">will</span> <span class="identifier">see</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">we</span> <span class="keyword">do</span> <span class="keyword">not</span> <span class="identifier">need</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="identifier">factory</span> <span class="identifier">base</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">at</span> <span class="identifier">all</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="identifier">we</span> <span class="identifier">might</span> <span class="identifier">want</span> <span class="identifier">to</span> <span class="identifier">just</span> <span class="identifier">call</span> <span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">constructor</span> <span class="special">-</span> <span class="identifier">without</span> #<span class="keyword">new</span># <span class="identifier">to</span> <span class="identifier">create</span>
<span class="identifier">an</span> <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">on</span> <span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">stack</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">and</span>
<span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="identifier">finally</span> <span class="identifier">we</span> <span class="identifier">might</span> <span class="identifier">want</span> <span class="identifier">to</span> <span class="identifier">use</span> <span class="identifier">customized</span> <span class="identifier">memory</span> <span class="identifier">management</span><span class="special">.</span>
</pre>
<p>
Experience has shown that using function objects and generic Boost components
for their composition, Design Patterns that describe callback mechasisms (typically
requiring a high percentage of boilerplate code with pure Object Oriented methodology)
become implementable with just few code lines and without extra classes.
</p>
<p>
Factories are callback mechanisms for constructors, so we provide two class
templates, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_factory</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">factory</span></code>,
that encasulate object construction via direct application of the constructor
and the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">new</span></code> operator, respectively.
</p>
<p>
We let the function objects forward their arguments to the construction expressions
they encapsulate. Overthis <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">factory</span></code>
optionally allows the use of smart pointers and <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/concepts/allocator.html" target="_top">Allocators</a>.
</p>
<p>
Compile-time polymorphism can be used where appropriate,
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">do_something</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="comment">// for conceptually similar objects x we neither need virtual
</span> <span class="comment">// functions nor a common base class in this context.
</span> <span class="comment">// [...]
</span><span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
Now, to allow inhomogenous signaturs for the constructors of the types passed
in for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> we can use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value_factory</span></code> and <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bind</span></code></a>
to normalize between them.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ValueFactory</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">do_something</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ValueFactory</span> <span class="identifier">make_obj</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">ValueFactory</span><span class="special">())</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">ValueFactory</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">result_type</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">make_obj</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="comment">// for conceptually similar objects x we neither need virtual
</span> <span class="comment">// functions nor a common base class in this context.
</span> <span class="comment">// [...]
</span><span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span>
<span class="identifier">do_something</span><span class="special">(</span><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_factory</span></code><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">&gt;());</span>
<span class="identifier">do_something</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bind</span><span class="special">(</span><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_factory</span></code><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Y</span><span class="special">&gt;(),</span><span class="identifier">_1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">5</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">_2</span><span class="special">));</span>
<span class="comment">// construct X(a,b) and Y(a,5,b), respectively.
</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span><span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
Maybe we want our objects to outlive the function's scope, in this case we
have to use dynamic allocation;
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Factory</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">whatever</span> <span class="identifier">do_something</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Factory</span> <span class="identifier">new_obj</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">Factory</span><span class="special">())</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Factory</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">result_type</span> <span class="identifier">ptr</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">new_obj</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="comment">// again, no common base class or virtual functions needed,
</span> <span class="comment">// we could enforce a polymorphic base by writing e.g.
</span> <span class="comment">// boost::shared_ptr&lt;base&gt;
</span> <span class="comment">// instead of
</span> <span class="comment">// typename Factory::result_type
</span> <span class="comment">// above.
</span> <span class="comment">// Note that we are also free to have the type erasure happen
</span> <span class="comment">// somewhere else (e.g. in the constructor of this function's
</span> <span class="comment">// result type).
</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span><span class="special">}</span>
<span class="comment">// [... call do_something like above but with __factory__ instead
</span><span class="comment">// of __value_factory__]
</span></pre>
<p>
Although we might have created polymorphic objects in the previous example,
we have used compile time polymorphism for the factory. If we want to erase
the type of the factory and thus allow polymorphism at run time, we can use
<a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/function.html" target="_top">Boost.Function</a>
to do so. The first example can be rewritten as follows.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">an_abstract_class</span><span class="special">*()</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">a_factory</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/map.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/string.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code></a><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">a_factory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">factories</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span>
<span class="identifier">factories</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="string">"a_name"</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">factory</span></code><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">a_concrete_class</span><span class="special">*&gt;();</span>
<span class="identifier">factories</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="string">"another_name"</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">=</span>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">factory</span></code><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">another_concrete_class</span><span class="special">*&gt;();</span>
<span class="comment">// [...]
</span><span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
Of course we can just as easy create factories that take arguments and/or return
<a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/index.html" target="_top">Smart Pointers</a>.
</p>
</div>
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<div class="toc"><dl>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory">value_factory</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory">factory</a></span></dt>
</dl></div>
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<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.description"></a><h4>
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<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.description">Description</a>
</h4>
<p>
Function object template that invokes the constructor of the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
</p>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.header"></a><h4>
<a name="id936914"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.header">Header</a>
</h4>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">functional</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">value_factory</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
</pre>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.synopsis"></a><h4>
<a name="id936989"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
</h4>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">value_factory</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<div class="variablelist">
<p class="title"><b>Notation</b></p>
<dl>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
an arbitrary type with at least one public constructor
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
argument LValues to a constructor of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value_factory</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
an instance object of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>
</p></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.expression_semantics"></a><h4>
<a name="id937226"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.expression_semantics">Expression
Semantics</a>
</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
<p>
Expression
</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>
Semantics
</p>
</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
creates an object of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
creates an object of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
returns <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span></code>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">result_type</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
is the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.limits"></a><h4>
<a name="id937498"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.limits">Limits</a>
</h4>
<p>
The macro BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_VALUE_FACTORY_MAX_ARITY can be defined to set
the maximum arity. It defaults to 10.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory"></a><a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory" title="factory">factory</a></h3></div></div></div>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.description"></a><h4>
<a name="id937545"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.description">Description</a>
</h4>
<p>
Function object template that dynamically constructs a pointee object for
the type of pointer given as template argument. Smart pointers may be used
for the template argument, given that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pointee</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Pointer</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
yields the pointee type.
</p>
<p>
If an <span class="underline">_allocator</span>_ is given, it is used
for memory allocation and the placement form of the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">new</span></code>
operator is used to construct the object. A function object that calls the
destructor and deallocates the memory with a copy of the Allocator is used
for the second constructor argument of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Pointer</span></code>
(thus it must be a __smart<span class="underline">pointer</span>_
that provides a suitable constructor, such as <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span></code></a>).
</p>
<p>
If a third template argument is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">factory_passes_alloc_to_smart_pointer</span></code>,
the allocator itself is used for the third constructor argument of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Pointer</span></code> (<a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span></code></a> then uses the allocator
to manage the memory of its seperately allocated reference counter).
</p>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.header"></a><h4>
<a name="id937729"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.header">Header</a>
</h4>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">functional</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">factory</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
</pre>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.synopsis"></a><h4>
<a name="id937804"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
</h4>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">enum</span> <span class="identifier">factory_alloc_propagation</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">factory_alloc_for_pointee_and_deleter</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">factory_passes_alloc_to_smart_pointer</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Pointer</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none_t</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">factory_alloc_propagation</span> <span class="identifier">AllocProp</span> <span class="special">=</span>
<span class="identifier">factory_alloc_for_pointee_and_deleter</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">factory</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<div class="variablelist">
<p class="title"><b>Notation</b></p>
<dl>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
an arbitrary type with at least one public constructor
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">P</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
pointer or smart pointer to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
argument LValues to a constructor of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">factory</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">P</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
an instance object of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>
</p></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.expression_semantics"></a><h4>
<a name="id938169"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.expression_semantics">Expression
Semantics</a>
</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
<p>
Expression
</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>
Semantics
</p>
</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
creates an object of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
creates an object of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
dynamically creates an object of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span></code> as arguments for the constructor
invocation.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">result_type</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
is the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">P</span></code> with
top-level cv-qualifiers removed.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.limits"></a><h4>
<a name="id938440"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.limits">Limits</a>
</h4>
<p>
The macro BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_FACTORY_MAX_ARITY can be defined to set the maximum
arity. It defaults to 10.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="boost_functional_factory.acknowledgements"></a><a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.acknowledgements" title="Acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></h2></div></div></div>
<p>
Eric Niebler requested a function to invoke a type's constructor (with the
arguments supplied as a Tuple) as a Fusion feature. These Factory utilities
are a factored-out generalization of this idea.
</p>
<p>
Dave Abrahams suggested Smart Pointer support for exception safety, providing
useful hints for the implementation.
</p>
<p>
Joel de Guzman's documentation style was copied from Fusion.
</p>
<p>
Further, I want to thank Peter Dimov for sharing his insights on language details
and their evolution.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="boost_functional_factory.references"></a><a href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.references" title="References">References</a></h2></div></div></div>
<div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1">
<li>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns" target="_top">Design Patterns</a>,
Gamma et al. - Addison Wesley Publishing, 1995
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/" target="_top">Standard Template Library Programmer's
Guide</a>, Hewlett-Packard Company, 1994
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html" target="_top">Boost.Bind</a>,
Peter Dimov, 2001-2005
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/function.html" target="_top">Boost.Function</a>,
Douglas Gregor, 2001-2004
</li>
</ol></div>
</div>
</div>
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# (C) Copyright Tobias Schwinger
#
# Use modification and distribution are subject to the boost Software License,
# Version 1.0. (See http:/\/www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
import testing ;
project factory-tests
: requirements
<include>/Users/tosh/Lab/boost
<include>/Users/tosh/Lab/deploy/x_files/factory
;
test-suite functional/factory
:
[ run value_factory.cpp ]
[ run factory.cpp ]
[ run factory_with_allocator.cpp ]
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/*=============================================================================
Copyright (c) 2007 Tobias Schwinger
Use modification and distribution are subject to the Boost Software
License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
==============================================================================*/
#include <boost/functional/factory.hpp>
#include <boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp>
#include <memory>
class sum
{
int val_sum;
public:
sum(int a, int b) : val_sum(a + b) { }
operator int() const { return this->val_sum; }
};
int main()
{
int one = 1, two = 2;
{
sum* instance( boost::factory< sum* >()(one,two) );
BOOST_TEST(*instance == 3);
}
{
std::auto_ptr<sum> instance( boost::factory< std::auto_ptr<sum> >()(one,two) );
BOOST_TEST(*instance == 3);
}
return boost::report_errors();
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/*=============================================================================
Copyright (c) 2007 Tobias Schwinger
Use modification and distribution are subject to the Boost Software
License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
==============================================================================*/
#include <boost/functional/factory.hpp>
#include <boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp>
#include <cstddef>
#include <memory>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
using std::size_t;
class sum
{
int val_sum;
public:
sum(int a, int b) : val_sum(a + b) { }
operator int() const { return this->val_sum; }
};
template< typename T >
class counting_allocator : public std::allocator<T>
{
public:
counting_allocator()
{ }
template< typename OtherT >
struct rebind { typedef counting_allocator<OtherT> other; };
template< typename OtherT >
counting_allocator(counting_allocator<OtherT> const& that)
{ }
static size_t n_allocated;
T* allocate(size_t n, void const* hint = 0l)
{
n_allocated += 1;
return std::allocator<T>::allocate(n,hint);
}
static size_t n_deallocated;
void deallocate(T* ptr, size_t n)
{
n_deallocated += 1;
return std::allocator<T>::deallocate(ptr,n);
}
};
template< typename T > size_t counting_allocator<T>::n_allocated = 0;
template< typename T > size_t counting_allocator<T>::n_deallocated = 0;
int main()
{
int one = 1, two = 2;
{
boost::shared_ptr<sum> instance(
boost::factory< boost::shared_ptr<sum>, counting_allocator<void>,
boost::factory_alloc_for_pointee_and_deleter >()(one,two) );
BOOST_TEST(*instance == 3);
}
BOOST_TEST(counting_allocator<sum>::n_allocated == 1);
BOOST_TEST(counting_allocator<sum>::n_deallocated == 1);
{
boost::shared_ptr<sum> instance(
boost::factory< boost::shared_ptr<sum>, counting_allocator<void>,
boost::factory_passes_alloc_to_smart_pointer >()(one,two) );
BOOST_TEST(*instance == 3);
}
BOOST_TEST(counting_allocator<sum>::n_allocated == 2);
BOOST_TEST(counting_allocator<sum>::n_deallocated == 2);
return boost::report_errors();
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/*=============================================================================
Copyright (c) 2007 Tobias Schwinger
Use modification and distribution are subject to the Boost Software
License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
==============================================================================*/
#include <boost/functional/value_factory.hpp>
#include <boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp>
class sum
{
int val_sum;
public:
sum(int a, int b) : val_sum(a + b) { }
operator int() const { return this->val_sum; }
};
int main()
{
int one = 1, two = 2;
{
sum instance( boost::value_factory< sum >()(one,two) );
BOOST_TEST(instance == 3);
}
return boost::report_errors();
}

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# (C) Copyright Tobias Schwinger
#
# Use modification and distribution are subject to the boost Software License,
# Version 1.0. (See http:/\/www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
using quickbook ;
xml forward : forward.qbk ;
boostbook standalone : forward
:
<xsl:param>boost.root=../../../../..
<xsl:param>boost.libraries=../../../../libraries.htm
<xsl:param>chunk.section.depth=0
<xsl:param>chunk.first.sections=0
<xsl:param>generate.section.toc.level=2
<xsl:param>toc.max.depth=1
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[library Boost.Functional/Forward
[quickbook 1.3]
[version 1.0]
[authors [Schwinger, Tobias]]
[copyright 2007 2008 Tobias Schwinger]
[license
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
[@http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt])
]
[purpose Function object adapters for generic argument forwarding.]
[category higher-order]
[category generic]
[last-revision $Date: 2008/11/01 19:58:50 $]
]
[def __unspecified__ /unspecified/]
[def __boost_ref__ [@http://www.boost.org/doc/html/ref.html Boost.Ref]]
[def __boost_result_of__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of Boost.ResultOf]]
[def __boost__result_of__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of `boost::result_of`]]
[def __the_forwarding_problem__ [@http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2002/n1385.htm The Forwarding Problem]]
[def __boost_fusion__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/fusion/doc/html/index.html Boost.Fusion]]
[section Brief Description]
`boost::forward_adapter` provides a reusable adapter template for function
objects. It forwards RValues as references to const, while leaving LValues
as-is.
struct g // function object that only accept LValues
{
template< typename T0, typename T1, typename T2 >
void operator()(T0 & t0, T1 & t1, T2 & t2) const;
typedef void result_type;
};
// Adapted version also accepts RValues and forwards
// them as references to const, LValues as-is
typedef boost::forward_adapter<g> f;
Another adapter, `boost::lighweight_forward_adapter` allows forwarding with
some help from the user accepting and unwrapping reference wrappers (see
__boost_ref__) for reference arguments, const qualifying all other arguments.
The target functions must be compatible with __boost_result_of__, and so are
the adapters.
[endsect]
[section Background]
Let's suppose we have some function `f` that we can call like this:
f(123,a_variable);
Now we want to write another, generic function `g` that can be called the
same way and returns some object that calls `f` with the same arguments.
f(123,a_variable) == g(f,123,a_variable).call_f()
[heading Why would we want to do it, anyway?]
Maybe we want to run `f` several times. Or maybe we want to run it within
another thread. Maybe we just want to encapsulate the call expression for now,
and then use it with other code that allows to compose more complex expressions
in order to decompose it with C++ templates and have the compiler generate some
machinery that eventually calls `f` at runtime (in other words; apply a
technique that is commonly referred to as Expression Templates).
[heading Now, how do we do it?]
The bad news is: It's impossible.
That is so because there is a slight difference between a variable and an
expression that evaluates to its value: Given
int y;
int const z = 0;
and
template< typename T > void func1(T & x);
we can call
func1(y); // x is a reference to a non-const object
func1(z); // x is a reference to a const object
where
func1(1); // fails to compile.
This way we can safely have `func1` store its reference argument and the
compiler keeps us from storing a reference to an object with temporary lifetime.
It is important to realize that non-constness and whether an object binds to a
non-const reference parameter are two different properties. The latter is the
distinction between LValues and RValues. The names stem from the left hand side
and the right hand side of assignment expressions, thus LValues are typically
the ones you can assign to, and RValues the temporary results from the right
hand side expression.
y = 1+2; // a is LValue, 1+2 is the expression producing the RValue,
// 1+2 = a; // usually makes no sense.
func1(y); // works, because y is an LValue
// func1(1+2); // fails to compile, because we only got an RValue.
If we add const qualification on the parameter, our function also accepts
RValues:
template< typename T > void func2(T const & x);
// [...] function scope:
func2(1); // x is a reference to a const temporary, object,
func2(y); // x is a reference to a const object, while y is not const, and
func2(z); // x is a reference to a const object, just like z.
In all cases, the argument `x` in `func2` is a const-qualified LValue.
We can use function overloading to identify non-const LValues:
template< typename T > void func3(T const & x); // #1
template< typename T > void func3(T & x); // #2
// [...] function scope:
func3(1); // x is a reference to a const, temporary object in #1,
func3(y); // x is a reference to a non-const object in #2, and
func3(z); // x is a reference to a const object in #1.
Note that all arguments `x` in the overloaded function `func3` are LValues.
In fact, there is no way to transport RValues into a function as-is in C++98.
Also note that we can't distinguish between what used to be a const qualified
LValue and an RValue.
That's as close as we can get to a generic forwarding function `g` as
described above by the means of C++ 98. See __the_forwarding_problem__ for a
very detailed discussion including solutions that require language changes.
Now, for actually implementing it, we need 2^N overloads for N parameters
(each with and without const qualifier) for each number of arguments
(that is 2^(Nmax+1) - 2^Nmin). Right, that means the compile-time complexity
is O(2^N), however the factor is low so it works quite well for a reasonable
number (< 10) of arguments.
[endsect]
[section:reference Reference]
[section forward_adapter]
[heading Description]
Function object adapter template whose instances are callable with LValue and
RValue arguments. RValue arguments are forwarded as reference-to-const typed
LValues.
An arity can be given as second, numeric non-type template argument to restrict
forwarding to a specific arity.
If a third, numeric non-type template argument is present, the second and third
template argument are treated as minimum and maximum arity, respectively.
Specifying an arity can be helpful to improve the readability of diagnostic
messages and compile time performance.
__boost_result_of__ can be used to determine the result types of specific call
expressions.
[heading Header]
#include <boost/functional/forward_adapter.hpp>
[heading Synopsis]
namespace boost
{
template< class Function,
int Arity_Or_MinArity = __unspecified__, int MaxArity = __unspecified__ >
class forward_adapter;
}
[variablelist Notation
[[`F`] [a possibly const qualified function object type or reference type thereof]]
[[`f`] [an object convertible to `F`]]
[[`FA`] [the type `forward_adapter<F>`]]
[[`fa`] [an instance object of `FA`, initialized with `f`]]
[[`a0`...`aN`] [arguments to `fa`]]
]
The result type of a target function invocation must be
__boost__result_of__<F*(TA0 [const]&...TAN [const]&])>::type
where `TA0`...`TAN` denote the argument types of `a0`...`aN`.
[heading Expression Semantics]
[table
[[Expression] [Semantics]]
[[`FA(f)`] [creates an adapter, initializes the target function with `f`.]]
[[`FA()`] [creates an adapter, attempts to use `F`'s default constructor.]]
[[`fa(a0`...`aN)`] [calls `f` with with arguments `a0`...`aN`.]]
]
[heading Limits]
The macro BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_FORWARD_ADAPTER_MAX_ARITY can be defined to set the
maximum call arity. It defaults to 6.
[heading Complexity]
Preprocessing time: O(2^N), where N is the arity limit.
Compile time: O(2^N), where N depends on the arity range.
Run time: O(0) if the compiler inlines, O(1) otherwise.
[endsect]
[section lightweight_forward_adapter]
[heading Description]
Function object adapter template whose instances are callable with LValue and
RValue arguments. All arguments are forwarded as reference-to-const typed
LValues, except for reference wrappers which are unwrapped and may yield
non-const LValues.
An arity can be given as second, numeric non-type template argument to restrict
forwarding to a specific arity.
If a third, numeric non-type template argument is present, the second and third
template argument are treated as minimum and maximum arity, respectively.
Specifying an arity can be helpful to improve the readability of diagnostic
messages and compile time performance.
__boost_result_of__ can be used to determine the result types of specific call
expressions.
[heading Header]
#include <boost/functional/lightweight_forward_adapter.hpp>
[heading Synopsis]
namespace boost
{
template< class Function,
int Arity_Or_MinArity = __unspecified__, int MaxArity = __unspecified__ >
struct lightweight_forward_adapter;
}
[variablelist Notation
[[`F`] [a possibly const qualified function object type or reference type thereof]]
[[`f`] [an object convertible to `F`]]
[[`FA`] [the type `lightweight_forward_adapter<F>`]]
[[`fa`] [an instance of `FA`, initialized with `f`]]
[[`a0`...`aN`] [arguments to `fa`]]
]
The result type of a target function invocation must be
__boost__result_of__<F*(TA0 [const]&...TAN [const]&])>::type
where `TA0`...`TAN` denote the argument types of `a0`...`aN`.
[heading Expression Semantics]
[table
[[Expression] [Semantics]]
[[`FA(f)`] [creates an adapter, initializes the target function with `f`.]]
[[`FA()`] [creates an adapter, attempts to use `F`'s default constructor.]]
[[`fa(a0`...`aN)`] [calls `f` with with const arguments `a0`...`aN`. If `aI` is a
reference wrapper it is unwrapped.]]
]
[heading Limits]
The macro BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_LIGHTWEIGHT_FORWARD_ADAPTER_MAX_ARITY can be defined
to set the maximum call arity. It defaults to 10.
[heading Complexity]
Preprocessing time: O(N), where N is the arity limit.
Compile time: O(N), where N is the effective arity of a call.
Run time: O(0) if the compiler inlines, O(1) otherwise.
[endsect]
[endsect]
[section Acknowledgements]
As these utilities are factored out of the __boost_fusion__ functional module,
I want to thank Dan Marsden and Joel de Guzman for letting me participate in the
development of that great library in the first place.
Further, I want to credit the authors of the references below, for their
in-depth investigation of the problem and the solution implemented here.
Last but not least I want to thank Vesa Karnoven and Paul Mensonides for the
Boost Preprocessor library. Without it, I would have ended up with an external
code generator for this one.
[endsect]
[section References]
# [@http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2002/n1385.htm The Forwarding Problem],
Peter Dimov, Howard E. Hinnant, David Abrahams, 2002
# [@http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of Boost.ResultOf],
Douglas Gregor, 2004
# [@http://www.boost.org/doc/html/ref.html Boost.Ref],
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<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">forward_adapter</span></code> provides a reusable adapter
template for function objects. It forwards RValues as references to const,
while leaving LValues as-is.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">g</span> <span class="comment">// function object that only accept LValues
</span><span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T2</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
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<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">result_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="comment">// Adapted version also accepts RValues and forwards
</span><span class="comment">// them as references to const, LValues as-is
</span><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">forward_adapter</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<p>
Another adapter, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">lighweight_forward_adapter</span></code> allows forwarding
with some help from the user accepting and unwrapping reference wrappers (see
<a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/ref.html" target="_top">Boost.Ref</a>) for
reference arguments, const qualifying all other arguments.
</p>
<p>
The target functions must be compatible with <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of" target="_top">Boost.ResultOf</a>,
and so are the adapters.
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Let's suppose we have some function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code>
that we can call like this:
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Now we want to write another, generic function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">g</span></code>
that can be called the same way and returns some object that calls <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code> with the same arguments.
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Maybe we want to run <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code> several
times. Or maybe we want to run it within another thread. Maybe we just want
to encapsulate the call expression for now, and then use it with other code
that allows to compose more complex expressions in order to decompose it with
C++ templates and have the compiler generate some machinery that eventually
calls <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code> at runtime (in other
words; apply a technique that is commonly referred to as Expression Templates).
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That is so because there is a slight difference between a variable and an expression
that evaluates to its value: Given
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<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">z</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
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and
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we can call
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">func1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// x is a reference to a non-const object
</span><span class="identifier">func1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// x is a reference to a const object
</span></pre>
<p>
where
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">func1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// fails to compile.
</span></pre>
<p>
This way we can safely have <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">func1</span></code>
store its reference argument and the compiler keeps us from storing a reference
to an object with temporary lifetime.
</p>
<p>
It is important to realize that non-constness and whether an object binds to
a non-const reference parameter are two different properties. The latter is
the distinction between LValues and RValues. The names stem from the left hand
side and the right hand side of assignment expressions, thus LValues are typically
the ones you can assign to, and RValues the temporary results from the right
hand side expression.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// a is LValue, 1+2 is the expression producing the RValue,
</span><span class="comment">// 1+2 = a; // usually makes no sense.
</span>
<span class="identifier">func1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// works, because y is an LValue
</span><span class="comment">// func1(1+2); // fails to compile, because we only got an RValue.
</span></pre>
<p>
If we add const qualification on the parameter, our function also accepts RValues:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">func2</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="comment">// [...] function scope:
</span><span class="identifier">func2</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// x is a reference to a const temporary, object,
</span><span class="identifier">func2</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// x is a reference to a const object, while y is not const, and
</span><span class="identifier">func2</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// x is a reference to a const object, just like z.
</span></pre>
<p>
In all cases, the argument <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">x</span></code>
in <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">func2</span></code> is a const-qualified
LValue. We can use function overloading to identify non-const LValues:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">func3</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// #1
</span><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">func3</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// #2
</span>
<span class="comment">// [...] function scope:
</span><span class="identifier">func3</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// x is a reference to a const, temporary object in #1,
</span><span class="identifier">func3</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// x is a reference to a non-const object in #2, and
</span><span class="identifier">func3</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// x is a reference to a const object in #1.
</span></pre>
<p>
Note that all arguments <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">x</span></code> in
the overloaded function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">func3</span></code>
are LValues. In fact, there is no way to transport RValues into a function
as-is in C++98. Also note that we can't distinguish between what used to be
a const qualified LValue and an RValue.
</p>
<p>
That's as close as we can get to a generic forwarding function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">g</span></code> as described above by the means of C++
98. See <a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2002/n1385.htm" target="_top">The
Forwarding Problem</a> for a very detailed discussion including solutions
that require language changes.
</p>
<p>
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with and without const qualifier) for each number of arguments (that is 2^(Nmax+1)
- 2^Nmin). Right, that means the compile-time complexity is O(2^N), however
the factor is low so it works quite well for a reasonable number (&lt; 10)
of arguments.
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter">forward_adapter</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter">lightweight_forward_adapter</a></span></dt>
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter"></a><a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter" title="forward_adapter">forward_adapter</a></h3></div></div></div>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.description"></a><h4>
<a name="id935594"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.description">Description</a>
</h4>
<p>
Function object adapter template whose instances are callable with LValue
and RValue arguments. RValue arguments are forwarded as reference-to-const
typed LValues.
</p>
<p>
An arity can be given as second, numeric non-type template argument to restrict
forwarding to a specific arity. If a third, numeric non-type template argument
is present, the second and third template argument are treated as minimum
and maximum arity, respectively. Specifying an arity can be helpful to improve
the readability of diagnostic messages and compile time performance.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of" target="_top">Boost.ResultOf</a>
can be used to determine the result types of specific call expressions.
</p>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.header"></a><h4>
<a name="id935646"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.header">Header</a>
</h4>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">functional</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">forward_adapter</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
</pre>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.synopsis"></a><h4>
<a name="id935721"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
</h4>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Function</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">Arity_Or_MinArity</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="emphasis"><em>unspecified</em></span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">MaxArity</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="emphasis"><em>unspecified</em></span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">forward_adapter</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<div class="variablelist">
<p class="title"><b>Notation</b></p>
<dl>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
a possibly const qualified function object type or reference type thereof
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
an object convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">FA</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">forward_adapter</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fa</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
an instance object of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">FA</span></code>,
initialized with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
arguments to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fa</span></code>
</p></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<p>
The result type of a target function invocation must be
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">result_of</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">*(</span><span class="identifier">TA0</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">]&amp;...</span><span class="identifier">TAN</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">]&amp;])&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span>
</pre>
<p>
where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">TA0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">TAN</span></code> denote the argument types of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span></code>.
</p>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.expression_semantics"></a><h4>
<a name="id936177"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.expression_semantics">Expression
Semantics</a>
</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
<p>
Expression
</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>
Semantics
</p>
</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">FA</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
creates an adapter, initializes the target function with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">FA</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
creates an adapter, attempts to use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>'s
default constructor.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fa</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
calls <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code> with with
arguments <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span></code>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.limits"></a><h4>
<a name="id936405"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.limits">Limits</a>
</h4>
<p>
The macro BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_FORWARD_ADAPTER_MAX_ARITY can be defined to set
the maximum call arity. It defaults to 6.
</p>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.complexity"></a><h4>
<a name="id936434"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.forward_adapter.complexity">Complexity</a>
</h4>
<p>
Preprocessing time: O(2^N), where N is the arity limit. Compile time: O(2^N),
where N depends on the arity range. Run time: O(0) if the compiler inlines,
O(1) otherwise.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter"></a><a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter" title="lightweight_forward_adapter">lightweight_forward_adapter</a></h3></div></div></div>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.description"></a><h4>
<a name="id936485"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.description">Description</a>
</h4>
<p>
Function object adapter template whose instances are callable with LValue
and RValue arguments. All arguments are forwarded as reference-to-const typed
LValues, except for reference wrappers which are unwrapped and may yield
non-const LValues.
</p>
<p>
An arity can be given as second, numeric non-type template argument to restrict
forwarding to a specific arity. If a third, numeric non-type template argument
is present, the second and third template argument are treated as minimum
and maximum arity, respectively. Specifying an arity can be helpful to improve
the readability of diagnostic messages and compile time performance.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of" target="_top">Boost.ResultOf</a>
can be used to determine the result types of specific call expressions.
</p>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.header"></a><h4>
<a name="id936540"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.header">Header</a>
</h4>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">functional</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">lightweight_forward_adapter</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
</pre>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.synopsis"></a><h4>
<a name="id936616"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
</h4>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Function</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">Arity_Or_MinArity</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="emphasis"><em>unspecified</em></span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">MaxArity</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="emphasis"><em>unspecified</em></span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">lightweight_forward_adapter</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<div class="variablelist">
<p class="title"><b>Notation</b></p>
<dl>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
a possibly const qualified function object type or reference type thereof
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
an object convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">FA</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">lightweight_forward_adapter</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fa</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
an instance of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">FA</span></code>, initialized
with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code>
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
arguments to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fa</span></code>
</p></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<p>
The result type of a target function invocation must be
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">result_of</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">*(</span><span class="identifier">TA0</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">]&amp;...</span><span class="identifier">TAN</span> <span class="special">[</span><span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">]&amp;])&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span>
</pre>
<p>
where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">TA0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">TAN</span></code> denote the argument types of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span></code>.
</p>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.expression_semantics"></a><h4>
<a name="id937073"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.expression_semantics">Expression
Semantics</a>
</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
<p>
Expression
</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>
Semantics
</p>
</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">FA</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
creates an adapter, initializes the target function with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">FA</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
creates an adapter, attempts to use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">F</span></code>'s
default constructor.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fa</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
calls <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code> with with
const arguments <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a0</span></code>...<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aN</span></code>. If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aI</span></code>
is a reference wrapper it is unwrapped.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.limits"></a><h4>
<a name="id937311"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.limits">Limits</a>
</h4>
<p>
The macro BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_LIGHTWEIGHT_FORWARD_ADAPTER_MAX_ARITY can be defined
to set the maximum call arity. It defaults to 10.
</p>
<a name="boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.complexity"></a><h4>
<a name="id937342"></a>
<a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.reference.lightweight_forward_adapter.complexity">Complexity</a>
</h4>
<p>
Preprocessing time: O(N), where N is the arity limit. Compile time: O(N),
where N is the effective arity of a call. Run time: O(0) if the compiler
inlines, O(1) otherwise.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="boost_functional_forward.acknowledgements"></a><a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.acknowledgements" title="Acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></h2></div></div></div>
<p>
As these utilities are factored out of the <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/fusion/doc/html/index.html" target="_top">Boost.Fusion</a>
functional module, I want to thank Dan Marsden and Joel de Guzman for letting
me participate in the development of that great library in the first place.
</p>
<p>
Further, I want to credit the authors of the references below, for their in-depth
investigation of the problem and the solution implemented here.
</p>
<p>
Last but not least I want to thank Vesa Karnoven and Paul Mensonides for the
Boost Preprocessor library. Without it, I would have ended up with an external
code generator for this one.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="boost_functional_forward.references"></a><a href="index.html#boost_functional_forward.references" title="References">References</a></h2></div></div></div>
<div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1">
<li>
<a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2002/n1385.htm" target="_top">The
Forwarding Problem</a>, Peter Dimov, Howard E. Hinnant, David Abrahams,
2002
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#result_of" target="_top">Boost.ResultOf</a>,
Douglas Gregor, 2004
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/ref.html" target="_top">Boost.Ref</a>, Jaakko
Jarvi, Peter Dimov, Douglas Gregor, David Abrahams, 1999-2002
</li>
</ol></div>
</div>
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# (C) Copyright Tobias Schwinger
#
# Use modification and distribution are subject to the boost Software License,
# Version 1.0. (See http:/\/www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
import testing ;
project forward-tests
: requirements
<include>/Users/tosh/Lab/boost
<include>/Users/tosh/Lab/deploy/x_files/forward
;
test-suite functional/forward
:
[ run forward_adapter.cpp ]
[ run lightweight_forward_adapter.cpp ]
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/*=============================================================================
Copyright (c) 2007 Tobias Schwinger
Use modification and distribution are subject to the Boost Software
License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
==============================================================================*/
#include <boost/config.hpp>
#ifdef BOOST_MSVC
# pragma warning(disable: 4244) // no conversion warnings, please
#endif
#include <boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp>
#include <boost/functional/forward_adapter.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_same.hpp>
#include <boost/blank.hpp>
#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
#include <memory>
template <class Base = boost::blank>
class test_func : public Base
{
int val;
public:
test_func(int v) : val(v) { }
template<class B>
test_func(test_func<B> const & that)
: val(that.val)
{ }
template<class B> friend class test_func;
int operator()(int & l, int const & r) const
{
return l=r+val;
}
long operator()(int & l, int const & r)
{
return -(l=r+val);
}
template <typename Sig>
struct result
{
typedef void type;
};
// ensure result_of argument types are what's expected
// note: this is *not* how client code should look like
template <class Self>
struct result< Self const(int&,int const&) > { typedef int type; };
template <class Self>
struct result< Self(int&,int const&) > { typedef long type; };
template <class Self>
struct result< Self(int&,int&) > { typedef char type; };
};
enum { int_, long_, char_ };
int type_of(int) { return int_; }
int type_of(long) { return long_; }
int type_of(char) { return char_; }
int main()
{
{
using boost::is_same;
using boost::result_of;
typedef boost::forward_adapter< test_func<> > f;
// lvalue,rvalue
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f(int&, int) >::type, long >::value ));
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f const (int&, int) >::type, int >::value ));
// lvalue,const lvalue
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f(int&, int const &) >::type, long >::value ));
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f const (int&, int const &) >::type, int >::value ));
// lvalue,lvalue
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f(int&, int&) >::type, char >::value ));
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f const (int&, int&) >::type, char >::value ));
}
{
using boost::noncopyable;
using boost::forward_adapter;
int x = 0;
test_func<noncopyable> f(7);
forward_adapter< test_func<> > func(f);
forward_adapter< test_func<noncopyable> & > func_ref(f);
forward_adapter< test_func<noncopyable> & > const func_ref_c(f);
forward_adapter< test_func<> const > func_c(f);
forward_adapter< test_func<> > const func_c2(f);
forward_adapter< test_func<noncopyable> const & > func_c_ref(f);
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func(x,1) ) == long_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_ref(x,1) ) == long_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_ref_c(x,1) ) == long_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_c(x,1) ) == int_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_c2(x,1) ) == int_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_c_ref(x,1) ) == int_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func(x,x) ) == char_ );
BOOST_TEST( func(x,1) == -8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_ref(x,1) == -8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_ref_c(x,1) == -8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_c(x,1) == 8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_c2(x,1) == 8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_c_ref(x,1) == 8 );
}
return boost::report_errors();
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/*=============================================================================
Copyright (c) 2007 Tobias Schwinger
Use modification and distribution are subject to the Boost Software
License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
==============================================================================*/
#include <boost/config.hpp>
#ifdef BOOST_MSVC
# pragma warning(disable: 4244) // no conversion warnings, please
#endif
#include <boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp>
#include <boost/functional/lightweight_forward_adapter.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_same.hpp>
#include <boost/blank.hpp>
#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
#include <memory>
template <class Base = boost::blank>
class test_func : public Base
{
int val;
public:
test_func(int v) : val(v) { }
template<class B>
test_func(test_func<B> const & that)
: val(that.val)
{ }
template<class B> friend class test_func;
int operator()(int & l, int const & r) const
{
return l=r+val;
}
long operator()(int & l, int const & r)
{
return -(l=r+val);
}
template <typename Sig>
struct result
{
typedef void type;
};
// ensure result_of argument types are what's expected
// note: this is *not* how client code should look like
template <class Self>
struct result< Self const(int&,int const&) > { typedef int type; };
template <class Self>
struct result< Self(int&,int const&) > { typedef long type; };
template <class Self>
struct result< Self(int&,int&) > { typedef char type; };
};
enum { int_, long_, char_ };
int type_of(int) { return int_; }
int type_of(long) { return long_; }
int type_of(char) { return char_; }
int main()
{
{
using boost::is_same;
using boost::result_of;
typedef boost::lightweight_forward_adapter< test_func<> > f;
typedef boost::reference_wrapper<int> ref;
typedef boost::reference_wrapper<int const> cref;
// lvalue,rvalue
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f(ref, int) >::type, long >::value ));
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f const (ref, int) >::type, int >::value ));
// lvalue,const lvalue
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f(ref, cref) >::type, long >::value ));
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f const (ref, cref) >::type, int >::value ));
// lvalue,lvalue
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f(ref, ref) >::type, char >::value ));
BOOST_TEST(( is_same<
result_of< f const (ref, ref) >::type, char >::value ));
}
{
using boost::noncopyable;
using boost::lightweight_forward_adapter;
int v = 0; boost::reference_wrapper<int> x(v);
test_func<noncopyable> f(7);
lightweight_forward_adapter< test_func<> > func(f);
lightweight_forward_adapter< test_func<noncopyable> & > func_ref(f);
lightweight_forward_adapter< test_func<noncopyable> & > const func_ref_c(f);
lightweight_forward_adapter< test_func<> const > func_c(f);
lightweight_forward_adapter< test_func<> > const func_c2(f);
lightweight_forward_adapter< test_func<noncopyable> const & > func_c_ref(f);
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func(x,1) ) == long_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_ref(x,1) ) == long_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_ref_c(x,1) ) == long_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_c(x,1) ) == int_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_c2(x,1) ) == int_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func_c_ref(x,1) ) == int_ );
BOOST_TEST( type_of( func(x,x) ) == char_ );
BOOST_TEST( func(x,1) == -8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_ref(x,1) == -8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_ref_c(x,1) == -8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_c(x,1) == 8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_c2(x,1) == 8 );
BOOST_TEST( func_c_ref(x,1) == 8 );
}
return boost::report_errors();
}