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<p>
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>.
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<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</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">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_class</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">at</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">some_name</span><span class="special">).</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>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc">
<li class="listitem">
We may want a factory that takes some arguments that are forwarded to the
constructor,
</li>
<li class="listitem">
we will probably want to use smart pointers,
</li>
<li class="listitem">
we may want several member functions to create different kinds of objects,
</li>
<li class="listitem">
we might not necessarily need a polymorphic base class for the objects,
</li>
<li class="listitem">
as we will see, we do not need a factory base class at all,
</li>
<li class="listitem">
we might want to just call the constructor - without <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">new</span></code>
to create an object on the stack, and
</li>
<li class="listitem">
finally we might want to use customized memory management.
</li>
</ul></div>
<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>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference"></a><a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference" title="Reference">Reference</a>
</h2></div></div></div>
<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>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory"></a><a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory" title="value_factory">value_factory</a>
</h3></div></div></div>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.description"></a><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.description-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.description">Description</a>
</h5>
<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><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.header-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.header">Header</a>
</h5>
<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><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.synopsis-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
</h5>
<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><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.expression_semantics-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.expression_semantics">Expression
Semantics</a>
</h5>
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<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><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.limits-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.value_factory.limits">Limits</a>
</h5>
<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">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory"></a><a class="link" 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><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.description-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.description">Description</a>
</h5>
<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 <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/concepts/allocator.html" target="_top">Allocator</a>
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 <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/index.html" target="_top">Smart Pointer</a>
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><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.header-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.header">Header</a>
</h5>
<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><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.synopsis-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
</h5>
<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><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.expression_semantics-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.expression_semantics">Expression
Semantics</a>
</h5>
<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><h5>
<a name="boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.limits-heading"></a>
<a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.reference.factory.limits">Limits</a>
</h5>
<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">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="boost_functional_factory.acknowledgements"></a><a class="link" 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">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="boost_functional_factory.references"></a><a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_factory.references" title="References">References</a>
</h2></div></div></div>
<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem">
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns" target="_top">Design Patterns</a>,
Gamma et al. - Addison Wesley Publishing, 1995
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/" target="_top">Standard Template Library Programmer's
Guide</a>, Hewlett-Packard Company, 1994
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html" target="_top">Boost.Bind</a>,
Peter Dimov, 2001-2005
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/function.html" target="_top">Boost.Function</a>,
Douglas Gregor, 2001-2004
</li>
</ol></div>
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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.
</p>
<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>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">()(</span><span class="identifier">T0</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">t0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T1</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">t1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T2</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">t2</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span>
<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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</pre>
<p>
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.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">a_variable</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">a_variable</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">call_f</span><span class="special">()</span>
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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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The bad news is: It's impossible.
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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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<p>
and
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<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">func1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span>
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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>
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 (&lt; 10)
of arguments.
</p>
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<a name="id935594"></a>
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</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>
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<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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