mbed-os/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/SafeBool.h

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/* mbed Microcontroller Library
* Copyright (c) 2006-2013 ARM Limited
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
#ifndef BLE_API_SAFE_BOOL_H_
#define BLE_API_SAFE_BOOL_H_
/* Safe bool idiom, see: http://www.artima.com/cppsource/safebool.html */
/**
* @file
* @addtogroup ble
* @{
* @addtogroup common
* @{
*/
/**
* Private namespace used to host details of the SafeBool implementation.
*/
namespace SafeBool_ {
/**
* Base class of all SafeBool instances.
*
* This nontemplate base class exists to reduce the number of instantiation of
* the trueTag function.
*/
class base {
template<typename>
friend class SafeBool;
protected:
/**
* The bool type is a pointer to method that can be used in boolean context.
*/
typedef void (base::*BoolType_t)() const;
/**
* Nonimplemented call, use to disallow conversion between unrelated types.
*/
void invalidTag() const;
/**
* Special member function that indicates a true value.
*/
void trueTag() const {}
};
}
/**
* Safe conversion of objects in boolean context.
*
* Classes wanting evaluation of their instances in boolean context must derive
* publicly from this class rather than implementing the easy to misuse
* operator bool().
*
* Descendant classes must implement the function bool toBool() const to enable
* the safe conversion in boolean context.
*
* @tparam T Type of the derived class
*
* @code
*
* class A : public SafeBool<A> {
* public:
*
* // boolean conversion
* bool toBool() const {
*
* }
* };
*
* class B : public SafeBool<B> {
* public:
*
* // boolean conversion
* bool toBool() const {
*
* }
* };
*
* A a;
* B b;
*
* // will compile
* if(a) {
*
* }
*
* // compilation error
* if(a == b) {
*
* }
* @endcode
*/
template <typename T>
class SafeBool : public SafeBool_::base {
public:
/**
* Bool operator implementation, derived class must provide a bool
* toBool() const function.
*/
operator BoolType_t() const
{
return (static_cast<const T*>(this))->toBool()
? &SafeBool<T>::trueTag : 0;
}
};
/**
* Avoid conversion to bool between different classes.
*
* @attention Will generate a compile time error if instantiated.
*/
template <typename T, typename U>
void operator==(const SafeBool<T>& lhs,const SafeBool<U>& rhs)
{
lhs.invalidTag();
// return false;
}
/**
* Avoid conversion to bool between different classes.
*
* @attention Will generate a compile time error if instantiated.
*/
template <typename T,typename U>
void operator!=(const SafeBool<T>& lhs,const SafeBool<U>& rhs)
{
lhs.invalidTag();
// return false;
}
/**
* @}
* @}
*/
#endif /* BLE_API_SAFE_BOOL_H_ */