// // Copyright (c) Chris Glover, 2016. // // // 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) // #ifndef BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_RUNTIME_CAST_REFERENCE_CAST_HPP #define BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_RUNTIME_CAST_REFERENCE_CAST_HPP /// \file reference_cast.hpp /// \brief Contains the overload of boost::typeindex::runtime_cast for /// reference types. #include #include #include #include #include #include #ifdef BOOST_HAS_PRAGMA_ONCE # pragma once #endif namespace boost { namespace typeindex { /// \brief Indicates that runtime_cast was unable to perform the desired cast operation /// because the source instance was not also an instance of the target type. struct bad_runtime_cast : std::exception {}; /// \brief Safely converts references to classes up, down, and sideways along the inheritance hierarchy. /// \tparam T The desired target type. Like dynamic_cast, must be a pointer to complete class type. /// \tparam U A complete class type of the source instance, u. /// \return If there exists a valid conversion from U& to T, returns a T that references an address /// suitably offset from u. If no such conversion exists, throws boost::typeindex::bad_runtime_cast. template typename boost::add_reference::type runtime_cast(U& u) { typedef typename boost::remove_reference::type impl_type; impl_type* value = detail::runtime_cast_impl( boost::addressof(u), boost::is_base_and_derived()); if(!value) BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(bad_runtime_cast()); return *value; } /// \brief Safely converts references to classes up, down, and sideways along the inheritance hierarchy. /// \tparam T The desired target type. Like dynamic_cast, must be a pointer to complete class type. /// \tparam U A complete class type of the source instance, u. /// \return If there exists a valid conversion from U const& to T const, returns a T const that references an address /// suitably offset from u. If no such conversion exists, throws boost::typeindex::bad_runtime_cast. template typename boost::add_reference::type runtime_cast(U const& u) { typedef typename boost::remove_reference::type impl_type; impl_type* value = detail::runtime_cast_impl( boost::addressof(u), boost::is_base_and_derived()); if(!value) BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(bad_runtime_cast()); return *value; } }} // namespace boost::typeindex #endif // BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_RUNTIME_CAST_REFERENCE_CAST_HPP