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<a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator"></a><a class="link" href="create_generator.html" title="API for Automatic Generator Creation">API
          for Automatic Generator Creation</a>
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<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.h0"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.description"></a></span><a class="link" href="create_generator.html#spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.description">Description</a>
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<p>
            The library implements a special API returning a generator instance for
            a supplied attribute type. This function finds the best matching generator
            type for the attribute based on a set of simple matching rules (as outlined
            in the table below) applied recursively to the attribute type. The returned
            generator can be utilized to emit output for the provided attribute.
          </p>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.h1"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.header"></a></span><a class="link" href="create_generator.html#spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.header">Header</a>
          </h6>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">// forwards to &lt;boost/spirit/home/karma/auto.hpp&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">include</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">karma_auto</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
</pre>
<p>
            Also, see <a class="link" href="../../../structure/include.html" title="Include">Include Structure</a>.
          </p>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.h2"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.namespace"></a></span><a class="link" href="create_generator.html#spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.namespace">Namespace</a>
          </h6>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup><col></colgroup>
<thead><tr><th>
                    <p>
                      Name
                    </p>
                  </th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">karma</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">create_generator</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td></tr>
<tr><td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">create_generator_exists</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td></tr>
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<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.h3"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.synopsis"></a></span><a class="link" href="create_generator.html#spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
          </h6>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">spirit</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">karma</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
    <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Attr</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
    <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">unspecified</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
    <span class="identifier">create_generator</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}}}</span>
</pre>
<p>
            The returned instance can be directly passed as the generator (or the
            delimiting generator) to any of the <span class="emphasis"><em>Spirit.Karma</em></span>
            API functions. Additionally it can be assigned to a rule as the rules
            right hand side expression. This function will return a valid generator
            type only if the meta function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">create_generator_exists</span></code>
            returns <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mpl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">true_</span></code>. Otherwise it will fail compiling.
          </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">spirit</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
    <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Attr</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
    <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">create_generator_exists</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}}}</span>
</pre>
<p>
            The meta function evaluates to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mpl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">true_</span></code>
            if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">create_generator</span></code> would
            return a valid generator for the given type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Attr</span></code>.
          </p>
<p>
            The following table outlines the mapping rules from the attribute type
            to the generator type. These rules are applied recursively to create
            the generator type which can be used to generate output from the given
            attribute type.
          </p>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
                    <p>
                      Attribute type
                    </p>
                  </th>
<th>
                    <p>
                      Generator type
                    </p>
                  </th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">wchar_t</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">standard</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">char_</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">standard_wide</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">char_</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">short</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">long</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">short_</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">int_</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">long_</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">short</span></code>,
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">int</span></code>,
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ushort_</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">uint_</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ulong_</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">float</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">long</span>
                      <span class="keyword">double</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">float_</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">double_</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">long_double</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">short</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">long</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">short_</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">int_</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">long_</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="keyword">long</span></code>,
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span>
                      <span class="keyword">long</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">long_long</span></code>,
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ulong_long</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bool_</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Any string (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span></code>,
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>, etc.)
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Any (STL) container
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Kleene Star (unary <code class="computeroutput"><span class="char">'*'</span></code>)
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Any Fusion sequence
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Sequence operator (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="char">'&lt;&lt;'</span></code>)
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Optional operator (unary <code class="computeroutput"><span class="char">'-'</span></code>)
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      Alternative operator (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="char">'|'</span></code>)
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<div class="important"><table border="0" summary="Important">
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Important]" src="../../../../images/important.png"></td>
<th align="left">Important</th>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
              The mapping for the generators <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">long_long</span></code>
              and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ulong_long</span></code> are
              only available on platforms where the preprocessor constant <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG</span></code> is defined (i.e.
              on platforms having native support for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">long</span>
              <span class="keyword">long</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">unsigned</span>
              <span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="keyword">long</span></code>
              (64 bit) signed and unsigned integer types).
            </p></td></tr>
</table></div>
<h6>
<a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.h4"></a>
            <span><a name="spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.template_parameters"></a></span><a class="link" href="create_generator.html#spirit.karma.reference.generate_api.create_generator.template_parameters">Template
            parameters</a>
          </h6>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
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</colgroup>
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<th>
                    <p>
                      Parameter
                    </p>
                  </th>
<th>
                    <p>
                      Description
                    </p>
                  </th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody><tr>
<td>
                    <p>
                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Attr</span></code>
                    </p>
                  </td>
<td>
                    <p>
                      An attribute type utilized to create the corresponding generator
                      type from.
                    </p>
                  </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
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