LUMIERA.clone/src/lib/iter-adapter.hpp

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/*
ITER-ADAPTOR.hpp - helpers for building simple forward iterators
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2009, Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
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/** @file iter-adapter.hpp
** Helper template(s) for creating <b>lumiera forward iterators</b>.
** Usually, these templates will be created and provided by a custom
** container type and accessed by the client through a typedef name
** "iterator" (similar to the usage within the STL). For more advanced
** usage, the providing container might want to subclass these iterators,
** e.g. to provide an additional, specialised API.
**
** Depending on the concrete situation, there are several flavours
** - the IterAdapter retains an active callback connection to the
** controlling container, thus allowing arbitrary complex behaviour.
** - the RangeIter allows just to expose a range of elements defined
** by a STL-like pair of "start" and "end" iterators
** - often, objects are managed internally by pointers, while allowing
** the clients to use direct references; to support this usage scenario,
** PtrDerefIter wraps an existing iterator, while dereferencing any value
** automatically on access.
**
**
** \par Lumiera forward iterator concept
**
** Similar to the STL, instead of using a common "Iterator" base class,
** instead we define a common set of functions and behaviour which can
** be expected from any such iterator. These rules are similar to STL's
** "forward iterator", with the addition of an bool check to detect
** iteration end. The latter s inspired by the \c hasNext() function
** found in many current languages supporting iterators. In a similar
** vein (inspired from functional programming), we deliberately don't
** support the various extended iterator concepts from STL and boost
** (random access iterators, output iterators and the like). According
** to this concept, <i>an iterator is a promise for pulling values,</i>
** and nothing beyond that.
**
** - Any Lumiera forward iterator can be in a "exhausted" (invalid) state,
** which can be checked by the bool conversion. Especially, any instance
** created by the default ctor is always fixed to that state. This
** state is final and can't be reset, meaning that any iterator is
** a disposable one-way-off object.
** - iterators are copyable and comparable
** - when an iterator is \em not in the exhausted state, it may be
** \em dereferenced to yield the "current" value.
** - moreover, iterators may be incremented until exhaustion.
**
** @todo WIP WIP WIP
** @todo see Ticket #182
**
** @see scoped-ptrvect.hpp
*/
#ifndef LIB_ITER_ADAPTOR_H
#define LIB_ITER_ADAPTOR_H
#include "lib/error.hpp"
#include "lib/bool-checkable.hpp"
#include <boost/type_traits/remove_const.hpp>
namespace lib {
namespace {
/**
* Helper for creating nested typedefs
* within the iterator adaptor, similar to what the STL does.
*/
template<typename TY>
struct IterTraits
{
typedef typename TY::pointer pointer;
typedef typename TY::reference reference;
typedef typename TY::value_type value_type;
};
template<typename TY>
struct IterTraits<TY *>
{
typedef TY value_type;
typedef TY& reference;
typedef TY* pointer;
};
template<typename TY>
struct IterTraits<const TY *>
{
typedef TY value_type;
typedef const TY& reference;
typedef const TY* pointer;
};
}
/**
* Adapter for building an implementation of the lumiera forward iterator concept.
* The "current position" is represented as an opaque element (usually an nested iterator),
* with callbacks to the controlling container instance for managing this position.
* This allows to influence and customise the iteration process to a large extent.
* Basically such an IterAdapter behaves like the similar concept from STL, but
* - it is not just a disguised pointer (meaning, it's more expensive)
* - it checks validity on every operation and may throw
* - it has a distinct back-link to the source container
* - the source container needs to implement iterStart() and iterInc()
* - we need friendship to access the callbacks on the container
* - the end-of-iteration can be detected by bool check
*
* \par Stipulations
* - POS refers to the current position within the data source of this iterator.
* -# it should be default constructible
* -# it should be copy constructible
* -# when IterAdapter is supposed to be assignable, then POS should be
* -# it should provide embedded typedefs for pointer, reference and value_type,
* or alternatively resolve these types through a specialisation if IterTraits.
* -# it should be convertible to the pointer type it declares
* -# dereferencing it should yield type that is convertible to the reference type
* - CON refers to the data source of this iterator (typically a data container type)
* We store a backlink to this object to invoke a special iteration control API:
* -# \c hasNext yields true iff the source has yet more result values to yield
* -# \c iterNext advances the POS to the next element
*
* @see scoped-ptrvect.hpp usage example
* @see iter-adaptor-test.cpp
*/
template<class POS, class CON>
class IterAdapter
: public lib::BoolCheckable<IterAdapter<POS,CON> >
{
const CON* source_;
mutable POS pos_;
public:
typedef typename IterTraits<POS>::pointer pointer;
typedef typename IterTraits<POS>::reference reference;
typedef typename IterTraits<POS>::value_type value_type;
IterAdapter (const CON* src, const POS& startpos)
: source_(src)
, pos_(startpos)
{
checkPos();
}
IterAdapter ()
: source_(0)
, pos_()
{ }
/* === lumiera forward iterator concept === */
reference
operator*() const
{
_maybe_throw();
return *pos_;
}
pointer
operator->() const
{
_maybe_throw();
return pos_;
}
IterAdapter&
operator++()
{
_maybe_throw();
iterate();
return *this;
}
IterAdapter
operator++(int)
{
_maybe_throw();
IterAdapter oldPos(*this);
iterate();
return oldPos;
}
bool
isValid () const
{
return checkPos();
}
bool
empty () const
{
return !isValid();
}
protected: /* === iteration control interface === */
/** ask the controlling container if this position is valid.
* @note this function is called before any operation,
* thus the container may adjust the position value,
* for example setting it to a "stop iteration" mark.
*/
bool
checkPos() const
{
return source_ && CON::hasNext (source_,pos_);
}
/** ask the controlling container to yield the next position.
* The call is dispatched only if the current position is valid;
* any new position returned is again validated, so to detect
* the iteration end as soon as possible.
*/
bool
iterate ()
{
if (!checkPos()) return false;
CON::iterNext (source_,pos_);
return checkPos();
}
private:
void
_maybe_throw() const
{
if (!isValid())
throw lumiera::error::Invalid ("Can't iterate further",
lumiera::error::LUMIERA_ERROR_ITER_EXHAUST);
}
/// comparison is allowed to access impl iterator
template<class P1, class P2, class CX>
friend bool operator== (IterAdapter<P1,CX> const&, IterAdapter<P2,CX> const&);
};
/// Supporting equality comparisons...
template<class P1, class P2, class CON>
bool operator== (IterAdapter<P1,CON> const& il, IterAdapter<P2,CON> const& ir) { return il.pos_ == ir.pos_; }
template<class P1, class P2, class CON>
bool operator!= (IterAdapter<P1,CON> const& il, IterAdapter<P2,CON> const& ir) { return !(il == ir); }
/**
* Accessing a STL element range through a Lumiera forward iterator,
* An instance of this iterator adapter is completely self-contained
* and allows to iterate once over the range of elements, until
* \c pos==end . Thus, a custom container may expose a range of
* elements of an embedded STL container, without controlling
* the details of the iteration (as is possible using the
* more generic IterAdapter).
*/
template<class IT>
class RangeIter
: public lib::BoolCheckable<RangeIter<IT> >
{
IT p_;
IT e_;
public:
typedef typename IterTraits<IT>::pointer pointer;
typedef typename IterTraits<IT>::reference reference;
typedef typename IterTraits<IT>::value_type value_type;
RangeIter (IT const& start, IT const& end)
: p_(start)
, e_(end)
{ }
RangeIter ()
: p_(0)
, e_(0)
{ }
/** allow copy,
* when the underlying iterators
* are compatible or convertible */
template<class I2>
RangeIter (I2 const& oIter)
: p_(oIter.getPos())
, e_(oIter.getEnd())
{ }
/* === lumiera forward iterator concept === */
reference
operator*() const
{
_maybe_throw();
return *p_;
}
pointer
operator->() const
{
_maybe_throw();
return &(*p_);
}
RangeIter&
operator++()
{
_maybe_throw();
++p_;
return *this;
}
RangeIter
operator++(int)
{
_maybe_throw();
return RangeIter (p_++,e_);
}
bool
isValid () const
{
return (p_!= IT(0)) && (p_ != e_);
}
bool
empty () const
{
return !isValid();
}
/** access wrapped STL iterator */
const IT& getPos() const { return p_; }
const IT& getEnd() const { return e_; }
private:
void
_maybe_throw() const
{
if (!isValid())
throw lumiera::error::Invalid ("Can't iterate further",
lumiera::error::LUMIERA_ERROR_ITER_EXHAUST);
}
};
/// Supporting equality comparisons...
template<class I1, class I2>
bool operator== (RangeIter<I1> const& il, RangeIter<I2> const& ir) { return (!il && !ir) || (il.getPos() == ir.getPos()); }
template<class I1, class I2>
bool operator!= (RangeIter<I1> const& il, RangeIter<I2> const& ir) { return !(il == ir); }
namespace {
/** helper to remove pointer,
* while retaining const */
template<typename T>
struct RemovePtr { typedef T Type; };
template<typename T>
struct RemovePtr<T*> { typedef T Type; };
template<typename T>
struct RemovePtr<const T*> { typedef const T Type; };
template<typename T>
struct RemovePtr<T* const> { typedef const T Type; };
template<typename T>
struct RemovePtr<const T* const> { typedef const T Type; };
}
/**
* Helper for type rewritings:
* get the element type for an iterator like entity
*/
template<class TY>
struct IterType;
template<template<class,class> class Iter, class TY, class CON>
struct IterType<Iter<TY,CON> >
{
typedef CON Container;
typedef TY ElemType;
typedef typename RemovePtr<TY>::Type ValueType;
template<class T2>
struct SimilarIter
{
typedef Iter<T2,CON> Type;
};
};
template<class IT>
struct IterType<RangeIter<IT> >
: IterType<IT>
{
template<class T2>
struct SimilarIter ///< rebind to rewritten Iterator wrapped into RangeIter
{
typedef typename IterType<IT>::template SimilarIter<T2>::Type WrappedIter;
typedef RangeIter<WrappedIter> Type;
};
};
/**
* wrapper for an existing Iterator type,
* automatically dereferencing the output of the former.
* For this to work, the "source" iterator is expected
* to be declared on \em pointers rather than on values.
* @note bool checkable if and only if source is...
*/
template<class IT>
class PtrDerefIter
: public lib::BoolCheckable<PtrDerefIter<IT> >
{
IT i_; ///< nested source iterator
public:
typedef typename IT::value_type pointer;
typedef typename RemovePtr<pointer>::Type value_type;
typedef value_type& reference;
// the purpose of the following typedefs is to ease building a correct "const iterator"
typedef typename boost::remove_const<value_type>::type ValueTypeBase; // value_type without const
typedef typename IterType<IT>::template SimilarIter< ValueTypeBase* * >::Type WrappedIterType;
typedef typename IterType<IT>::template SimilarIter<const ValueTypeBase* * >::Type WrappedConstIterType;
typedef PtrDerefIter<WrappedIterType> IterType;
typedef PtrDerefIter<WrappedConstIterType> ConstIterType;
/** PtrDerefIter is always created
* by wrapping an existing iterator.
*/
PtrDerefIter (IT srcIter)
: i_(srcIter)
{ }
/** allow copy initialisation also when
* the wrapped iterator is based on some variation of a pointer.
* Especially, this includes initialisation of the "const variant"
* from the "normal variant" of PtrDerefIter. Actually, we need to convert
* in this case by brute force, because indeed (const TY *)* is not assignable
* from (TY *)* -- just we know that our intention is to dereference both levels
* of pointers, and then the resulting conversion is correct.
* @note in case IT == WrappedIterType, this is just a redefinition of the
* default copy ctor. In all other cases, this is an <i>additional
* ctor besides the default copy ctor</i> */
PtrDerefIter (PtrDerefIter<WrappedIterType> const& oIter)
: i_(reinterpret_cast<IT const&> (oIter.getBase()))
{ }
PtrDerefIter&
operator= (PtrDerefIter<WrappedIterType> const& ref)
{
i_ = reinterpret_cast<IT const&> (ref.getBase());
}
/* === lumiera forward iterator concept === */
reference
operator*() const
{
return *(*i_);
}
pointer
operator->() const
{
return *i_;
}
PtrDerefIter&
operator++()
{
++i_;
return *this;
}
PtrDerefIter
operator++(int)
{
return PtrDerefIter (i_++);
}
bool
isValid () const
{
return bool(i_);
}
bool
empty () const
{
return !isValid();
}
/** access the wrapped implementation iterator */
IT const&
getBase() const
{
return i_;
}
};
/// Supporting equality comparisons...
template<class I1, class I2>
bool operator== (PtrDerefIter<I1> const& il, PtrDerefIter<I2> const& ir) { return il.getBase() == ir.getBase(); }
template<class I1, class I2>
bool operator!= (PtrDerefIter<I1> const& il, PtrDerefIter<I2> const& ir) { return !(il == ir); }
} // namespace lib
#endif