LUMIERA.clone/src/lib/hash-value.h

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/*
HASH-UTIL.hpp - collection of tools and definitions for working with hashes
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2012, Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
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modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
/** @file hash-util.h
** Hash value types and utilities.
** This header defines the basic hash value types and provides some simple
** utilities to support working with hash valuesWhile the actual storage is assumed to be based on a POD, the type info is crucial
** to circumvent the problems with an "object" base class. Frequently, the need to
** manage some objects in a central facility drives us to rely on a common base class,
** irrespective of an actual common denominator in the semantics of the objects to
** be managed within this collection. Typically this results in this common base class
** being almost worthless as an API or interface, causing lots of type casts when using
** such a common object management facility. Passing additional context or API information
** on a metaprogramming level through the management interface helps avoiding these
** shortcomings.
**
** Here we build an ID facility with the following properties:
** - based on a configurable storage/implementation of the actual hash or index code.
** - tied to a specific hierarchy of objects (template parameter "BA")
** - providing an additional template parameter to pass the desired type info
** - establishing an type hierarchy relation between ID related to the base class
** and the IDs denoting specific subclasses, such that the latter can stand-in
** for the generic ID.
** - providing a Mixin, which allows any hierarchy to use this facility without
** much code duplication, including an adapter for tr1::unordered_map
** - equality comparison
**
** @see HashIndexed_test
** @see Placement usage example
**
*/
#ifndef LIB_HASH_UTIL_H
#define LIB_HASH_UTIL_H
/**
* storage for a Lumiera unique ID,
* based on a 128bit random number
*/
typedef unsigned char lumiera_uid[16];
typedef lumiera_uid* LumieraUid;
#ifdef __cplusplus /* =========== C++ definitions ====================== */
namespace lib {
/** a STL compatible hash value */
typedef size_t HashVal;
/** a Lumiera UID */
typedef lumiera_uid* LUID;
namespace hash {
// WIP more utils to come here....
}
} // namespace lib
#endif /* C++ */
#endif /*LIB_HASH_UTIL_H*/