ConsistentObjectAccess.hpp

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// File: ConsistentObjectAccess.hpp
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// Description: A wrapper around objects or pointers to objects which give
// the same interface for both types (i.e., -> will work for both).
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#ifndef NEKTAR_LIB_UTILITIES_BASIC_UTILS_CONSISTENT_ACCESS_OBJECT_HPP
#define NEKTAR_LIB_UTILITIES_BASIC_UTILS_CONSISTENT_ACCESS_OBJECT_HPP
 
#include <LibUtilities/BasicUtils/ErrorUtil.hpp>
#include <memory>
 
namespace Nektar
{
template <typename DataType> struct ConsistentObjectAccess
{
    static DataType &reference(DataType &o)
    {
        return o;
    }
    static const DataType &const_reference(const DataType &o)
    {
        return o;
    }
    static DataType *pointer(DataType &o)
    {
        return &o;
    }
    static const DataType *const_pointer(const DataType &o)
    {
        return &o;
    }
 
    static bool ReferencesObject([[maybe_unused]] const DataType &o)
    {
        return true;
    }
};
 
template <typename DataType> struct ConsistentObjectAccess<DataType *>
{
    static const DataType &const_reference(DataType *o)
    {
        ASSERTL1(o != nullptr, "Can't dereference null pointer.");
        return *o;
    }
    static const DataType *const_pointer(DataType *o)
    {
        return o;
    }
    static bool ReferencesObject(DataType *o)
    {
        return o != nullptr;
    }
 
    static DataType &reference(DataType *o)
    {
        ASSERTL1(o != nullptr, "Can't dereference null pointer.");
        return *o;
    }
    static DataType *pointer(DataType *o)
    {
        return o;
    }
};
 
template <typename DataType>
struct ConsistentObjectAccess<std::shared_ptr<DataType>>
{
    static const DataType &const_reference(const std::shared_ptr<DataType> &o)
    {
        ASSERTL1(o, "Can't dereference null pointer.");
        return *o;
    }
    static const DataType *const_pointer(const std::shared_ptr<DataType> &o)
    {
        return o.get();
    }
    static DataType &reference(const std::shared_ptr<DataType> &o)
    {
        ASSERTL1(o, "Can't dereference null pointer.");
        return *o;
    }
    static DataType *pointer(const std::shared_ptr<DataType> &o)
    {
        return o.get();
    }
    static bool ReferencesObject(const std::shared_ptr<DataType> &o)
    {
        return o.get();
    }
};
} // namespace Nektar
 
#endif // NEKTAR_LIB_UTILITIES_BASIC_UTILS_CONSISTENT_ACCESS_OBJECT_HPP