XrdClAnyObject.hh

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//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (c) 2011-2012 by European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
// Author: Lukasz Janyst <ljanyst@cern.ch>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// XRootD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
// along with XRootD.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
#ifndef __XRD_CL_ANY_OBJECT_HH__
#define __XRD_CL_ANY_OBJECT_HH__
 
#include <typeinfo>
#include <cstring>
 
namespace XrdCl
{
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  class AnyObject
  {
    public:
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      AnyObject(): pHolder(0), pTypeInfo(0), pOwn( true ) {};
 
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      ~AnyObject()
      {
        if( pHolder && pOwn )
          pHolder->Delete();
        delete pHolder;
      }
 
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      template <class Type> void Set( Type object, bool own = true )
      {
        if( !object )
        {
          delete pHolder;
          pHolder   = 0;
          pTypeInfo = 0;
          return;
        }
 
        delete pHolder;
        pHolder   = new ConcreteHolder<Type>( object );
        pOwn      = own;
        pTypeInfo = &typeid( Type );
      }
 
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      template <class Type> void Get( Type &object )
      {
        if( !pHolder || (strcmp( pTypeInfo->name(), typeid( Type ).name() )) )
        {
          object = 0;
          return;
        }
        object = static_cast<Type>( pHolder->Get() );
      }
 
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      bool HasOwnership() const
      {
        return pOwn;
      }
 
    private:
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      // Abstract holder object
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      class Holder
      {
        public:
          virtual ~Holder() {}
          virtual void Delete() = 0;
          virtual void *Get()   = 0;
      };
 
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      // Concrete holder
      //------------------------------------------------------------------------
      template<class Type>
      class ConcreteHolder: public Holder
      {
        public:
          ConcreteHolder( Type object  ): pObject( object ) {}
          virtual void Delete()
          {
            delete pObject;
          }
 
          virtual void *Get()
          {
            return (void *)pObject;
          }
 
        private:
          Type pObject;
      };
 
      Holder               *pHolder;
      const std::type_info *pTypeInfo;
      bool                  pOwn;
  };
}
 
#endif // __XRD_CL_ANY_OBJECT_HH__