Re: [Boost-users] Boost version of Loki StaticDispatcher

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost version of Loki StaticDispatcher
From: Zachary Turner (divisortheory_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-15 19:05:03

Have you looked at boost::variant<>? You would need to make a few code
changes:

typedef boost::variant<double, long, int, float> ParamValue;

After doing this, you no longer need a BaseParamValue or any inheritance at
all for that matter.
class Param
{
public:
     Param() : mParamValue(0) {}
     Param(const string& type)
         : mParamValue(create_param(type))
     {
     }

private:
    ParamValue create_param(const string& type)
    {
          if (type == "LONG") return ParamValue(0L);
          else if (type == "DOUBLE") return ParamValue(0.0);
          //etc
    }

    ParamValue mParamValue;
};

class TestVisit : public boost::static_visitor<>
{
    void operator()(double d) const
    {
    }

    void operator()(long l) const
    {
    }

    void operator(float f) const
    {
    }
};

class TestVisitReturn : public boost::static_visitor<bool>
{
    bool operator()(double d) const
    {
        return true;
    }

    bool operator()(long l) const
    {
        return true;
    }

    bool operator(float f) const
    {
        return true;
    }
};

Alternatively, you could templatize the operator() to accept  any of the
types.

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    ParamValue value("LONG");

    boost::apply_visitor(TestVisit(), value);

    bool result = boost::apply_visitor(TestVisitReturn(), value);
}