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     30 
     31 #ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_CASTS_H__
     32 #define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_CASTS_H__
     33 
     34 #include <google/protobuf/stubs/common.h>
     35 #include <google/protobuf/stubs/type_traits.h>
     36 
     37 namespace google {
     38 namespace protobuf {
     39 namespace internal {
     40 // Use implicit_cast as a safe version of static_cast or const_cast
     41 // for upcasting in the type hierarchy (i.e. casting a pointer to Foo
     42 // to a pointer to SuperclassOfFoo or casting a pointer to Foo to
     43 // a const pointer to Foo).
     44 // When you use implicit_cast, the compiler checks that the cast is safe.
     45 // Such explicit implicit_casts are necessary in surprisingly many
     46 // situations where C++ demands an exact type match instead of an
     47 // argument type convertable to a target type.
     48 //
     49 // The From type can be inferred, so the preferred syntax for using
     50 // implicit_cast is the same as for static_cast etc.:
     51 //
     52 //   implicit_cast<ToType>(expr)
     53 //
     54 // implicit_cast would have been part of the C++ standard library,
     55 // but the proposal was submitted too late.  It will probably make
     56 // its way into the language in the future.
     57 template<typename To, typename From>
     58 inline To implicit_cast(From const &f) {
     59   return f;
     60 }
     61 
     62 // When you upcast (that is, cast a pointer from type Foo to type
     63 // SuperclassOfFoo), it's fine to use implicit_cast<>, since upcasts
     64 // always succeed.  When you downcast (that is, cast a pointer from
     65 // type Foo to type SubclassOfFoo), static_cast<> isn't safe, because
     66 // how do you know the pointer is really of type SubclassOfFoo?  It
     67 // could be a bare Foo, or of type DifferentSubclassOfFoo.  Thus,
     68 // when you downcast, you should use this macro.  In debug mode, we
     69 // use dynamic_cast<> to double-check the downcast is legal (we die
     70 // if it's not).  In normal mode, we do the efficient static_cast<>
     71 // instead.  Thus, it's important to test in debug mode to make sure
     72 // the cast is legal!
     73 //    This is the only place in the code we should use dynamic_cast<>.
     74 // In particular, you SHOULDN'T be using dynamic_cast<> in order to
     75 // do RTTI (eg code like this:
     76 //    if (dynamic_cast<Subclass1>(foo)) HandleASubclass1Object(foo);
     77 //    if (dynamic_cast<Subclass2>(foo)) HandleASubclass2Object(foo);
     78 // You should design the code some other way not to need this.
     79 
     80 template<typename To, typename From>     // use like this: down_cast<T*>(foo);
     81 inline To down_cast(From* f) {                   // so we only accept pointers
     82   // Ensures that To is a sub-type of From *.  This test is here only
     83   // for compile-time type checking, and has no overhead in an
     84   // optimized build at run-time, as it will be optimized away
     85   // completely.
     86   if (false) {
     87     implicit_cast<From*, To>(0);
     88   }
     89 
     90 #if !defined(NDEBUG) && !defined(GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_NO_RTTI)
     91   assert(f == NULL || dynamic_cast<To>(f) != NULL);  // RTTI: debug mode only!
     92 #endif
     93   return static_cast<To>(f);
     94 }
     95 
     96 template<typename To, typename From>    // use like this: down_cast<T&>(foo);
     97 inline To down_cast(From& f) {
     98   typedef typename remove_reference<To>::type* ToAsPointer;
     99   // Ensures that To is a sub-type of From *.  This test is here only
    100   // for compile-time type checking, and has no overhead in an
    101   // optimized build at run-time, as it will be optimized away
    102   // completely.
    103   if (false) {
    104     implicit_cast<From*, ToAsPointer>(0);
    105   }
    106 
    107 #if !defined(NDEBUG) && !defined(GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_NO_RTTI)
    108   // RTTI: debug mode only!
    109   assert(dynamic_cast<ToAsPointer>(&f) != NULL);
    110 #endif
    111   return *static_cast<ToAsPointer>(&f);
    112 }
    113 
    114 template<typename To, typename From>
    115 inline To bit_cast(const From& from) {
    116   GOOGLE_COMPILE_ASSERT(sizeof(From) == sizeof(To),
    117                         bit_cast_with_different_sizes);
    118   To dest;
    119   memcpy(&dest, &from, sizeof(dest));
    120   return dest;
    121 }
    122 
    123 }  // namespace internal
    124 
    125 // We made these internal so that they would show up as such in the docs,
    126 // but we don't want to stick "internal::" in front of them everywhere.
    127 using internal::implicit_cast;
    128 using internal::down_cast;
    129 using internal::bit_cast;
    130 
    131 }  // namespace protobuf
    132 }  // namespace google
    133 #endif  // GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_CASTS_H__
    134