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      1 //
      2 // Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
      3 //
      4 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6 // You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7 //
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      9 //
     10 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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     15 //
     16 
     17 #ifndef UPDATE_ENGINE_UPDATE_MANAGER_BOXED_VALUE_H_
     18 #define UPDATE_ENGINE_UPDATE_MANAGER_BOXED_VALUE_H_
     19 
     20 #include <memory>
     21 #include <string>
     22 
     23 #include <base/macros.h>
     24 
     25 namespace chromeos_update_manager {
     26 
     27 // BoxedValue is a class to hold pointers of a given type that deletes them when
     28 // the instance goes out of scope, as std::unique_ptr<T> does. The main
     29 // difference with it is that the type T is not part of the class, i.e., this
     30 // isn't a parametric class. The class has a parametric constructor that accepts
     31 // a const T* which will define the type of the object passed on delete.
     32 //
     33 // It is safe to use this class in linked containers such as std::list and
     34 // std::map but the object can't be copied. This means that you need to
     35 // construct the BoxedValue in place using a container method like emplace()
     36 // or move it with std::move().
     37 //
     38 //   list<BoxedValue> lst;
     39 //   lst.emplace_back(new const int(42));
     40 //   lst.emplace_back(new const string("Hello world!"));
     41 //
     42 //   map<int, BoxedValue> m;
     43 //   m.emplace(123, std::move(BoxedValue(new const string("Hola mundo!"))));
     44 //
     45 //   auto it = m.find(42);
     46 //   if (it != m.end())
     47 //     cout << "m[42] points to " << it->second.value() << endl;
     48 //   cout << "m[33] points to " << m[33].value() << endl;
     49 //
     50 // Since copy and assign are not allowed, you can't create a copy of the
     51 // BoxedValue which means that you can only use a reference to it.
     52 //
     53 
     54 class BoxedValue {
     55  public:
     56   // Creates an empty BoxedValue. Since the pointer can't be assigned from other
     57   // BoxedValues or pointers, this is only useful in places where a default
     58   // constructor is required, such as std::map::operator[].
     59   BoxedValue() : value_(nullptr), deleter_(nullptr), printer_(nullptr) {}
     60 
     61   // Creates a BoxedValue for the passed pointer |value|. The BoxedValue keeps
     62   // the ownership of this pointer and can't be released.
     63   template<typename T>
     64   explicit BoxedValue(const T* value)
     65     : value_(static_cast<const void*>(value)), deleter_(ValueDeleter<T>),
     66       printer_(ValuePrinter<T>) {}
     67 
     68   // The move constructor takes ownership of the pointer since the semantics of
     69   // it allows to render the passed BoxedValue undefined. You need to use the
     70   // move constructor explicitly preventing it from accidental references,
     71   // like in:
     72   //   BoxedValue new_box(std::move(other_box));
     73   BoxedValue(BoxedValue&& other)  // NOLINT(build/c++11)
     74       : value_(other.value_), deleter_(other.deleter_),
     75         printer_(other.printer_) {
     76     other.value_ = nullptr;
     77     other.deleter_ = nullptr;
     78     other.printer_ = nullptr;
     79   }
     80 
     81   // Deletes the |value| passed on construction using the delete for the passed
     82   // type.
     83   ~BoxedValue() {
     84     if (deleter_)
     85       deleter_(value_);
     86   }
     87 
     88   const void* value() const { return value_; }
     89 
     90   std::string ToString() const {
     91     if (!printer_)
     92       return "(no printer)";
     93     if (!value_)
     94       return "(no value)";
     95     return printer_(value_);
     96   }
     97 
     98   // Static method to call the destructor of the right type.
     99   template<typename T>
    100   static void ValueDeleter(const void* value) {
    101     delete reinterpret_cast<const T*>(value);
    102   }
    103 
    104   // Static method to print a type. See boxed_value.cc for common
    105   // instantiations.
    106   template<typename T>
    107   static std::string ValuePrinter(const void* value);
    108 
    109  private:
    110   // A pointer to the cached value.
    111   const void* value_;
    112 
    113   // A function that calls delete for the right type of value_.
    114   void (*deleter_)(const void*);
    115 
    116   // A function that converts value_ to a string.
    117   std::string (*printer_)(const void*);
    118 
    119   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BoxedValue);
    120 };
    121 
    122 }  // namespace chromeos_update_manager
    123 
    124 #endif  // UPDATE_ENGINE_UPDATE_MANAGER_BOXED_VALUE_H_
    125