core/doc/empty_value.qbk
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Copyright 2018 Glen Joseph Fernandes
(glenjofe@gmail.com)
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
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[section:empty_value empty_value]
[simplesect Authors]
* Glen Fernandes
[endsimplesect]
[section Overview]
The header <boost/core/empty_value.hpp> provides the class template
`boost::empty_value` for library authors to conveniently leverage the Empty
Base Optimization to store objects of potentially empty types.
[endsect]
[section Examples]
The following example shows `boost::empty_value` used to create a type that
stores a pointer, comparer, and allocator, where the comparer and allocator
could be empty types.
```
template<class Ptr, class Compare, class Allocator>
class storage
: empty_value<Compare, 0>
, empty_value<Allocator, 1> {
public:
storage()
: empty_value<Compare, 0>(empty_init_t())
, empty_value<Allocator, 1>(empty_init_t())
, ptr_() { }
storage(const Compare& c, const Allocator& a)
: empty_value<Compare, 0>(empty_init_t(), c)
, empty_value<Allocator, 1>(empty_init_t(), a)
, ptr_() { }
const Ptr& pointer() const {
return ptr_;
}
Ptr& pointer() {
return ptr_;
}
const Compare& compare() const {
return empty_value<Compare, 0>::get();
}
Compare& compare() {
return empty_value<Compare, 0>::get();
}
const Allocator& allocator() const {
return empty_value<Allocator, 1>::get();
}
Allocator& allocator() {
return empty_value<Allocator, 1>::get();
}
private:
Ptr ptr_;
};
```
[endsect]
[section Reference]
```
namespace boost {
struct empty_init_t { };
template<class T, unsigned Index = 0, bool Empty = ``/see below/``>
class empty_value {
public:
typedef T type;
empty_value() = default;
template<class... Args>
explicit empty_value(empty_init_t, Args&&... args);
const T& get() const noexcept;
T& get() noexcept;
};
} /* boost */
```
[section Template parameters]
[variablelist
[[`T`][The type of value to store]]
[[`Index`][Optional: Specify to create a distinct base type]]
[[`Empty`][Optional: Specify to force inheritance from type]]]
[endsect]
[section Member types]
[variablelist
[[`type`][The template parameter `T`]]]
[endsect]
[section Constructors]
[variablelist
[[`empty_value() = default;`][Default initialize the value]]
[[`template<class... Args> empty_value(empty_init_t, Args&&... args);`]
[Initialize the value with `std::forward<Args>(args)...`]]]
[endsect]
[section Member functions]
[variablelist
[[`const T& get() const noexcept;`][Returns the value]]
[[`T& get() noexcept;`][Returns the value]]]
[endsect]
[endsect]
[endsect]