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[c++] Get hold of any class' private members. Lawfully.
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/* Inspired to the work of hliberacki: https://github.com/hliberacki/cpp-member-accessor | |
* But made it much shorter, and works even with C++98. | |
* | |
* Usage: | |
* | |
* class PrivateStuff | |
* { | |
* int dont_steal; | |
* }; | |
* | |
* struct privy: access_member<privy, int PrivateStuff::*>{}; | |
* template class privy::set<&PrivateStuff::dont_steal>; | |
* | |
* int robber(PrivateStuff *p) | |
* { | |
* return p->*privy::get; | |
* } | |
*/ | |
#ifndef ACCESS_MEMBER_HPP | |
#define ACCESS_MEMBER_HPP | |
template <typename Tag, typename MemberType> | |
struct access_member { | |
template <MemberType Member> | |
class set { | |
struct worker { | |
worker() { get = Member; } | |
}; | |
static worker worker_; | |
}; | |
static MemberType get; | |
}; | |
template <typename Tag, typename MemberType> | |
MemberType access_member<Tag, MemberType>::get; | |
template <typename Tag, typename MemberType> | |
template <MemberType Member> | |
typename access_member<Tag, MemberType>::template set<Member>::worker access_member<Tag, MemberType>::template set<Member>::worker_; | |
#endif |
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Working example on godbolt: https://godbolt.org/z/8asGns