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Double dispatch C++
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enum class Kind : unsigned int; | |
struct Base { | |
const Kind kind; | |
explicit Base(Kind kind) : kind(kind) {} | |
template <class T> bool is() const { return kind == T::kind; } | |
template <class T> const T* cast() const { return is<T>()? static_cast<const T*>(this) : nullptr; } | |
}; | |
#define SUBCLASSES \ | |
declare(A) \ | |
declare(B) \ | |
declare(C) \ | |
declare(D) \ | |
declare(E) \ | |
declare(F) \ | |
declare(G) \ | |
declare(H) | |
enum class Kind : unsigned int { | |
#define declare(name) name, | |
SUBCLASSES | |
#undef declare | |
}; | |
#define declare(name) struct name : Base { static const Kind kind; name() : Base{name::kind} {} }; | |
SUBCLASSES | |
#undef declare | |
#define declare(name) constexpr Kind name::kind = Kind::name; | |
SUBCLASSES | |
#undef declare | |
#include <utility> | |
struct CallbackBase { | |
virtual ~CallbackBase() {} | |
virtual void operator()(const Base *) const {} | |
#define declare(name) virtual void operator()(const name *p) const { (*this)(static_cast<const Base*>(p)); } | |
SUBCLASSES | |
#undef declare | |
}; | |
extern void c(Kind); | |
template <class Arg, class Cb> | |
struct Callback : virtual CallbackBase { | |
Callback(Cb&& cb) : cb(std::forward<Cb>(cb)) {} | |
void operator()(Arg arg) const override { c(arg->kind); cb(std::forward<Arg>(arg)); } | |
Cb cb; | |
}; | |
template <class... Ts> | |
struct overload {}; | |
template <class T, class... Ts> | |
struct overload<T,Ts...> : T, overload<Ts...> { | |
using T::operator(); | |
overload(T&& t, Ts&&... ts) : T{std::forward<T>(t)}, overload<Ts...>{std::forward<Ts>(ts)...} {} | |
}; | |
template <class... Args, class... Ts> | |
auto make_callback(Ts&&... ts) { | |
return overload<Callback<Args,Ts>...>{std::forward<Ts>(ts)...}; | |
} | |
#define declare(name) if (auto p = base.cast<name>()) { return cb(p); } | |
void dispatch(const Base &base, CallbackBase &cb) { | |
SUBCLASSES | |
} | |
#undef declare | |
int foo() { | |
int ret = 2; | |
G a; | |
auto one = [&ret](const A*) { ret = 1; }; | |
auto zero = [&ret](const B*) { ret = 0; }; | |
auto cb = make_callback<const A*, const B*>(one, zero); | |
dispatch(a, cb); | |
return ret; | |
} |
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