castable.h

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#ifndef LIB_CASTABLE_H_
#define LIB_CASTABLE_H_
 
#include <typeinfo>
 
#include "lib/exceptions.h"
#include "lib/rtti.h"
 
class ICastable : public virtual RTTI::Base {
 public:
    virtual ~ICastable() = default;
 
    template <typename T>
    const T &as() const {
        return *checkedTo<T>();
    }
    const T &as() const  {…}
 
    template <typename T>
    T &as() {
        return *checkedTo<T>();
    }
    T &as() {…}
 
    template <typename T>
    const T *checkedTo() const {
        auto *result = to<T>();
        BUG_CHECK(result, "Cast failed: %1% is not a %2%", this, typeid(T).name());
        return result;
    }
    const T *checkedTo() const  {…}
 
    template <typename T>
    T *checkedTo() {
        auto *result = to<T>();
        BUG_CHECK(result, "Cast failed: %1% is not a %2%", this, typeid(T).name());
        return result;
    }
    T *checkedTo() {…}
};
class ICastable : public virtual RTTI::Base {…};
 
#endif /* LIB_CASTABLE_H_ */