as_field.hpp

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//
// (c) Copyright 2013 DESY, Eugen Wintersberger <eugen.wintersberger@desy.de>
//
// This file is part of libpniio.
//
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// ===========================================================================
// Created on: Jul 3, 2013
//     Author: Eugen Wintersberger <eugen.wintersberger@desy.de>
//
#pragma once

#include <pni/core/error.hpp>
#include "../nxobject.hpp"

namespace pni{
namespace io{
namespace nx{


    template<
             typename GTYPE,
             typename FTYPE,
             typename ATYPE,
             typename LTYPE 
            > 
    class as_field_visitor : public boost::static_visitor<FTYPE>
    {
        public:
            using field_type = FTYPE;
            using group_type = GTYPE;
            using attribute_type = ATYPE;
            using link_type = LTYPE;
            using result_type = field_type;

            //-----------------------------------------------------------------
            result_type operator()(const group_type &) const
            {
                using namespace pni::core;
                throw type_error(EXCEPTION_RECORD,
                        "Object is not an instance of nxfield, "
                        "but of nxgroup!");
                return field_type();
            }

            //-----------------------------------------------------------------
            result_type operator()(const field_type &f) const
            {
                return f;
            }

            //-----------------------------------------------------------------
            result_type operator()(const attribute_type &) const
            {
                using namespace pni::core;
                throw type_error(EXCEPTION_RECORD,
                        "Object is not an instance of nxfield, "
                        "but of nxattribute!");
                return field_type();
            }

            //----------------------------------------------------------------
            result_type operator()(const link_type &) const
            {
                using namespace pni::core;
                throw type_error(EXCEPTION_RECORD,
                        "Object is not an instance of nxfield but of "
                        "link!");
                return result_type();
            }
    };


    template<
             typename GTYPE,
             typename FTYPE,
             typename ATYPE,
             typename LTYPE
            > 
    FTYPE as_field(const nxobject<GTYPE,FTYPE,ATYPE,LTYPE> &o)
    {
        using visitor_type = as_field_visitor<GTYPE,FTYPE,ATYPE,LTYPE>;
        return boost::apply_visitor(visitor_type(),o);
    }

//end of namespace
}
}
}