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<p>
One of the typical problems with wrappers and containers is that their interfaces
usually provide an operation to initialize or assign the contained object as
a copy of some other object. This not only requires the underlying type to
be <a href="../../../../utility/CopyConstructible.html" target="_top">Copy Constructible</a>,
but also requires the existence of a fully constructed object, often temporary,
just to follow the copy from:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">X</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">:::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Temporary object created.
</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
A solution to this problem is to support direct construction of the contained
object right in the container's storage. In this scheme, the user only needs
to supply the arguments to the constructor to use in the wrapped object construction.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place
</span> <span class="comment">// No temporary created.
</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
A limitation of this method is that it doesn't scale well to wrapped objects
with multiple constructors nor to generic code were the constructor overloads
are unknown.
</p>
<p>
The solution presented in this library is the family of <span class="bold"><strong>InPlaceFactories</strong></span>
and <span class="bold"><strong>TypedInPlaceFactories</strong></span>. These factories
are a family of classes which encapsulate an increasing number of arbitrary
constructor parameters and supply a method to construct an object of a given
type using those parameters at an address specified by the user via placement
new.
</p>
<p>
For example, one member of this family looks like:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="identifier">m_a0</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span> <span class="identifier">m_a1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a1</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">m_a0</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">m_a1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">construct</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">m_a0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">m_a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<p>
A wrapper class aware of this can use it as:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a TypedInPlaceFactory.
</span> <span class="comment">// No temporary created.
</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">rt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
The factories are divided in two groups:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<span class="underline">TypedInPlaceFactories</span>: those which
take the target type as a primary template parameter.
</li>
<li>
<span class="underline">InPlaceFactories</span>: those with a template
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*)</span></code> member
function taking the target type.
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Within each group, all the family members differ only in the number of parameters
allowed.
</p>
<p>
This library provides an overloaded set of helper template functions to construct
these factories without requiring unnecessary template parameters:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">InPlaceFactoryN</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">...,</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactoryN</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">...,</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<p>
In-place factories can be used generically by the wrapper and user as follows:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">></span><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a InPlaceFactory.
</span> <span class="comment">// No temporary created.
</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
The factories are implemented in the headers: <a href="../../../../../boost/utility/in_place_factory.hpp" target="_top">in_place_factory.hpp</a>
and <a href="../../../../../boost/utility/typed_in_place_factory.hpp" target="_top">typed_in_place_factory.hpp</a>
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