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/// \file ROOT/RField.hxx
/// \author Jakob Blomer <jblomer@cern.ch>
/// \date 2018-10-09
 
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#ifndef ROOT_RField
#define ROOT_RField
 
#include <ROOT/RError.hxx>
#include <ROOT/RFieldBase.hxx>
#include <ROOT/RFieldUtils.hxx>
#include <ROOT/RNTupleSerialize.hxx>
#include <ROOT/RNTupleTypes.hxx>
#include <ROOT/RSpan.hxx>
#include <string_view>
#include <ROOT/TypeTraits.hxx>
 
#include <TGenericClassInfo.h>
 
#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <cstddef>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <type_traits>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <vector>
 
class TClass;
class TEnum;
class TObject;
class TVirtualStreamerInfo;
 
namespace ROOT {
 
class TSchemaRule;
class RNTupleCollectionView;
 
namespace Detail {
class RFieldVisitor;
} // namespace Detail
 
class RFieldZero;
namespace Internal {
void SetAllowFieldSubstitutions(RFieldZero &fieldZero, bool val);
}
 
/// The container field for an ntuple model, which itself has no physical representation.
/// Therefore, the zero field must not be connected to a page source or sink.
class RFieldZero final : public RFieldBase {
   friend void ROOT::Internal::SetAllowFieldSubstitutions(RFieldZero &, bool);
 
   /// If field substitutions are allowed, upon connecting to a page source the field hierarchy will replace created
   /// fields by fields that match the on-disk schema. This happens for
   ///     - Vector fields (RVectorField, RRVecField) that connect to an on-disk fixed-size array
   ///     - Streamer fields that connect to an on-disk class field
   /// Field substitutions must not be enabled when the field hierarchy already handed out RValue objects because
   /// they would leave dangling field pointers to the replaced fields. This is used in cases when the field/model
   /// is created by RNTuple (not imposed), before it is made available to the user.
   /// This flag is reset on Clone().
   bool fAllowFieldSubstitutions = false;
 
   std::unordered_set<std::string> fSubfieldNames; ///< Efficient detection of duplicate field names
 
protected:
   std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> CloneImpl(std::string_view newName) const final;
   void ConstructValue(void *) const final {}
 
public:
   RFieldZero();
 
   /// A public version of the Attach method that allows piece-wise construction of the zero field.
   /// Will throw on duplicate subfield names.
   void Attach(std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> child);
   size_t GetValueSize() const final { return 0; }
   size_t GetAlignment() const final { return 0; }
 
   void AcceptVisitor(ROOT::Detail::RFieldVisitor &visitor) const final;
 
   bool GetAllowFieldSubstitutions() const { return fAllowFieldSubstitutions; }
   /// Moves all subfields into the returned vector.
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase>> ReleaseSubfields();
};
 
/// Used in RFieldBase::Check() to record field creation failures.
/// Also used when deserializing a field that contains unknown values that may come from
/// future RNTuple versions (e.g. an unknown Structure)
class RInvalidField final : public RFieldBase {
public:
   enum class ECategory {
      /// Generic unrecoverable error
      kGeneric,
      /// The type given to RFieldBase::Create was invalid
      kTypeError,
      /// The type given to RFieldBase::Create was unknown
      kUnknownType,
      /// The field could not be created because its descriptor had an unknown structural role
      kUnknownStructure,
   };
 
private:
   std::string fError;
   ECategory fCategory;
 
protected:
   std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> CloneImpl(std::string_view newName) const final
   {
      return std::make_unique<RInvalidField>(newName, GetTypeName(), fError, fCategory);
   }
   void ConstructValue(void *) const final {}
 
public:
   RInvalidField(std::string_view name, std::string_view type, std::string_view error, ECategory category)
      : RFieldBase(name, type, ROOT::ENTupleStructure::kPlain, false /* isSimple */), fError(error), fCategory(category)
   {
      fTraits |= kTraitInvalidField;
   }
 
   const std::string &GetError() const { return fError; }
   ECategory GetCategory() const { return fCategory; }
 
   size_t GetValueSize() const final { return 0; }
   size_t GetAlignment() const final { return 0; }
}; // RInvalidField
 
/// Base class for fields that are subject to I/O customization rules. Used by the class field and the SoA field.
class RRuleField : public RFieldBase {
protected:
   // Information to read into the staging area a field that is used as an input to an I/O customization rule
   struct RStagingItem {
      /// The field used to read the on-disk data. The fields type may be different from the on-disk type as long
      /// as the on-disk type can be converted to the fields type (through type cast / schema evolution).
      std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> fField;
      std::size_t fOffset; ///< offset in fStagingArea
   };
   /// Prefix used in the subfield names generated for base classes
   static constexpr const char *kPrefixInherited{":"};
 
   /// Set by derived class to the TClass instance representing the current in-memory layout.
   TClass *fClass = nullptr;
 
   /// The staging area stores inputs to I/O rules according to the offsets given by the streamer info of
   /// "TypeName@@Version". The area is allocated depending on I/O rules resp. the source members of the I/O rules.
   std::unique_ptr<unsigned char[]> fStagingArea;
   /// The TClass instance that corresponds to the staging area.
   /// The staging class exists as <class name>@@<on-disk version> if the on-disk version is different from the
   /// current in-memory version, or it can be accessed by the first @@alloc streamer element of the current streamer
   /// info.
   TClass *fStagingClass = nullptr;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, RStagingItem> fStagingItems; ///< Lookup staging items by member name
 
   RRuleField(std::string_view name, std::string_view type, TClass *classp, ROOT::ENTupleStructure structure);
 
   /// Returns the id of member 'name' in the class field given by 'fieldId', or kInvalidDescriptorId if no such
   /// member exist. Looks recursively in base classes.
   ROOT::DescriptorId_t LookupMember(const ROOT::RNTupleDescriptor &desc, std::string_view memberName,
                                     ROOT::DescriptorId_t classFieldId) const;
   /// Sets fStagingClass according to the given name and version
   void SetStagingClass(const std::string &className, unsigned int classVersion);
   /// If there are rules with inputs (source members), create the staging area according to the TClass instance
   /// that corresponds to the on-disk field.
   void PrepareStagingArea(const std::vector<const TSchemaRule *> &rules, const ROOT::RNTupleDescriptor &desc,
                           const ROOT::RFieldDescriptor &classFieldId);
   /// Register post-read callback corresponding to a ROOT I/O customization rules.
   /// The sub object offset allows to apply the rule to a nested object within the passed target.
   /// This is used to execute rules on base classes and nested classes in a SoA field.
   void AddReadCallbacksFromIORule(const TSchemaRule *rule, std::size_t subObjectOffset = 0);
   /// Given the on-disk information from the page source, find all the I/O customization rules that apply
   /// to the class field at hand, to which the fieldDesc descriptor, if provided, must correspond.
   /// Fields may not have an on-disk representation (e.g., when inserted by schema evolution), in which case the passed
   /// field descriptor is nullptr.
   std::vector<const TSchemaRule *> FindRules(const ROOT::RFieldDescriptor *fieldDesc) const;
};
 
/// The field for a class with dictionary
class RClassField : public RRuleField {
private:
   enum ESubfieldRole {
      kBaseClass,
      kDataMember,
   };
   struct RSubfieldInfo {
      ESubfieldRole fRole;
      std::size_t fOffset;
   };
 
   class RClassDeleter : public RDeleter {
   private:
      TClass *fClass;
 
   public:
      explicit RClassDeleter(TClass *cl);
      void operator()(void *objPtr, bool dtorOnly) final;
   };
 
   /// Additional information kept for each entry in `fSubfields`
   std::vector<RSubfieldInfo> fSubfieldsInfo;
 
private:
   RClassField(std::string_view fieldName, const RClassField &source); ///< Used by CloneImpl
   RClassField(std::string_view fieldName, TClass *classp);
   void Attach(std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> child, RSubfieldInfo info);
 
protected:
   std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> CloneImpl(std::string_view newName) const final;
 
   void ConstructValue(void *where) const final;
   std::unique_ptr<RDeleter> GetDeleter() const final { return std::make_unique<RClassDeleter>(fClass); }
 
   std::size_t AppendImpl(const void *from) final;
   void ReadGlobalImpl(ROOT::NTupleSize_t globalIndex, void *to) final;
   void ReadInClusterImpl(RNTupleLocalIndex localIndex, void *to) final;
 
   std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> BeforeConnectPageSource(ROOT::Internal::RPageSource &pageSource) final;
   void ReconcileOnDiskField(const RNTupleDescriptor &desc) final;
 
public:
   RClassField(std::string_view fieldName, std::string_view className);
   RClassField(RClassField &&other) = default;
   RClassField &operator=(RClassField &&other) = default;
   ~RClassField() override;
 
   std::vector<RValue> SplitValue(const RValue &value) const final;
   std::size_t GetValueSize() const final;
   std::size_t GetAlignment() const final;
   std::uint32_t GetTypeVersion() const final;
   std::uint32_t GetTypeChecksum() const final;
   /// For polymorphic classes (that declare or inherit at least one virtual method), return the expected dynamic type
   /// of any user object. If the class is not polymorphic, return nullptr.
   const std::type_info *GetPolymorphicTypeInfo() const;
   /// Return the TClass instance backing this field.
   const TClass *GetClass() const { return fClass; }
   void AcceptVisitor(ROOT::Detail::RFieldVisitor &visitor) const final;
};
 
/// The field for a class using ROOT standard streaming
class RStreamerField final : public RFieldBase {
private:
   class RStreamerFieldDeleter : public RDeleter {
   private:
      TClass *fClass;
 
   public:
      explicit RStreamerFieldDeleter(TClass *cl);
      void operator()(void *objPtr, bool dtorOnly) final;
   };
 
   TClass *fClass = nullptr;
   ROOT::Internal::RNTupleSerializer::StreamerInfoMap_t fStreamerInfos; ///< streamer info records seen during writing
   ROOT::Internal::RColumnIndex fIndex; ///< number of bytes written in the current cluster
 
private:
   RStreamerField(std::string_view fieldName, TClass *classp);
 
protected:
   std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> CloneImpl(std::string_view newName) const final;
 
   const RColumnRepresentations &GetColumnRepresentations() const final;
   void GenerateColumns() final;
   void GenerateColumns(const ROOT::RNTupleDescriptor &) final;
 
   void ConstructValue(void *where) const final;
   std::unique_ptr<RDeleter> GetDeleter() const final { return std::make_unique<RStreamerFieldDeleter>(fClass); }
 
   std::size_t AppendImpl(const void *from) final;
   void ReadGlobalImpl(ROOT::NTupleSize_t globalIndex, void *to) final;
 
   void CommitClusterImpl() final { fIndex = 0; }
 
   bool HasExtraTypeInfo() const final { return true; }
   // Returns the list of seen streamer infos
   ROOT::RExtraTypeInfoDescriptor GetExtraTypeInfo() const final;
 
   std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> BeforeConnectPageSource(ROOT::Internal::RPageSource &source) final;
   void ReconcileOnDiskField(const RNTupleDescriptor &desc) final;
 
public:
   RStreamerField(std::string_view fieldName, std::string_view className);
   RStreamerField(RStreamerField &&other) = default;
   RStreamerField &operator=(RStreamerField &&other) = default;
   ~RStreamerField() final = default;
 
   size_t GetValueSize() const final;
   size_t GetAlignment() const final;
   std::uint32_t GetTypeVersion() const final;
   std::uint32_t GetTypeChecksum() const final;
   TClass *GetClass() const { return fClass; }
   void AcceptVisitor(ROOT::Detail::RFieldVisitor &visitor) const final;
};
 
namespace Internal {
std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> CreateEmulatedEnumField(std::string_view fieldName, std::string_view emulatedFromType,
                                                    std::string_view underlyingIntType);
}
 
/// The field for an unscoped or scoped enum with dictionary
class REnumField : public RFieldBase {
   friend std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> Internal::CreateEmulatedEnumField(std::string_view fieldName,
                                                                        std::string_view emulatedFromType,
                                                                        std::string_view underlyingIntType);
 
private:
   REnumField(std::string_view fieldName, TEnum *enump);
   // Used by CloneImpl()
   REnumField(std::string_view fieldName, std::string_view enumName, std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> intField);
   // Used by field emulation
   REnumField(std::string_view fieldName, std::string_view emulatedFromType, std::string_view underlyingIntType);
 
protected:
   std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> CloneImpl(std::string_view newName) const final;
 
   void ConstructValue(void *where) const final { CallConstructValueOn(*fSubfields[0], where); }
 
   std::size_t AppendImpl(const void *from) final { return CallAppendOn(*fSubfields[0], from); }
   void ReadGlobalImpl(ROOT::NTupleSize_t globalIndex, void *to) final { CallReadOn(*fSubfields[0], globalIndex, to); }
   void ReadInClusterImpl(RNTupleLocalIndex localIndex, void *to) final { CallReadOn(*fSubfields[0], localIndex, to); }
 
   void ReconcileOnDiskField(const RNTupleDescriptor &desc) final;
 
public:
   REnumField(std::string_view fieldName, std::string_view enumName);
   REnumField(REnumField &&other) = default;
   REnumField &operator=(REnumField &&other) = default;
   ~REnumField() override = default;
 
   std::vector<RValue> SplitValue(const RValue &value) const final;
   size_t GetValueSize() const final { return fSubfields[0]->GetValueSize(); }
   size_t GetAlignment() const final { return fSubfields[0]->GetAlignment(); }
   void AcceptVisitor(ROOT::Detail::RFieldVisitor &visitor) const final;
};
 
/// Classes with dictionaries that can be inspected by TClass
template <typename T, typename = void>
class RField final : public RClassField {
public:
   static std::string TypeName() { return ROOT::Internal::GetRenormalizedTypeName(typeid(T)); }
   RField(std::string_view name) : RClassField(name, Internal::GetDemangledTypeName(typeid(T)))
   {
      static_assert(std::is_class_v<T>, "no I/O support for this basic C++ type");
   }
   RField(RField &&other) = default;
   RField &operator=(RField &&other) = default;
   ~RField() final = default;
};
 
template <typename T>
class RField<T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_enum_v<T>>::type> final : public REnumField {
public:
   static std::string TypeName() { return ROOT::Internal::GetRenormalizedTypeName(typeid(T)); }
   RField(std::string_view name) : REnumField(name, TypeName()) {}
   RField(RField &&other) = default;
   RField &operator=(RField &&other) = default;
   ~RField() final = default;
};
 
/// An artificial field that transforms an RNTuple column that contains the offset of collections into
/// collection sizes. It is only used for reading, e.g. as projected field or as an artificial field that provides the
/// "number of" RDF columns for collections (e.g. `R_rdf_sizeof_jets` for a collection named `jets`).
/// It is used in the templated RField<RNTupleCardinality<SizeT>> form, which represents the collection sizes either
/// as 32bit unsigned int (std::uint32_t) or as 64bit unsigned int (std::uint64_t).
class RCardinalityField : public RFieldBase {
   friend class ROOT::RNTupleCollectionView; // to access GetCollectionInfo()
 
private:
   void GetCollectionInfo(ROOT::NTupleSize_t globalIndex, RNTupleLocalIndex *collectionStart, ROOT::NTupleSize_t *size)
   {
      fPrincipalColumn->GetCollectionInfo(globalIndex, collectionStart, size);
   }
   void GetCollectionInfo(RNTupleLocalIndex localIndex, RNTupleLocalIndex *collectionStart, ROOT::NTupleSize_t *size)
   {
      fPrincipalColumn->GetCollectionInfo(localIndex, collectionStart, size);
   }
 
protected:
   RCardinalityField(std::string_view fieldName, std::string_view typeName)
      : RFieldBase(fieldName, typeName, ROOT::ENTupleStructure::kPlain, false /* isSimple */)
   {
   }
 
   const RColumnRepresentations &GetColumnRepresentations() const final;
   // Field is only used for reading
   void GenerateColumns() final { throw RException(R__FAIL("Cardinality fields must only be used for reading")); }
   void GenerateColumns(const ROOT::RNTupleDescriptor &) final;
 
   void ReconcileOnDiskField(const RNTupleDescriptor &desc) final;
 
public:
   RCardinalityField(RCardinalityField &&other) = default;
   RCardinalityField &operator=(RCardinalityField &&other) = default;
   ~RCardinalityField() override = default;
 
   void AcceptVisitor(ROOT::Detail::RFieldVisitor &visitor) const final;
 
   const RField<RNTupleCardinality<std::uint32_t>> *As32Bit() const;
   const RField<RNTupleCardinality<std::uint64_t>> *As64Bit() const;
};
 
template <typename T>
class RSimpleField : public RFieldBase {
   void ReconcileIntegralField(const RNTupleDescriptor &desc);
   void ReconcileFloatingPointField(const RNTupleDescriptor &desc);
 
protected:
   void GenerateColumns() override { GenerateColumnsImpl<T>(); }
   void GenerateColumns(const ROOT::RNTupleDescriptor &desc) override { GenerateColumnsImpl<T>(desc); }
 
   void ConstructValue(void *where) const final { new (where) T{0}; }
 
   void ReconcileOnDiskField(const RNTupleDescriptor &desc) override
   {
      if constexpr (std::is_integral_v<T>) {
         ReconcileIntegralField(desc);
      } else if constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<T>) {
         ReconcileFloatingPointField(desc);
      } else {
         RFieldBase::ReconcileOnDiskField(desc);
      }
   }
 
   RSimpleField(std::string_view name, std::string_view type)
      : RFieldBase(name, type, ROOT::ENTupleStructure::kPlain, true /* isSimple */)
   {
      fTraits |= kTraitTrivialType;
   }
 
public:
   RSimpleField(RSimpleField &&other) = default;
   RSimpleField &operator=(RSimpleField &&other) = default;
   ~RSimpleField() override = default;
 
   T *Map(ROOT::NTupleSize_t globalIndex) { return fPrincipalColumn->Map<T>(globalIndex); }
   T *Map(RNTupleLocalIndex localIndex) { return fPrincipalColumn->Map<T>(localIndex); }
   T *MapV(ROOT::NTupleSize_t globalIndex, ROOT::NTupleSize_t &nItems)
   {
      return fPrincipalColumn->MapV<T>(globalIndex, nItems);
   }
   T *MapV(RNTupleLocalIndex localIndex, ROOT::NTupleSize_t &nItems)
   {
      return fPrincipalColumn->MapV<T>(localIndex, nItems);
   }
 
   size_t GetValueSize() const final { return sizeof(T); }
   size_t GetAlignment() const final { return alignof(T); }
};
 
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Template specializations for concrete C++ types
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
} // namespace ROOT
 
#include "RField/RFieldFundamental.hxx"
#include "RField/RFieldProxiedCollection.hxx"
#include "RField/RFieldRecord.hxx"
#include "RField/RFieldSequenceContainer.hxx"
#include "RField/RFieldSoA.hxx"
#include "RField/RFieldSTLMisc.hxx"
 
namespace ROOT {
 
template <typename SizeT>
class RField<RNTupleCardinality<SizeT>> final : public RCardinalityField {
   using CardinalityType = RNTupleCardinality<SizeT>;
 
protected:
   std::unique_ptr<ROOT::RFieldBase> CloneImpl(std::string_view newName) const final
   {
      return std::make_unique<RField>(newName);
   }
   void ConstructValue(void *where) const final { new (where) CardinalityType(0); }
 
   /// Get the number of elements of the collection identified by globalIndex
   void ReadGlobalImpl(ROOT::NTupleSize_t globalIndex, void *to) final
   {
      RNTupleLocalIndex collectionStart;
      ROOT::NTupleSize_t size;
      fPrincipalColumn->GetCollectionInfo(globalIndex, &collectionStart, &size);
      *static_cast<CardinalityType *>(to) = size;
   }
 
   /// Get the number of elements of the collection identified by clusterIndex
   void ReadInClusterImpl(RNTupleLocalIndex localIndex, void *to) final
   {
      RNTupleLocalIndex collectionStart;
      ROOT::NTupleSize_t size;
      fPrincipalColumn->GetCollectionInfo(localIndex, &collectionStart, &size);
      *static_cast<CardinalityType *>(to) = size;
   }
 
   std::size_t ReadBulkImpl(const RBulkSpec &bulkSpec) final
   {
      RNTupleLocalIndex collectionStart;
      ROOT::NTupleSize_t collectionSize;
      fPrincipalColumn->GetCollectionInfo(bulkSpec.fFirstIndex, &collectionStart, &collectionSize);
 
      auto typedValues = static_cast<CardinalityType *>(bulkSpec.fValues);
      typedValues[0] = collectionSize;
 
      auto lastOffset = collectionStart.GetIndexInCluster() + collectionSize;
      ROOT::NTupleSize_t nRemainingEntries = bulkSpec.fCount - 1;
      std::size_t nEntries = 1;
      while (nRemainingEntries > 0) {
         ROOT::NTupleSize_t nItemsUntilPageEnd;
         auto offsets =
            fPrincipalColumn->MapV<ROOT::Internal::RColumnIndex>(bulkSpec.fFirstIndex + nEntries, nItemsUntilPageEnd);
         std::size_t nBatch = std::min(nRemainingEntries, nItemsUntilPageEnd);
         for (std::size_t i = 0; i < nBatch; ++i) {
            typedValues[nEntries + i] = offsets[i] - lastOffset;
            lastOffset = offsets[i];
         }
         nRemainingEntries -= nBatch;
         nEntries += nBatch;
      }
      return RBulkSpec::kAllSet;
   }
 
public:
   static std::string TypeName() { return "ROOT::RNTupleCardinality<" + RField<SizeT>::TypeName() + ">"; }
   explicit RField(std::string_view name) : RCardinalityField(name, TypeName()) {}
   RField(RField &&other) = default;
   RField &operator=(RField &&other) = default;
   ~RField() final = default;
 
   size_t GetValueSize() const final { return sizeof(CardinalityType); }
   size_t GetAlignment() const final { return alignof(CardinalityType); }
};
 
/// TObject requires special handling of the fBits and fUniqueID members
template <>
class RField<TObject> final : public RFieldBase {
   static std::size_t GetOffsetOfMember(const char *name);
   static std::size_t GetOffsetUniqueID() { return GetOffsetOfMember("fUniqueID"); }
   static std::size_t GetOffsetBits() { return GetOffsetOfMember("fBits"); }
 
private:
   RField(std::string_view fieldName, const RField<TObject> &source); ///< Used by CloneImpl()
 
protected:
   std::unique_ptr<RFieldBase> CloneImpl(std::string_view newName) const final;
 
   void ConstructValue(void *where) const final;
   std::unique_ptr<RDeleter> GetDeleter() const final { return std::make_unique<RTypedDeleter<TObject>>(); }
 
   std::size_t AppendImpl(const void *from) final;
   void ReadTObject(void *to, UInt_t uniqueID, UInt_t bits);
   void ReadGlobalImpl(ROOT::NTupleSize_t globalIndex, void *to) final;
   void ReadInClusterImpl(RNTupleLocalIndex localIndex, void *to) final;
 
public:
   static std::string TypeName() { return "TObject"; }
 
   RField(std::string_view fieldName);
   RField(RField &&other) = default;
   RField &operator=(RField &&other) = default;
   ~RField() final = default;
 
   std::vector<RValue> SplitValue(const RValue &value) const final;
   size_t GetValueSize() const final;
   size_t GetAlignment() const final;
   std::uint32_t GetTypeVersion() const final;
   std::uint32_t GetTypeChecksum() const final;
   void AcceptVisitor(ROOT::Detail::RFieldVisitor &visitor) const final;
};
 
// Have to be implemented after the definition of all RField<T> types
 
namespace Internal {
 
/// Helper to check if a given type name is the one expected of Field<T>. Usually, this check can be done by
/// type renormalization of the demangled type name T. The failure case, however, needs to additionally check for
/// ROOT-specific special cases.
template <class T>
bool IsMatchingFieldType(const std::string &actualTypeName)
{
   return IsMatchingFieldType(actualTypeName, ROOT::RField<T>::TypeName(), typeid(T));
}
 
} // namespace Internal
 
template <typename T>
std::unique_ptr<T, typename RFieldBase::RCreateObjectDeleter<T>::deleter> RFieldBase::CreateObject() const
{
   if (!Internal::IsMatchingFieldType<T>(GetTypeName())) {
      throw RException(
         R__FAIL("type mismatch for field " + GetFieldName() + ": " + GetTypeName() + " vs. " + RField<T>::TypeName()));
   }
   return std::unique_ptr<T>(static_cast<T *>(CreateObjectRawPtr()));
}
 
// The void type is specialized in RField.cxx
 
template <>
struct RFieldBase::RCreateObjectDeleter<void> {
   using deleter = RCreateObjectDeleter<void>;
   void operator()(void *);
};
 
template <>
std::unique_ptr<void, typename RFieldBase::RCreateObjectDeleter<void>::deleter>
ROOT::RFieldBase::CreateObject<void>() const;
 
} // namespace ROOT
 
#endif