TDirectoryEntry.hxx

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/// \file ROOT/TDirectoryEntry.h
/// \ingroup Base ROOT7
/// \author Axel Naumann <axel@cern.ch>
/// \date 2015-07-31
/// \warning This is part of the ROOT 7 prototype! It will change without notice. It might trigger earthquakes. Feedback
/// is welcome!

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 * Copyright (C) 1995-2015, Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers.               *
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#ifndef ROOT7_TDirectoryEntry
#define ROOT7_TDirectoryEntry

#include "TClass.h"

#include <chrono>
#include <memory>
#include <typeinfo>

namespace ROOT {
namespace Experimental {

namespace Internal {

class TDirectoryEntry {
public:
   using clock_t = std::chrono::system_clock;
   using time_point_t = std::chrono::time_point<clock_t>;

private:
   time_point_t fDate = clock_t::now(); ///< Time of last change
   TClass *fType;
   std::shared_ptr<void> fObj;

public:
   TDirectoryEntry(): TDirectoryEntry(nullptr) {}

   TDirectoryEntry(std::nullptr_t): TDirectoryEntry(std::make_shared<std::nullptr_t>(nullptr)) {}

   template <class T>
   explicit TDirectoryEntry(T *ptr): TDirectoryEntry(std::make_shared<T>(*ptr))
   {}

   template <class T>
   explicit TDirectoryEntry(const std::shared_ptr<T> &ptr): fType(TClass::GetClass(typeid(T))), fObj(ptr)
   {}

   /// Get the last change date of the entry.
   const time_point_t &GetDate() const { return fDate; }

   /// Inform the entry that it has been modified, and needs to update its
   /// last-changed time stamp.
   void SetChanged() { fDate = clock_t::now(); }

   /// Type of the object represented by this entry.
   const std::type_info &GetTypeInfo() const { return *fType->GetTypeInfo(); }

   /// Get the object's type.
   TClass *GetType() const { return fType; }

   /// Retrieve the `shared_ptr` of the referenced object.
   std::shared_ptr<void> &GetPointer() { return fObj; }
   const std::shared_ptr<void> &GetPointer() const { return fObj; }

   template <class U>
   std::shared_ptr<U> CastPointer() const;

   explicit operator bool() const { return !!fObj; }

   void swap(TDirectoryEntry &other) noexcept;
};

template <class U>
std::shared_ptr<U> TDirectoryEntry::CastPointer() const
{
   if (auto ptr = fType->DynamicCast(TClass::GetClass(typeid(U)), fObj.get()))
      return std::shared_ptr<U>(fObj, static_cast<U *>(ptr));
   return std::shared_ptr<U>();
}

inline void TDirectoryEntry::swap(TDirectoryEntry &other) noexcept
{
   using std::swap;

   swap(fDate, other.fDate);
   swap(fType, other.fType);
   swap(fObj, other.fObj);
}

inline void swap(TDirectoryEntry &e1, TDirectoryEntry &e2) noexcept
{
   e1.swap(e2);
}

} // namespace Internal

} // namespace Experimental
} // namespace ROOT
#endif