Re: Testing existence of template type
korusef@gmail.com wrote:
Class TypeTraits tries to verify, whether its templated type contains
required types.
It works for non-template types, but I don't know, how to check for the
template one.
So is there any way to check for the existence of TestType::B?
#include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp>
#include <boost/concept_check.hpp>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
template <typename T> struct TypeTautology { enum { value = true};};
template <class GP, typename Enable = void>
struct TypeTraitsImpl
{ enum { value = false }; };
template <class GP>
struct TypeTraitsImpl<
GP
,typename boost::enable_if<
TypeTautology<
typename GP::A//works ok, checks existence of A
//typename GP::B//compiles, but returns "test: 0"
//typename GP::template B//doesn't compile
//typename GP::template <class> B//doesn't compile
>
>::type
>
{ enum { value = true }; };
A template is not a type, so TypeTraitsImpl (since it detects the
existence of types only) is not able to test for the existence of a
template - directly. TypeTraitsImpl is able to test for a template
indirectly, by testing for one of its instantiations (since an
instantiation which would be a type). If any one of its instantiated
types is found (it does not matter which one), then the template itself
must also exist:
template <class GP>
struct TypeTraitsImpl<
GP,
typename boost::enable_if<
TypeTautology<
typename GP::template B<int> // returns "test: 1"
>
>::type
>
Greg
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