/* * Copyright 2016 Facebook, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ /** * Discriminated pointer: Type-safe pointer to one of several types. * * Similar to boost::variant, but has no space overhead over a raw pointer, as * it relies on the fact that (on x86_64) there are 16 unused bits in a * pointer. * * @author Tudor Bosman (tudorb@fb.com) */ #pragma once #include #include #include #include #include #include #if !FOLLY_X64 && !FOLLY_A64 && !FOLLY_PPC64 # error "DiscriminatedPtr is x64, arm64 and ppc64 specific code." #endif namespace folly { /** * Discriminated pointer. * * Given a list of types, a DiscriminatedPtr may point to an object * of one of the given types, or may be empty. DiscriminatedPtr is type-safe: * you may only get a pointer to the type that you put in, otherwise get * throws an exception (and get_nothrow returns nullptr) * * This pointer does not do any kind of lifetime management -- it's not a * "smart" pointer. You are responsible for deallocating any memory used * to hold pointees, if necessary. */ template class DiscriminatedPtr { // <, not <=, as our indexes are 1-based (0 means "empty") static_assert(sizeof...(Types) < std::numeric_limits::max(), "too many types"); public: /** * Create an empty DiscriminatedPtr. */ DiscriminatedPtr() : data_(0) { } /** * Create a DiscriminatedPtr that points to an object of type T. * Fails at compile time if T is not a valid type (listed in Types) */ template explicit DiscriminatedPtr(T* ptr) { set(ptr, typeIndex()); } /** * Set this DiscriminatedPtr to point to an object of type T. * Fails at compile time if T is not a valid type (listed in Types) */ template void set(T* ptr) { set(ptr, typeIndex()); } /** * Get a pointer to the object that this DiscriminatedPtr points to, if it is * of type T. Fails at compile time if T is not a valid type (listed in * Types), and returns nullptr if this DiscriminatedPtr is empty or points to * an object of a different type. */ template T* get_nothrow() noexcept { void* p = LIKELY(hasType()) ? ptr() : nullptr; return static_cast(p); } template const T* get_nothrow() const noexcept { const void* p = LIKELY(hasType()) ? ptr() : nullptr; return static_cast(p); } /** * Get a pointer to the object that this DiscriminatedPtr points to, if it is * of type T. Fails at compile time if T is not a valid type (listed in * Types), and throws std::invalid_argument if this DiscriminatedPtr is empty * or points to an object of a different type. */ template T* get() { if (UNLIKELY(!hasType())) { throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid type"); } return static_cast(ptr()); } template const T* get() const { if (UNLIKELY(!hasType())) { throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid type"); } return static_cast(ptr()); } /** * Return true iff this DiscriminatedPtr is empty. */ bool empty() const { return index() == 0; } /** * Return true iff the object pointed by this DiscriminatedPtr has type T, * false otherwise. Fails at compile time if T is not a valid type (listed * in Types...) */ template bool hasType() const { return index() == typeIndex(); } /** * Clear this DiscriminatedPtr, making it empty. */ void clear() { data_ = 0; } /** * Assignment operator from a pointer of type T. */ template DiscriminatedPtr& operator=(T* ptr) { set(ptr); return *this; } /** * Apply a visitor to this object, calling the appropriate overload for * the type currently stored in DiscriminatedPtr. Throws invalid_argument * if the DiscriminatedPtr is empty. * * The visitor must meet the following requirements: * * - The visitor must allow invocation as a function by overloading * operator(), unambiguously accepting all values of type T* (or const T*) * for all T in Types... * - All operations of the function object on T* (or const T*) must * return the same type (or a static_assert will fire). */ template typename dptr_detail::VisitorResult::type apply(V&& visitor) { size_t n = index(); if (n == 0) throw std::invalid_argument("Empty DiscriminatedPtr"); return dptr_detail::ApplyVisitor()( n, std::forward(visitor), ptr()); } template typename dptr_detail::ConstVisitorResult::type apply(V&& visitor) const { size_t n = index(); if (n == 0) throw std::invalid_argument("Empty DiscriminatedPtr"); return dptr_detail::ApplyConstVisitor()( n, std::forward(visitor), ptr()); } private: /** * Get the 1-based type index of T in Types. */ template size_t typeIndex() const { return dptr_detail::GetTypeIndex::value; } uint16_t index() const { return data_ >> 48; } void* ptr() const { return reinterpret_cast(data_ & ((1ULL << 48) - 1)); } void set(void* p, uint16_t v) { uintptr_t ip = reinterpret_cast(p); CHECK(!(ip >> 48)); ip |= static_cast(v) << 48; data_ = ip; } /** * We store a pointer in the least significant 48 bits of data_, and a type * index (0 = empty, or 1-based index in Types) in the most significant 16 * bits. We rely on the fact that pointers have their most significant 16 * bits clear on x86_64. */ uintptr_t data_; }; } // namespace folly