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/*
* File: HeterogeneousMap.h
* Author: jgaebler
*
* Created on February 13, 2014, 9:37 AM
*/
#pragma once
#ifndef HETEROGENEOUSMAP_H
#define HETEROGENEOUSMAP_H
#include <string>
#include <map>
#include "boost/any.hpp"
#include "common/Exception.h"
namespace ubeeme {
namespace moversight {
class HeterogeneousMap {
public:
HeterogeneousMap();
virtual ~HeterogeneousMap();
template<typename T>
void set(const char * key, const T & t);
template<typename T>
T get(const char * key);
private:
std::map<std::string, boost::any> storage;
};
/**
* @brief Sets an element within the map.
* @see std::map#operator[]
* @param key The key identify the element to store
* @param t The element to store
*/
template<typename T>
void
HeterogeneousMap::set(const char * key, const T & t) {
if (!storage[key].empty()) {
if (storage[key].type() != typeid (T)) {
std::stringstream buf;
buf << "bad type, expect " << storage[key].type().name() << " for key: " << key;
throw ParameterException(buf.str().c_str());
}
storage[key] = t;
}
else {
storage[key] = t;
}
}
/**
* @brief Returns the element stored under that key. Is no element
* stored under this key, a new, empty one is created, using the
* default constructor.
* @param key The key identifies the element to read.
* @return The desired element, or an empty instances of the target type,
* if no element stored under that key.
*/
template<typename T>
T
HeterogeneousMap::get(const char * key) {
if (storage[key].empty()) {
return T();
}
else {
if (storage[key].type() == typeid (T)) {
return boost::any_cast<T>(storage[key]);
}
else {
std::stringstream buf;
buf << "bad type, expect " << storage[key].type().name() << " for key: " << key;
throw ParameterException(buf.str().c_str());
}
}
}
}
}
#endif /* HETEROGENEOUSMAP_H */