common/visitordispatcher.hpp

/*
  VISITORDISPATCHER.hpp  -  visitor implementation details
 
  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
    2008,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
 
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  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.
 
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  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
*/



#ifndef LUMIERA_VISITORDISPATCHER_H
#define LUMIERA_VISITORDISPATCHER_H

#include "common/error.hpp"
#include "common/util.hpp"
#include "common/singleton.hpp"
#include "common/multithread.hpp"

#include <vector>


namespace lumiera
  {
  namespace visitor
    {

    template<class TOOL> class Tag;
    
    
    template<class TOOL, class TOOLImpl>
    struct TagTypeRegistry 
      {
        static Tag<TOOL> tag;
      };
      
    template<class TOOL>
    class Tag
    {
      size_t tagID; 
      static size_t lastRegisteredID;
      
    private:
      static void
      generateID (size_t& id)
        {
          Thread::Lock<Tag> guard   SIDEEFFECT;
          if (!id)
            id = ++lastRegisteredID;
        }
      
    public:
      Tag() : tagID(0) { }
      operator size_t()  const { return tagID; }
      
      
      template<class TOOLImpl>
      static Tag&
      get (TOOLImpl* const concreteTool=0)
        {
          Tag& t = TagTypeRegistry<TOOL,TOOLImpl>::tag;
          if (!t) generateID (t.tagID);
          return t;
        }
    
    };
    
    
    
    template<class TOOL, class TOOLImpl>
    Tag<TOOL> TagTypeRegistry<TOOL,TOOLImpl>::tag; 

    template<class TOOL>
    size_t Tag<TOOL>::lastRegisteredID (0);

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    template<class TAR, class TOOL>
    class Dispatcher
      {
        typedef typename TOOL::ReturnType ReturnType;
        
        template<class TOOLImpl>
        static ReturnType 
        callTrampoline (TAR& obj, TOOL& tool)
          {
            // cast down to real implementation type
            REQUIRE (INSTANCEOF (TOOLImpl, &tool));  
            TOOLImpl& toolObj = static_cast<TOOLImpl&> (tool);
            
            // trigger (compile time) overload resolution
            // based on concrete type, then dispatch the call.
            // Note this may cause obj to be upcasted.
            return toolObj.treat (obj);
          }
        
        typedef ReturnType (*Trampoline) (TAR&, TOOL& );

        
        std::vector<Trampoline> table_;
        
        
        void
        accomodate (size_t index)
          {
            Thread::Lock<Dispatcher> guard   SIDEEFFECT;
            if (index > table_.size())
              table_.resize (index);      // performance bottleneck?? TODO: measure the real impact!
          }
        
        inline bool
        is_known (size_t id)
          { 
            return id<=table_.size() && table_[id-1]; 
          }
        
        inline void 
        storePtr (size_t id, Trampoline func)
          {
            REQUIRE (func);
            REQUIRE (0 < id);
            if (id>table_.size())
              accomodate (id);
            table_[id-1] = func;
          }
        
        inline Trampoline 
        storedTrampoline (size_t id)
          {
            if (id<=table_.size() && table_[id-1])
              return table_[id-1];
            else
              return &errorHandler;
          }
        
        static ReturnType
        errorHandler (TAR& target, TOOL& tool)
          {
            return tool.onUnknown (target);
          }

        
      public:
        static Singleton<Dispatcher<TAR,TOOL> > instance;
        
        inline ReturnType 
        forwardCall (TAR& target, TOOL& tool)
          {
            // get concrete type via tool's VTable 
            Tag<TOOL> index = tool.getTag();
            return (*storedTrampoline(index)) (target, tool);
          }
        
        template<class TOOLImpl>
        inline void 
        enroll(TOOLImpl* typeref)
          {
            Tag<TOOL>& index = Tag<TOOL>::get (typeref);
            if (is_known (index))
              return;
            else
              {
                Trampoline func = &callTrampoline<TOOLImpl>;
                storePtr (index, func);
              }
              
          }
      };

    template<class TAR, class TOOL>
    Singleton<Dispatcher<TAR,TOOL> > Dispatcher<TAR,TOOL>::instance;

    
    
    
  } // namespace visitor

} // namespace lumiera
#endif

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