// // Optional.h // // Library: Foundation // Package: Core // Module: Optional // // Definition of the Optional class template. // // Copyright (c) 2012, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH. // and Contributors. // // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0 // #ifndef Foundation_Optional_INCLUDED #define Foundation_Optional_INCLUDED #include "Poco/Foundation.h" #include "Poco/Exception.h" #include namespace Poco { template class Optional /// Optional is a simple wrapper class for value types /// that allows to introduce a specified/unspecified state /// to value objects. /// /// An Optional can be default constructed. In this case, /// the Optional will have a Null value and isSpecified() will /// return false. Calling value()(without default value) on /// a Null object will throw a NullValueException. /// /// An Optional can also be constructed from a value. /// It is possible to assign a value to an Optional, and /// to reset an Optional to contain a Null value by calling /// clear(). /// /// For use with Optional, the value type should support /// default construction. /// /// Note that the Optional class is basically the same as /// Nullable. However, serializers may treat Nullable /// and Optional differently. An example is XML serialization based /// on XML Schema, where Optional would be used for an element with /// minOccurs == 0, whereas Nullable would be used on an element with /// nillable == true. { public: Optional(): /// Creates an empty Optional. _value(), _isSpecified(false) { } Optional(const C& value): /// Creates a Optional with the given value. _value(value), _isSpecified(true) { } Optional(C&& value): /// Creates a Optional by moving the given value. _value(value), _isSpecified(true) { } Optional(const Optional& other): /// Creates a Optional by copying another one. _value(other._value), _isSpecified(other._isSpecified) { } Optional(Optional&& other) noexcept: /// Creates a Optional by moving another one. _value(std::move(other._value)), _isSpecified(other._isSpecified) { other._isSpecified = false; } ~Optional() /// Destroys the Optional. { } Optional& assign(const C& value) /// Assigns a value to the Optional. { _value = value; _isSpecified = true; return *this; } Optional& assign(C&& value) /// Moves a value into the Optional. { _value = std::move(value); _isSpecified = true; return *this; } Optional& assign(const Optional& other) /// Assigns another Optional. { Optional tmp(other); swap(tmp); return *this; } Optional& operator = (const C& value) { return assign(value); } Optional& operator = (C&& value) { return assign(std::move(value)); } Optional& operator = (const Optional& other) { return assign(other); } Optional& operator = (Optional&& other) noexcept { _value = std::move(other._value); _isSpecified = other._isSpecified; other._isSpecified = false; return *this; } void swap(Optional& other) { std::swap(_value, other._value); std::swap(_isSpecified, other._isSpecified); } const C& value() const /// Returns the Optional's value. /// /// Throws a Poco::NullValueException if the value has not been specified. { if (_isSpecified) return _value; else throw Poco::NullValueException(); } const C& value(const C& deflt) const /// Returns the Optional's value, or the /// given default value if the Optional's /// value has not been specified. { return _isSpecified ? _value : deflt; } bool isSpecified() const /// Returns true iff the Optional's value has been specified. { return _isSpecified; } void clear() /// Clears the Optional. { _isSpecified = false; } private: C _value; bool _isSpecified; }; template inline void swap(Optional& n1, Optional& n2) { n1.swap(n2); } } // namespace Poco #endif // Foundation_Optional_INCLUDED