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The default actor 32 implementation provides several operator() overloads which deal with the 33 evaluation of expressions. 34 </p> 35<p> 36 For some use cases this might not be enough. For convenience it is thinkable 37 to provide custom member functions which generate new expressions. An example 38 is the <a class="link" href="../modules/statement/___if_else_____statement.html" title="if_else_ Statement">if_else_ 39Statement</a> 40 which provides an additional else member for generating a lazy if-else expression. 41 With this the actual Phoenix expression becomes more expressive. 42 </p> 43<p> 44 Another scenario is to give actors the semantics of a certain well known 45 interface or concept. This tutorial like section will provide information 46 on how to implement a custom actor which is usable as if it were a <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/Container.html" target="_top">STL Container</a>. 47 </p> 48<h5> 49<a name="phoenix.examples.extending_actors.h0"></a> 50 <span class="phrase"><a name="phoenix.examples.extending_actors.requirements"></a></span><a class="link" href="extending_actors.html#phoenix.examples.extending_actors.requirements">Requirements</a> 51 </h5> 52<p> 53 Let's repeat what we want to have: 54 </p> 55<div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> 56<colgroup> 57<col> 58<col> 59</colgroup> 60<thead><tr> 61<th> 62 <p> 63 Expression 64 </p> 65 </th> 66<th> 67 <p> 68 Semantics 69 </p> 70 </th> 71</tr></thead> 72<tbody> 73<tr> 74<td> 75 <p> 76 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">()</span></code> 77 </p> 78 </td> 79<td> 80 <p> 81 Returns an iterator pointing to the first element in the container. 82 </p> 83 </td> 84</tr> 85<tr> 86<td> 87 <p> 88 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">()</span></code> 89 </p> 90 </td> 91<td> 92 <p> 93 Returns an iterator pointing one past the last element in the container. 94 </p> 95 </td> 96</tr> 97<tr> 98<td> 99 <p> 100 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code> 101 </p> 102 </td> 103<td> 104 <p> 105 Returns the size of the container, that is, its number of elements. 106 </p> 107 </td> 108</tr> 109<tr> 110<td> 111 <p> 112 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">max_size</span><span class="special">()</span></code> 113 </p> 114 </td> 115<td> 116 <p> 117 Returns the largest size that this container can ever have. 118 </p> 119 </td> 120</tr> 121<tr> 122<td> 123 <p> 124 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">empty</span><span class="special">()</span></code> 125 </p> 126 </td> 127<td> 128 <p> 129 Equivalent to a.size() == 0. (But possibly faster.) 130 </p> 131 </td> 132</tr> 133<tr> 134<td> 135 <p> 136 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">swap</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">)</span></code> 137 </p> 138 </td> 139<td> 140 <p> 141 Equivalent to swap(a,b) 142 </p> 143 </td> 144</tr> 145</tbody> 146</table></div> 147<p> 148 Additionally, we want all the operator() overloads of the regular actor. 149 </p> 150<h5> 151<a name="phoenix.examples.extending_actors.h1"></a> 152 <span class="phrase"><a name="phoenix.examples.extending_actors.defining_the_actor"></a></span><a class="link" href="extending_actors.html#phoenix.examples.extending_actors.defining_the_actor">Defining the 153 actor</a> 154 </h5> 155<p> 156 The first version of our <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">container_actor</span></code> 157 interface will show the general principle. This will be continually extended. 158 For the sake of simplicity, every member function generator will return 159 <a class="link" href="../modules/core/nothing.html" title="Nothing"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nothing</span></code></a> 160 at first. 161 </p> 162<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> 163<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">container_actor</span> 164 <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> 165<span class="special">{</span> 166 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">base_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 167 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">container_actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">that_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 168 169 <span class="identifier">container_actor</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">base_type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">base</span> <span class="special">)</span> 170 <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">base_type</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">base</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> 171 172 <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">null</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">mpl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">void_</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">nothing</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 173 <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">null</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">mpl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">void_</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">nothing</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 174 <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">null</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">mpl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">void_</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">nothing</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 175 <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">null</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">mpl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">void_</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">max_size</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">nothing</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 176 <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">null</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">mpl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">void_</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">empty</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">nothing</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 177 178 <span class="comment">// Note that swap is the only function needing another container.</span> 179 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">></span> 180 <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">null</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">mpl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">void_</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">swap</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">nothing</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 181<span class="special">};</span> 182</pre> 183<h5> 184<a name="phoenix.examples.extending_actors.h2"></a> 185 <span class="phrase"><a name="phoenix.examples.extending_actors.using_the_actor"></a></span><a class="link" href="extending_actors.html#phoenix.examples.extending_actors.using_the_actor">Using 186 the actor</a> 187 </h5> 188<p> 189 Although the member functions do nothing right now, we want to test if we 190 can use our new actor. 191 </p> 192<p> 193 First, lets create a generator which wraps the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">container_actor</span></code> 194 around any other expression: 195 </p> 196<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> 197<span class="identifier">container_actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> 198<span class="identifier">container</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">expr</span> <span class="special">)</span> 199<span class="special">{</span> 200 <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">expr</span><span class="special">;</span> 201<span class="special">}</span> 202</pre> 203<p> 204 Now let's test this: 205 </p> 206<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">;</span> 207<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span> 208<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span> 209<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">);</span> 210<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">);</span> 211 212<span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">container</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">arg1</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">())(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">);</span> 213</pre> 214<p> 215 Granted, this is not really elegant and not very practical (we could have 216 just used phoenix::begin(v) from the <a class="link" href="../modules/stl/algorithm.html" title="Algorithm">Phoenix 217 algorithm module</a>, but we can do better. 218 </p> 219<p> 220 Let's have an <a class="link" href="../modules/core/arguments.html" title="Arguments">argument placeholder</a> 221 which is usable as if it was a STL container: 222 </p> 223<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">container_actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">argument</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">con1</span><span class="special">;</span> 224<span class="comment">// and so on ...</span> 225</pre> 226<p> 227 The above example can be rewritten as: 228 </p> 229<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">;</span> 230<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span> 231<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span> 232<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">);</span> 233<span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">);</span> 234 235<span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">con1</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">())(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">);</span> 236</pre> 237<p> 238 Wow, that was easy! 239 </p> 240<h5> 241<a name="phoenix.examples.extending_actors.h3"></a> 242 <span class="phrase"><a name="phoenix.examples.extending_actors.adding_life_to_the_actor"></a></span><a class="link" href="extending_actors.html#phoenix.examples.extending_actors.adding_life_to_the_actor">Adding 243 life to the actor</a> 244 </h5> 245<p> 246 This one will be even easier! 247 </p> 248<p> 249 First, we define a <a class="link" href="../modules/function.html" title="Function">lazy function</a> 250 which evaluates the expression we want to implement. Following is the implementation 251 of the size function: 252 </p> 253<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">size_impl</span> 254<span class="special">{</span> 255 <span class="comment">// result_of protocol:</span> 256 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Sig</span><span class="special">></span> 257 <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special">;</span> 258 259 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">This</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">></span> 260 <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">This</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">)></span> 261 <span class="special">{</span> 262 <span class="comment">// Note, remove reference here, because Container can be anything</span> 263 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">remove_reference</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="identifier">container_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 264 265 <span class="comment">// The result will be size_type</span> 266 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">container_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">;</span> 267 <span class="special">};</span> 268 269 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">></span> 270 <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">size_impl</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Container</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&)>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> 271 <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">()(</span><span class="identifier">Container</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">container</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> 272 <span class="special">{</span> 273 <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">container</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">();</span> 274 <span class="special">}</span> 275<span class="special">};</span> 276</pre> 277<p> 278 Good, this was the first part. The second part will be to implement the size 279 member function of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">container_actor</span></code>: 280 </p> 281<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> 282<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">container_actor</span> 283 <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> 284<span class="special">{</span> 285 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">base_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 286 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">container_actor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">that_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 287 288 <span class="identifier">container_actor</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">base_type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">base</span> <span class="special">)</span> 289 <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">base_type</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">base</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> 290 291 <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">size_impl</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">that_type</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> 292 <span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> 293 <span class="special">{</span> 294 <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">size_impl</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">size_impl</span><span class="special">();</span> 295 <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">);</span> 296 <span class="special">}</span> 297 298 <span class="comment">// the rest ...</span> 299<span class="special">};</span> 300</pre> 301<p> 302 It is left as an exercise to the user to implement the missing parts by reusing 303 functions from the <a class="link" href="../modules/stl/algorithm.html" title="Algorithm">Phoenix 304 Algorithm Module</a> (the impatient take a look here: <a href="../../../../example/container_actor.cpp" target="_top">container_actor.cpp</a>). 305 </p> 306</div> 307<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 308<td align="left"></td> 309<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2002-2005, 2010, 2014, 2015 Joel de Guzman, Dan Marsden, Thomas 310 Heller, John Fletcher<p> 311 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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