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This not only requires the underlying type 34 to be <a href="../../../../../utility/CopyConstructible.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">CopyConstructible</span></code></a>, but also requires 35 the existence of a fully constructed object, often temporary, just to follow 36 the copy from: 37 </p> 38<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> 39<span class="special">{</span> 40 <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> 41<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span> 42 43<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> 44<span class="special">{</span> 45 <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span> 46 47 <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> 48 49 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> 50<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span> 51 52<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span> 53<span class="special">{</span> 54 <span class="comment">// Temporary object created.</span> 55 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> 56<span class="special">}</span> 57</pre> 58<p> 59 A solution to this problem is to support direct construction of the contained 60 object right in the container's storage. In this scheme, the user only needs 61 to supply the arguments to the constructor to use in the wrapped object construction. 62 </p> 63<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> 64<span class="special">{</span> 65 <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span> 66 67 <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> 68 69 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> 70 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> 71<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span> 72 73<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span> 74<span class="special">{</span> 75 <span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place</span> 76 <span class="comment">// No temporary created.</span> 77 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> 78<span class="special">}</span> 79</pre> 80<p> 81 A limitation of this method is that it doesn't scale well to wrapped objects 82 with multiple constructors nor to generic code were the constructor overloads 83 are unknown. 84 </p> 85<p> 86 The solution presented in this library is the family of <span class="bold"><strong>InPlaceFactories</strong></span> 87 and <span class="bold"><strong>TypedInPlaceFactories</strong></span>. These factories 88 are a family of classes which encapsulate an increasing number of arbitrary 89 constructor parameters and supply a method to construct an object of a given 90 type using those parameters at an address specified by the user via placement 91 new. 92 </p> 93<p> 94 For example, one member of this family looks like: 95 </p> 96<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span><span class="special">></span> 97<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span> 98<span class="special">{</span> 99 <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="identifier">m_a0</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span> <span class="identifier">m_a1</span> <span class="special">;</span> 100 101 <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> 102 103 <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a1</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">m_a0</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">m_a1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> 104 105 <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">construct</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">m_a0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">m_a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 106 <span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span> 107</pre> 108<p> 109 A wrapper class aware of this can use it as: 110 </p> 111<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> 112<span class="special">{</span> 113 <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span> 114 115 <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> 116 117 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> 118 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 119<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span> 120 121<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span> 122<span class="special">{</span> 123 <span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a TypedInPlaceFactory.</span> 124 <span class="comment">// No temporary created.</span> 125 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="special">;</span> 126<span class="special">}</span> 127</pre> 128<p> 129 The factories are divided in two groups: 130 </p> 131<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 132<li class="listitem"> 133 <span class="underline">TypedInPlaceFactories</span>: those which 134 take the target type as a primary template parameter. 135 </li> 136<li class="listitem"> 137 <span class="underline">InPlaceFactories</span>: those with a 138 template <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*)</span></code> 139 member function taking the target type. 140 </li> 141</ul></div> 142<p> 143 Within each group, all the family members differ only in the number of parameters 144 allowed. 145 </p> 146<p> 147 This library provides an overloaded set of helper template functions to construct 148 these factories without requiring unnecessary template parameters: 149 </p> 150<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">></span> 151<span class="identifier">InPlaceFactoryN</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">...,</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> 152 153<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">></span> 154<span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactoryN</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">...,</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> 155</pre> 156<p> 157 In-place factories can be used generically by the wrapper and user as follows: 158 </p> 159<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> 160<span class="special">{</span> 161 <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span> 162 163 <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> 164 165 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> 166 167 <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="special">></span> 168 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">></span><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 169 170<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span> 171 172<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span> 173<span class="special">{</span> 174 <span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a InPlaceFactory.</span> 175 <span class="comment">// No temporary created.</span> 176 <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> 177<span class="special">}</span> 178</pre> 179<p> 180 The factories are implemented in the headers: <a href="../../../../../../boost/utility/in_place_factory.hpp" target="_top">in_place_factory.hpp</a> 181 and <a 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