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1 //===-- llvm/Support/ExtensibleRTTI.h - ExtensibleRTTI support --*- C++ -*-===//
2 //
3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
4 //
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
7 //
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 //
10 // \file
11 //
12 // Defines an extensible RTTI mechanism designed to work with Casting.h.
13 //
14 // Extensible RTTI differs from LLVM's primary RTTI mechanism (see
15 // llvm.org/docs/HowToSetUpLLVMStyleRTTI.html) by supporting open type
16 // hierarchies, where new types can be added from outside libraries without
17 // needing to change existing code. LLVM's primary RTTI mechanism should be
18 // preferred where possible, but where open hierarchies are needed this system
19 // can be used.
20 //
21 // The RTTIRoot class defines methods for comparing type ids. Implementations
22 // of these methods can be injected into new classes using the RTTIExtends
23 // class template.
24 //
25 // E.g.
26 //
27 //   @code{.cpp}
28 //   class MyBaseClass : public RTTIExtends<MyBaseClass, RTTIRoot> {
29 //   public:
30 //     static char ID;
31 //     virtual void foo() = 0;
32 //   };
33 //
34 //   class MyDerivedClass1 : public RTTIExtends<MyDerivedClass1, MyBaseClass> {
35 //   public:
36 //     static char ID;
37 //     void foo() override {}
38 //   };
39 //
40 //   class MyDerivedClass2 : public RTTIExtends<MyDerivedClass2, MyBaseClass> {
41 //   public:
42 //     static char ID;
43 //     void foo() override {}
44 //   };
45 //
46 //   char MyBaseClass::ID = 0;
47 //   char MyDerivedClass1::ID = 0;
48 //   char MyDerivedClass2:: ID = 0;
49 //
50 //   void fn() {
51 //     std::unique_ptr<MyBaseClass> B = llvm::make_unique<MyDerivedClass1>();
52 //     llvm::outs() << isa<MyBaseClass>(B) << "\n"; // Outputs "1".
53 //     llvm::outs() << isa<MyDerivedClass1>(B) << "\n"; // Outputs "1".
54 //     llvm::outs() << isa<MyDerivedClass2>(B) << "\n"; // Outputs "0'.
55 //   }
56 //
57 //   @endcode
58 //
59 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
60 
61 #ifndef LLVM_SUPPORT_EXTENSIBLERTTI_H
62 #define LLVM_SUPPORT_EXTENSIBLERTTI_H
63 
64 namespace llvm {
65 
66 template <typename ThisT, typename ParentT> class RTTIExtends;
67 
68 /// Base class for the extensible RTTI hierarchy.
69 ///
70 /// This class defines virtual methods, dynamicClassID and isA, that enable
71 /// type comparisons.
72 class RTTIRoot {
73 public:
74   virtual ~RTTIRoot() = default;
75 
76   /// Returns the class ID for this type.
classID()77   static const void *classID() { return &ID; }
78 
79   /// Returns the class ID for the dynamic type of this RTTIRoot instance.
80   virtual const void *dynamicClassID() const = 0;
81 
82   /// Returns true if this class's ID matches the given class ID.
isA(const void * const ClassID)83   virtual bool isA(const void *const ClassID) const {
84     return ClassID == classID();
85   }
86 
87   /// Check whether this instance is a subclass of QueryT.
88   template <typename QueryT>
isA()89   bool isA() const { return isA(QueryT::classID()); }
90 
91 private:
92   virtual void anchor();
93 
94   static char ID;
95 };
96 
97 /// Inheritance utility for extensible RTTI.
98 ///
99 /// Supports single inheritance only: A class can only have one
100 /// ExtensibleRTTI-parent (i.e. a parent for which the isa<> test will work),
101 /// though it can have many non-ExtensibleRTTI parents.
102 ///
103 /// RTTIExtents uses CRTP so the first template argument to RTTIExtends is the
104 /// newly introduced type, and the *second* argument is the parent class.
105 ///
106 /// class MyType : public RTTIExtends<MyType, RTTIRoot> {
107 /// public:
108 ///   static char ID;
109 /// };
110 ///
111 /// class MyDerivedType : public RTTIExtends<MyDerivedType, MyType> {
112 /// public:
113 ///   static char ID;
114 /// };
115 ///
116 template <typename ThisT, typename ParentT>
117 class RTTIExtends : public ParentT {
118 public:
119   // Inherit constructors from ParentT.
120   using ParentT::ParentT;
121 
classID()122   static const void *classID() { return &ThisT::ID; }
123 
dynamicClassID()124   const void *dynamicClassID() const override { return &ThisT::ID; }
125 
isA(const void * const ClassID)126   bool isA(const void *const ClassID) const override {
127     return ClassID == classID() || ParentT::isA(ClassID);
128   }
129 
classof(const RTTIRoot * R)130   static bool classof(const RTTIRoot *R) { return R->isA<ThisT>(); }
131 };
132 
133 } // end namespace llvm
134 
135 #endif // LLVM_SUPPORT_EXTENSIBLERTTI_H
136