//  boost/identifier.hpp  ----------------------------------------------------//



//  Copyright Beman Dawes 2006



//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying

//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)



//  See documentation at http://www.boost.org/libs/utility



#ifndef BOOST_IDENTIFIER_HPP

#define BOOST_IDENTIFIER_HPP



#include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp>

#include <boost/type_traits/is_base_of.hpp>

#include <iosfwd>



namespace boost

{

  namespace detail

  {

    //  class template identifier  ---------------------------------------------//



    //  Always used as a base class so that different instantiations result in

    //  different class types even if instantiated with the same value type T.



    //  Expected usage is that T is often an integer type, best passed by

    //  value. There is no reason why T can't be a possibly larger class such as

    //  std::string, best passed by const reference.



    //  This implementation uses pass by value, based on expected common uses.



    template <typename T, typename D>

    class identifier

    {

    public:

      typedef T value_type;



      const value_type value() const           { return m_value; }

      void  assign( value_type v )             { m_value = v; }



      bool operator==( const D & rhs ) const   { return m_value == rhs.m_value; }

      bool operator!=( const D & rhs ) const   { return m_value != rhs.m_value; }

      bool operator< ( const D & rhs ) const   { return m_value <  rhs.m_value; }

      bool operator<=( const D & rhs ) const   { return m_value <= rhs.m_value; }

      bool operator> ( const D & rhs ) const   { return m_value >  rhs.m_value; }

      bool operator>=( const D & rhs ) const   { return m_value >= rhs.m_value; }



      typedef void (*unspecified_bool_type)(D); // without the D, unspecified_bool_type 

      static void unspecified_bool_true(D){}    // conversion allows relational operators

                                                // between different identifier types



      operator unspecified_bool_type() const   { return m_value == value_type() ? 0 : unspecified_bool_true; }

      bool operator!() const                   { return m_value == value_type(); }



    // constructors are protected so that class can only be used as a base class

    protected:

      identifier()                             {}

      explicit identifier( value_type v )      : m_value(v) {}



  #if !defined(BOOST_MSVC) || BOOST_MSVC > 1300  // 1300 == VC++ 7.0 bug workaround

    private:

  #endif

      T m_value;

    };



  //#ifndef BOOST_NO_SFINAE



  //  template <class Ostream, class Id>

  //    typename enable_if< is_base_of< identifier< typename Id::value_type, Id >, Id >, 

  //      Ostream & >::type operator<<( Ostream & os, const Id & id )

  //  {

  //    return os << id.value();

  //  }



  //  template <class Istream, class Id>

  //    typename enable_if< is_base_of< identifier< typename Id::value_type, Id >, Id >, 

  //      Istream & >::type operator>>( Istream & is, Id & id )

  //  {

  //    typename Id::value_type v;

  //    is >> v;

  //    id.value( v );

  //    return is;

  //  }

  //#endif



  } // namespace detail

} // namespace boost



#endif // BOOST_IDENTIFIER_HPP

