Parametrizable.h

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#ifndef __POINTMATCHER_PARAMETRIZABLE_H
#define __POINTMATCHER_PARAMETRIZABLE_H
 
#include <stdexcept>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
#include <limits>
#define BOOST_ASSIGN_MAX_PARAMS 6
#include <boost/assign/list_inserter.hpp>
 
 
namespace PointMatcherSupport
{       
        template<typename Target>
        inline Target lexical_cast_scalar_to_string(const std::string& arg)
        {
                if (arg == "inf")
                        return std::numeric_limits<Target>::infinity();
                else if (arg == "-inf")
                        return -std::numeric_limits<Target>::infinity();
                else if (arg == "nan")
                        return std::numeric_limits<Target>::quiet_NaN();
                else
                        return boost::lexical_cast<Target>(arg);
        }
 
        template<typename Target>
        inline Target lexical_cast_scalar_to_string(const char*& arg)
        {
                return lexical_cast_scalar_to_string<Target>(std::string(arg));
        }
 
        
        template<typename Target, typename Source>
        inline Target lexical_cast(const Source& arg)
        {
                return boost::lexical_cast<Target>(arg);
        }
        
        template<>
        inline float lexical_cast(const std::string& arg) { return lexical_cast_scalar_to_string<float>(arg); }
        template<>
        inline double lexical_cast(const std::string& arg) { return lexical_cast_scalar_to_string<double>(arg); }
        
        //
        
        template<typename S>
        std::string toParam(const S& value)
        {
                return lexical_cast<std::string>(value);
        }
        
        struct Parametrizable
        {
                struct InvalidParameter: std::runtime_error
                {
                        InvalidParameter(const std::string& reason);
                };
                
                typedef bool(*LexicalComparison)(std::string a, std::string b);
                
                template<typename S>
                static bool Comp(std::string a, std::string b)
                {
                        return lexical_cast<S>(a) < lexical_cast<S>(b);
                }
                
                struct ParameterDoc
                {
                        std::string name; 
                        std::string doc; 
                        std::string defaultValue; 
                        std::string minValue; 
                        std::string maxValue; 
                        LexicalComparison comp; 
                        
                        /*
                        This code is beautiful, this code is correct, this code does not work ;-(
                        Blame gcc bug 9050 (http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9050), shame
                        on them forever and beyond. People being laaaazzzy adopters, I'm forced to use
                        something that works on gcc 4.4.
                        
                        template<typename S>
                        ParameterDoc(const std::string& name, const std::string& doc, const S defaultValue, const S minValue, const S maxValue = std::numeric_limits<S>::max());
                        template<typename S>
                        ParameterDoc(const std::string& name, const std::string& doc, const S defaultValue);
                        */
                        ParameterDoc(const std::string& name, const std::string& doc, const std::string& defaultValue, const std::string& minValue, const std::string& maxValue, LexicalComparison comp);
                        ParameterDoc(const std::string& name, const std::string& doc, const std::string& defaultValue);
                        
                        friend std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& o, const ParameterDoc& p);
                };
                
                typedef std::vector<ParameterDoc> ParametersDoc;
                
                /*
                Again, not used because fo gcc bug 9050
                struct Parameter: public std::string
                {
                        template<typename S>
                        Parameter(const S value);
                        Parameter(){}
                };
                */
                typedef std::string Parameter; 
                typedef std::map<std::string, Parameter> Parameters; 
                typedef std::set<std::string> ParametersUsed; 
                
                const std::string className; 
                const ParametersDoc parametersDoc; 
                Parameters parameters; 
                ParametersUsed parametersUsed; 
                
                Parametrizable();
                Parametrizable(const std::string& className, const ParametersDoc paramsDoc, const Parameters& params);
                virtual ~Parametrizable();
                
                std::string getParamValueString(const std::string& paramName);
                
                template<typename S>
                S get(const std::string& paramName) { return lexical_cast<S>(getParamValueString(paramName)); }
                
                friend std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& o, const Parametrizable& p);
        };
        std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& o, const Parametrizable::ParametersDoc& p);
} // namespace PointMatcherSupport
 
#endif // __POINTMATCHER_PARAMETRIZABLE_H