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authorDavid P. Sicilia <dpacbach@users.noreply.github.com>2020-01-02 13:12:14 -0500
committerWouter van Oortmerssen <aardappel@gmail.com>2020-01-02 10:12:14 -0800
commita5d9d0f7d368054fd1691aedf1db4116efcc233e (patch)
tree8d252e4ad24f5cd6331f70a09aa1dcad166037da /src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp
parent3cd9b6434a6f4ec5ee6c49d1b9fd58209d714e82 (diff)
downloadflatbuffers-a5d9d0f7d368054fd1691aedf1db4116efcc233e.tar.gz
[C++17] Add Traits class for Tables and Factory function within it. (#5678)
* Include flattests_cpp17 in unit tests when C++17 build is enabled. * [C++17] Generate generic table factory function. 1. For each table, generate a convenient free-standing factory function that allows creating the table in a generic way by specifying only the type. This is the first change in a series of changes to make Flatbuffers generated C++ code more friendly to code bases that make use of C++ template metaprogramming techniques to manage the serialization process. Example: Before :( // The name of the Flatbuffers type (and namespace) must // be hard-coded when writing the factory function. auto monster = MyGame::Example::CreateMonster(fbb, ...); After :) using type_to_create = MyGame::Example::Monster; // No namespace needed on CreateByTagType. auto monster = CreateByTagType((type_to_create*)nullptr, fbb, ...); This feature requires building with C++14 or greater, and thus it is guarded behind --cpp-std >= c++17 in the flatbuffers C++ generator. 2. Fix a CMake bug to include C++17 unit tests in test suite. * [C++17] Replace standalone variadic factory function with type_traits. Add a `type_traits` to each table class. This `type_traits` can be populated with various compile-time info about the table. Initially, we have the Create* function and type, but is extensible in the future. * Remove empty line and fix stale comments. * Rename type_traits to Traits and move fwd declaration. * Fix parameter evaluation order issue and use lambda for scope.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp')
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diff --git a/src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp b/src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp
index 12e43375..f74abbf8 100644
--- a/src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp
@@ -1837,6 +1837,9 @@ class CppGenerator : public BaseGenerator {
code_ += " typedef {{NATIVE_NAME}} NativeTableType;";
}
code_ += " typedef {{STRUCT_NAME}}Builder Builder;";
+ if (opts_.g_cpp_std >= cpp::CPP_STD_17) {
+ code_ += " struct Traits;";
+ }
if (opts_.mini_reflect != IDLOptions::kNone) {
code_ +=
" static const flatbuffers::TypeTable *MiniReflectTypeTable() {";
@@ -2198,6 +2201,16 @@ class CppGenerator : public BaseGenerator {
code_ += "}";
code_ += "";
+ // Definition for type traits for this table type. This allows querying var-
+ // ious compile-time traits of the table.
+ if (opts_.g_cpp_std >= cpp::CPP_STD_17) {
+ code_ += "struct {{STRUCT_NAME}}::Traits {";
+ code_ += " using type = {{STRUCT_NAME}};";
+ code_ += " static auto constexpr Create = Create{{STRUCT_NAME}};";
+ code_ += "};";
+ code_ += "";
+ }
+
// Generate a CreateXDirect function with vector types as parameters
if (has_string_or_vector_fields) {
code_ +=