vtkVariantCast.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkVariantCast.h

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  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
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#ifndef vtkVariantCast_h
#define vtkVariantCast_h

#include "vtkUnicodeString.h"
#include <typeinfo> // for warnings

template<typename T>
T vtkVariantCast(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid = 0)
{
  vtkGenericWarningMacro(
    << "Cannot convert vtkVariant containing [" << value.GetTypeAsString() << "] "
    << "to unsupported type [" << typeid(T).name() << "].  "
    << "Create a vtkVariantCast<> specialization to eliminate this warning."
    );

  if(valid)
    *valid = false;

  static T dummy;
  return dummy;
}

template<>
inline char vtkVariantCast<char>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToChar(valid);
}

template<>
inline unsigned char vtkVariantCast<unsigned char>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToUnsignedChar(valid);
}

template<>
inline short vtkVariantCast<short>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToShort(valid);
}

template<>
inline unsigned short vtkVariantCast<unsigned short>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToUnsignedShort(valid);
}

template<>
inline int vtkVariantCast<int>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToInt(valid);
}

template<>
inline unsigned int vtkVariantCast<unsigned int>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToUnsignedInt(valid);
}

template<>
inline long vtkVariantCast<long>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToLong(valid);
}

template<>
inline unsigned long vtkVariantCast<unsigned long>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToUnsignedLong(valid);
}

template<>
inline long long vtkVariantCast<long long>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToLongLong(valid);
}

template<>
inline unsigned long long vtkVariantCast<unsigned long long>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToUnsignedLongLong(valid);
}

template<>
inline float vtkVariantCast<float>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToFloat(valid);
}

template<>
inline double vtkVariantCast<double>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  return value.ToDouble(valid);
}

template<>
inline vtkStdString vtkVariantCast<vtkStdString>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  if(valid)
    *valid = true;

  return value.ToString();
}

template<>
inline vtkUnicodeString vtkVariantCast<vtkUnicodeString>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  if(valid)
    *valid = true;

  return value.ToUnicodeString();
}

template<>
inline vtkVariant vtkVariantCast<vtkVariant>(const vtkVariant& value, bool* valid)
{
  if(valid)
    *valid = true;

  return value;
}

#endif

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