// Copyright (c) 2018-2025 Jean-Louis Leroy // 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) #ifdef _MSC_VER #pragma warning(disable : 4312) #endif // tag::classes[] struct custom_type_info { static unsigned last; unsigned id = ++last; }; unsigned custom_type_info::last; struct Animal { Animal() { type = type_info.id; } virtual ~Animal() = default; virtual auto cast_impl(unsigned target) -> void* { if (type_info.id == target) { return this; } else { return nullptr; } } template auto cast() -> Class* { return reinterpret_cast(cast_impl(Class::type_info.id)); } static custom_type_info type_info; unsigned type; }; custom_type_info Animal::type_info; struct Cat : virtual Animal { Cat() { type = type_info.id; } virtual auto cast_impl(unsigned target) -> void* { if (type_info.id == target) { return this; } else { return Animal::cast_impl(target); } } static custom_type_info type_info; }; custom_type_info Cat::type_info; // end::classes[] struct Dog : virtual Animal { Dog() { type = type_info.id; } virtual auto cast_impl(unsigned target) -> void* { if (type_info.id == target) { return this; } else { return Animal::cast_impl(target); } } static custom_type_info type_info; }; #include #include namespace bom = boost::openmethod; // tag::registry[] struct custom_rtti : bom::policies::deferred_static_rtti { template struct fn : defaults { template static constexpr bool is_polymorphic = std::is_base_of_v; template static auto static_type() -> bom::type_id { if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v) { return reinterpret_cast(T::type_info.id); } else { return 0; } } template static auto dynamic_type(const T& obj) -> bom::type_id { if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v) { return reinterpret_cast(obj.type); } else { return nullptr; } } // to support virtual inheritance: template static auto dynamic_cast_ref(Base&& obj) -> Derived { using base_type = std::remove_reference_t; if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v) { return *obj.template cast>(); } else { abort(); // not supported } } }; }; struct custom_registry : bom::registry { }; // end::registry[] #define BOOST_OPENMETHOD_DEFAULT_REGISTRY custom_registry #include #include #include using boost::openmethod::virtual_ptr; BOOST_OPENMETHOD(poke, (std::ostream&, virtual_ptr), void); BOOST_OPENMETHOD_OVERRIDE( poke, (std::ostream & os, virtual_ptr /*cat*/), void) { os << "hiss"; } BOOST_OPENMETHOD_OVERRIDE( poke, (std::ostream & os, virtual_ptr /*dog*/), void) { os << "bark"; } BOOST_OPENMETHOD_CLASSES(Animal, Cat, Dog); custom_type_info Dog::type_info; auto main() -> int { boost::openmethod::initialize(); std::unique_ptr a(new Cat); std::unique_ptr b(new Dog); poke(std::cout, *a); // prints "hiss" std::cout << "\n"; poke(std::cout, *b); // prints "bark" std::cout << "\n"; return 0; } // end::example[]