// 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) // 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 void* cast_impl(unsigned target) { if (type_info.id == target) { return this; } else { return nullptr; } } template Class* cast() { 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 void* cast_impl(unsigned target) { 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 void* cast_impl(unsigned target) { 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; struct custom_rtti : bom::policies::rtti { template static bom::type_id static_type() { if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v) { return T::type_info.id; } else { return 0; } } template static bom::type_id dynamic_type(const T& obj) { if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v) { return obj.type; } else { return 0; } } // tag::dynamic_cast_ref[] // to support virtual inheritance: template static Derived dynamic_cast_ref(Base&& obj) { using base_type = std::remove_reference_t; if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v) { return *obj.template cast>(); } else { abort(); // not supported } } // end::dynamic_cast_ref[] }; struct custom_policy : bom::policies::basic_policy< custom_policy, custom_rtti, bom::policies::deferred_static_rtti, bom::policies::vptr_vector> {}; #define BOOST_OPENMETHOD_DEFAULT_POLICY custom_policy #include #include #include 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; int main() { 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[]