src/tag.hpp

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#ifndef NDN_TAG_HPP
#define NDN_TAG_HPP

namespace ndn {

/**
 * @brief Base class for packet tags that can hold any arbitrary information
 */
class Tag
{
public:
  virtual
  ~Tag();

  /**
   * @fn static constexpr int getTypeId()
   * @return an integer that uniquely identifies this Tag type
   * @sa http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/ndn-cxx/wiki/PacketTagTypes
   */
#ifdef DOXYGEN
  static constexpr int
  getTypeId()
  {
    return <type-identifier>;
  }
#endif // DOXYGEN
};

inline
Tag::~Tag() = default;

/** @brief provides a tag type for simple types
 *  @tparam T the value type
 *  @tparam TypeId the TypeId
 */
template<typename T, int TypeId>
class SimpleTag : public Tag
{
public:
  static constexpr int
  getTypeId()
  {
    return TypeId;
  }

  /** \brief explicitly convertible from T
   */
  explicit
  SimpleTag(const T& value)
    : m_value(value)
  {
  }

  /** \brief implicitly convertible to T
   *  \return a copy of the enclosed value
   */
  operator T() const
  {
    return m_value;
  }

  /** \return the enclosed value
   */
  const T&
  get() const
  {
    return m_value;
  }

private:
  T m_value;
};

} // namespace ndn

#endif // NDN_TAG_HPP