StringWrapper.h

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Copyright (c) 2017 FMI Open Development / Markus Peura, first.last@fmi.fi
 
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/*
Part of Rack development has been done in the BALTRAD projects part-financed
by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument, Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013)
*/
 
#ifndef DRAIN_WRAPPER
#define DRAIN_WRAPPER
 
 
#include "Converter.h"
 
namespace drain {
 
 
 
template <typename T>
class StringWrapper : public std::string {
 
public:
 
    inline
    StringWrapper(){
    };
 
    //template <typename T>
    inline
    StringWrapper(const T & x){
        set(x);
    };
 
    // imitating std::string
    StringWrapper<T> & operator=(const std::string & s){
        assign(s);
        return *this;
    }
 
    StringWrapper<T> & operator=(const char *s){
        assign(s);
        return *this;
    }
 
    StringWrapper<T> & operator=(char c){
        std::string::operator=(c);
        return *this;
    }
 
    template <typename T2>
    StringWrapper<T> & operator=(const StringWrapper<T2> & s){
        assign(s);
        return *this;
    }
 
    template <typename T2>
    StringWrapper<T> & operator=(const T2 & x){
        set(x);
        return *this;
    }
 
 
    inline
    void set(const std::string & s=""){
        std::string::assign(s);
    };
 
    inline
    void set(const StringWrapper & e){
        std::string::assign(e);
    };
 
    inline
    void set(const char *s){
        std::string::assign(s);
    };
 
 
 
    //template <typename T2>
    inline
    void set(const T & x){
        Converter<T>::convert(x, *this);
    };
 
    inline
    bool operator==(const T & x){
        std::string s;
        Converter<T>::convert(x, s);
        return *this == s;
    }
 
 
};
 
 
 
} // drain::
 
#endif /* STRING_H_ */