src/cobalt/base/polymorphic_equatable.h

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#ifndef COBALT_BASE_POLYMORPHIC_EQUATABLE_H_
#define COBALT_BASE_POLYMORPHIC_EQUATABLE_H_

#include "cobalt/base/polymorphic_downcast.h"
#include "cobalt/base/type_id.h"

namespace base {

// Derive from this class from the base class of a class hierarchy in order to
// provide your hierarchy with the functinoality to test for equivalence between
// different instances without knowing what the type of each instance is.
// You will also need to add the line
//   DEFINE_POLYMORPHIC_EQUATABLE_TYPE(MyDerivedClass)
// to the public section of each of your derived classes, to have them
// automatically implement the virtual methods declared in PolymorphicEquatable.
// You will additionally have to ensure that operator==() is defined, as it
// will be used to test for equality among objects of the same type.
class PolymorphicEquatable {
 public:
  virtual bool Equals(const PolymorphicEquatable& other) const = 0;
  virtual base::TypeId GetTypeId() const = 0;
};

// Used to provide type-safe equality checking even when the exact
// PolymorphicEquatable type is unknown.  For any class T that is intended to be
// a descendant of PolymorphicEquatable, it should call this macro in the public
// section of its class declaration.
#define DEFINE_POLYMORPHIC_EQUATABLE_TYPE(DerivedClassType)                   \
  bool Equals(const PolymorphicEquatable& other) const OVERRIDE {             \
    return base::GetTypeId<DerivedClassType>() == other.GetTypeId() &&        \
           *this ==                                                           \
           *base::polymorphic_downcast<const DerivedClassType*>(&other);      \
  }                                                                           \
                                                                              \
  base::TypeId GetTypeId() const OVERRIDE {                                   \
    return base::GetTypeId<DerivedClassType>();                               \
  }                                                                           \

}  // namespace base

#endif  // COBALT_BASE_POLYMORPHIC_EQUATABLE_H_