metacall/mc_meta.hpp

//
// Copyright (c) 2011 Alex Yatskov
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#pragma once

namespace metacall {


//
// Meta
//

qword serialize     (class Serializer*, ...);
qword deserialize   (class Deserializer*, ...);

template <typename T>
struct IsSerializable {
    enum {
        Value = sizeof(bool) == sizeof(
            serialize(
                static_cast<Serializer*>(0),
                *static_cast<T*>(0)
            )
        )
    };
};

template <typename T>
struct IsDeserializable {
    enum {
        Value = sizeof(bool) == sizeof(
            deserialize(
                static_cast<Deserializer*>(0),
                static_cast<T*>(0)
            )
        )
    };
};

template <typename T>
struct StripRef {
    typedef T Type;
};

template <typename T>
struct StripRef<T&> {
    typedef T Type;
};

template <typename T>
struct StripConst {
    typedef T Type;
};

template <typename T>
struct StripConst<const T> {
    typedef T Type;
};

template <typename T>
struct StripConstRef {
    typedef typename StripConst<typename StripRef<T>::Type >::Type Type;
};


}