dyn-clone

Crates.iodyn-clone
lib.rsdyn-clone
version1.0.17
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created_at2019-12-23 06:48:24.186057
updated_at2024-02-26 06:08:38.179897
descriptionClone trait that is object-safe
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repositoryhttps://github.com/dtolnay/dyn-clone
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Lanthanum (github:zxtn:lanthanum)

documentation

https://docs.rs/dyn-clone

README

Clone trait that is object-safe

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This crate provides a DynClone trait that can be used in trait objects, and a clone_box function that can clone any sized or dynamically sized implementation of DynClone. Types that implement the standard library's std::clone::Clone trait are automatically usable by a DynClone trait object.

The signature of clone_box is:

fn clone_box<T>(t: &T) -> Box<T>
where
    T: ?Sized + DynClone

Example

use dyn_clone::DynClone;

trait MyTrait: DynClone {
    fn recite(&self);
}

impl MyTrait for String {
    fn recite(&self) {
        println!("{} ♫", self);
    }
}

fn main() {
    let line = "The slithy structs did gyre and gimble the namespace";

    // Build a trait object holding a String.
    // This requires String to implement MyTrait and std::clone::Clone.
    let x: Box<dyn MyTrait> = Box::new(String::from(line));

    x.recite();

    // The type of x2 is a Box<dyn MyTrait> cloned from x.
    let x2 = dyn_clone::clone_box(&*x);

    x2.recite();
}

This crate includes a macro for generating the implementation impl std::clone::Clone for Box<dyn MyTrait> in terms of dyn_clone::clone_box:

// As before.
trait MyTrait: DynClone {
    /* ... */
}

dyn_clone::clone_trait_object!(MyTrait);

// Now data structures containing Box<dyn MyTrait> can derive Clone:
#[derive(Clone)]
struct Container {
    trait_object: Box<dyn MyTrait>,
}

License

Licensed under either of Apache License, Version 2.0 or MIT license at your option.
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in this crate by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
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