// Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer // Copyright 2023 Google Inc. All rights reserved. // http://ceres-solver.org/ // // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: // // * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. // * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation // and/or other materials provided with the distribution. // * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its contributors may be // used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without // specific prior written permission. // // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" // AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE // IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE // ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE // LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR // CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF // SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS // INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN // CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) // ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE // POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. // // Author: keir@google.com (Keir Mierle) #ifndef CERES_INTERNAL_CASTS_H_ #define CERES_INTERNAL_CASTS_H_ #include namespace ceres { // Identity metafunction. template struct identity_ { using type = T; }; // Use implicit_cast as a safe version of static_cast or const_cast // for implicit conversions. For example: // - Upcasting in a type hierarchy. // - Performing arithmetic conversions (int32 to int64, int to double, etc.). // - Adding const or volatile qualifiers. // // In general, implicit_cast can be used to convert this code // To to = from; // DoSomething(to); // to this // DoSomething(implicit_cast(from)); // // base::identity_ is used to make a non-deduced context, which // forces all callers to explicitly specify the template argument. template inline To implicit_cast(typename identity_::type to) { return to; } // This version of implicit_cast is used when two template arguments // are specified. It's obsolete and should not be used. template inline To implicit_cast(typename identity_::type const& f) { return f; } // When you upcast (that is, cast a pointer from type Foo to type // SuperclassOfFoo), it's fine to use implicit_cast<>, since upcasts // always succeed. When you downcast (that is, cast a pointer from // type Foo to type SubclassOfFoo), static_cast<> isn't safe, because // how do you know the pointer is really of type SubclassOfFoo? It // could be a bare Foo, or of type DifferentSubclassOfFoo. Thus, // when you downcast, you should use this macro. In debug mode, we // use dynamic_cast<> to double-check the downcast is legal (we die // if it's not). In normal mode, we do the efficient static_cast<> // instead. Thus, it's important to test in debug mode to make sure // the cast is legal! // This is the only place in the code we should use dynamic_cast<>. // In particular, you SHOULDN'T be using dynamic_cast<> in order to // do RTTI (eg code like this: // if (dynamic_cast(foo)) HandleASubclass1Object(foo); // if (dynamic_cast(foo)) HandleASubclass2Object(foo); // You should design the code some other way not to need this. // TODO(sameeragarwal): Modernize this. template // use like this: down_cast(foo); inline To down_cast(From* f) { // so we only accept pointers // Ensures that To is a sub-type of From *. This test is here only // for compile-time type checking, and has no overhead in an // optimized build at run-time, as it will be optimized away // completely. // TODO(csilvers): This should use COMPILE_ASSERT. if (false) { implicit_cast(nullptr); } // uses RTTI in dbg and fastbuild. asserts are disabled in opt builds. assert(f == nullptr || dynamic_cast(f) != nullptr); // NOLINT return static_cast(f); } } // namespace ceres #endif // CERES_INTERNAL_CASTS_H_