ValTypeId.h

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// # ValType.h: The id-string of a value type
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#ifndef CASA_VALTYPEID_H
#define CASA_VALTYPEID_H
 
#include <casacore/casa/aips.h>
#include <casacore/casa/Utilities/ValType.h>
 
namespace casacore {  // # NAMESPACE CASACORE - BEGIN
 
// <summary>
// The id-string of a value type
// </summary>
 
// <use visibility=export>
// <reviewed reviewer="Friso Olnon" date="1995/03/20" tests="" demos="">
// </reviewed>
 
// <prerequisite>
//   <li> class <linkto class=ValType">ValType</linkto>
// </prerequisite>
 
// <synopsis>
// The templated global functions valDataTypeId get the data type id string
// of the given type.
// For standard types this is the ValType data type string.
// For other types (i.e. classes) it is the result of the class dataTypeId
// function.
// </synopsis>
 
// <group name=typeid>
 
template <class T>
inline String valDataTypeId(const T*) {
  return T::dataTypeId();
}
inline String valDataTypeId(const Bool* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const Char* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const uChar* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const Short* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const uShort* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const Int* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const uInt* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const Int64* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const float* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const double* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const Complex* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const DComplex* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const String* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
inline String valDataTypeId(const TableRecord* obj) { return ValType::getTypeStr(obj); }
 
// </group>
 
}  // namespace casacore
 
#endif