Variant.hpp

/* Copyright 2017-2020 Fabian Koller
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#pragma once

#include "VariantSrc.hpp"

#include <type_traits>


namespace openPMD
{
namespace auxiliary
{
template< class T_DTYPES, typename ... T >
class Variant
{
    static_assert(std::is_enum< T_DTYPES >::value, "Datatypes to Variant must be supplied as enum.");

public:
    using resource = variantSrc::variant< T ... >;
    Variant(resource r)
            : dtype{static_cast<T_DTYPES>(r.index())},
              m_data{r}
    { }

    template< typename U >
    U get() const
    {
        return variantSrc::get< U >(m_data);
    }

    resource getResource() const
    {
        return m_data;
    }

    constexpr size_t index() const noexcept
    {
        return m_data.index();
    }

    T_DTYPES dtype;

private:
    resource m_data;
};
} // auxiliary
} // openPMD