type-name.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Georgia Tech Research Corporation
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 */
 
#ifndef TYPE_NAME_H
#define TYPE_NAME_H
 
#include "fatal-error.h"
 
#include <string>
 
/**
 * \file
 * \ingroup attributeimpl
 * ns3::TypeNameGet() function declarations.
 */
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * \ingroup attributeimpl
 *
 * Type name strings for AttributeValue types.
 * Custom classes should add a template specialization of this function
 * using the macro \c TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(T).
 *
 * \tparam T \explicit The type.
 * \returns The type name as a string.
 */
template <typename T>
std::string
TypeNameGet()
{
    NS_FATAL_ERROR("Type name not defined.");
    return "unknown";
}
 
/**
 * \ingroup attributeimpl
 *
 * Macro that defines a template specialization for \c TypeNameGet<T>() .
 *
 * \param T The type.
 */
#define TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(T)                                                                      \
    template <>                                                                                    \
    inline std::string TypeNameGet<T>()                                                            \
    {                                                                                              \
        return #T;                                                                                 \
    }
 
/**
 * \ingroup attributeimpl
 * ns3::TypeNameGet() specialization for numeric types.
 * \returns The numeric type name as a string.
 * @{
 */
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(bool);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(int8_t);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(int16_t);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(int32_t);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(int64_t);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(uint8_t);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(uint16_t);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(uint32_t);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(uint64_t);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(float);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(double);
TYPENAMEGET_DEFINE(long double);
/** @} */
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* TYPE_NAME_H */