constant.h

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/*
 Copyright (C) 2001-2006, William Joseph.
 All Rights Reserved.

 This file is part of GtkRadiant.

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 */

#if !defined(INCLUDED_GENERIC_CONSTANT_H)
#define INCLUDED_GENERIC_CONSTANT_H


template<typename Type>
struct ConstantWrapper
{
        typedef typename Type::Value Value;
        operator Value () const
        {
            return Type::evaluate();
        }
};
template<typename TextOutputStreamType, typename Type>
inline TextOutputStreamType& ostream_write (TextOutputStreamType& ostream, const ConstantWrapper<Type>& c)
{
    return ostream_write(ostream, typename Type::Value(c));
}

#define TYPE_CONSTANT(name, value, type) struct name##_CONSTANT_ { typedef type Value; static Value evaluate() { return value; } }; typedef ConstantWrapper<name##_CONSTANT_> name
#define STRING_CONSTANT(name, value) TYPE_CONSTANT(name, value, const char *)
#define INTEGER_CONSTANT(name, value) TYPE_CONSTANT(name, value, int)

STRING_CONSTANT(EmptyString, "");

#endif