1 // Copyright 2019 Hans Dembinski
3 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
4 // (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt
5 // or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
7 #ifndef BOOST_HISTOGRAM_DETAIL_VARIANT_PROXY_HPP
8 #define BOOST_HISTOGRAM_DETAIL_VARIANT_PROXY_HPP
10 #include <boost/core/nvp.hpp>
11 #include <boost/histogram/axis/traits.hpp> // variant_access
12 #include <boost/histogram/detail/static_if.hpp>
13 #include <boost/mp11/algorithm.hpp> // mp_with_index, mp_find, mp_at
14 #include <boost/mp11/list.hpp> // mp_size
15 #include <boost/throw_exception.hpp>
22 // This is a workaround to remain backward compatible in the serialization format. The
23 // proxy uses only the public interface of axis::variant for serialization and works
24 // independently of the underlying variant implementation.
25 template <class Variant>
26 struct variant_proxy {
29 template <class Archive>
30 void serialize(Archive& ar, unsigned /* version */) {
31 detail::static_if_c<Archive::is_loading::value>(
32 [this](auto& ar) { // loading
34 ar >> make_nvp("which", which);
35 constexpr unsigned N = mp11::mp_size<Variant>::value;
36 if (which < 0 || static_cast<unsigned>(which) >= N)
37 // throw if which >= N, can happen if type was removed from variant
38 BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(
39 std::runtime_error("variant has fewer types than stored version"));
40 mp11::mp_with_index<N>(static_cast<unsigned>(which), [&ar, this](auto i) {
41 using T = mp11::mp_at_c<Variant, i>;
43 ar >> make_nvp("value", value);
44 this->variant = std::move(value);
45 T* new_address = variant_access::template get_if<T>(&this->variant);
46 ar.reset_object_address(new_address, &value);
49 [this](auto& ar) { // saving
51 [&ar](const auto& value) {
52 using T = std::decay_t<decltype(value)>;
53 const int which = static_cast<int>(mp11::mp_find<Variant, T>::value);
54 ar << make_nvp("which", which);
55 ar << make_nvp("value", value);
64 } // namespace histogram