...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
boost::any — A class whose instances can hold instances of any type that satisfies ValueType requirements.
class any { public: // construct/copy/destruct any(); any(const any &); template<typename ValueType> any(const ValueType &); any & operator=(const any &); template<typename ValueType> any & operator=(const ValueType &); ~any(); // modifiers any & swap(any &); // queries bool empty() const; const std::type_info & type() const; };
any
public
construct/copy/destructany();
Postconditions: |
this->empty() |
any(const any & other);
Effects: |
Copy constructor that copies content of
other into new instance, so that any content
is equivalent in both type and value to the content of
other , or empty if other is
empty. |
Throws: |
May fail with a
std::bad_alloc
exception or any exceptions arising from the copy
constructor of the contained type. |
template<typename ValueType> any(const ValueType & value);
Effects: |
Makes a copy of value , so
that the initial content of the new instance is equivalent
in both type and value to
value . |
Throws: |
std::bad_alloc
or any exceptions arising from the copy constructor of the
contained type. |
any & operator=(const any & rhs);
Effects: |
Copies content of rhs into
current instance, discarding previous content, so that the
new content is equivalent in both type and value to the
content of rhs , or empty if
rhs.empty() . |
Throws: |
std::bad_alloc
or any exceptions arising from the copy constructor of the
contained type. Assignment satisfies the strong guarantee
of exception safety. |
template<typename ValueType> any & operator=(const ValueType & rhs);
Effects: |
Makes a copy of rhs ,
discarding previous content, so that the new content of is
equivalent in both type and value to
rhs . |
Throws: |
std::bad_alloc
or any exceptions arising from the copy constructor of the
contained type. Assignment satisfies the strong guarantee
of exception safety. |
~any();
Effects: |
Releases any and all resources used in management of instance. |
Throws: |
Nothing. |
any
queriesbool empty() const;
Returns: |
true if instance is
empty, otherwise false . |
Throws: |
Will not throw. |
const std::type_info & type() const;
Returns: |
the typeid of the
contained value if instance is non-empty, otherwise
typeid(void) . |
Notes: |
Useful for querying against types known either at compile time or only at runtime. |