Struct template is_mpi_datatype

boost::mpi::is_mpi_datatype — Type trait that determines if a C++ type can be mapped to an MPI data type.

Synopsis

// In header: <boost/mpi/datatype.hpp>

template<typename T> 
struct is_mpi_datatype : public boost::mpi::is_mpi_builtin_datatype< T > {
};

Description

This type trait determines if it is possible to build an MPI data type that represents a C++ data type. When this is the case, is_mpi_datatype derives mpl::true_ and the MPI data type will be accessible via get_mpi_datatype.

For any C++ type that maps to a built-in MPI data type (see is_mpi_builtin_datatype), is_mpi_datatype is trivially true. However, any POD ("Plain Old Data") type containing types that themselves can be represented by MPI data types can itself be represented as an MPI data type. For instance, a point3d class containing three double values can be represented as an MPI data type. To do so, first make the data type Serializable (using the Boost.Serialization library); then, specialize the is_mpi_datatype trait for the point type so that it will derive mpl::true_:

namespace boost { namespace mpi {
  template<> struct is_mpi_datatype<point>
    : public mpl::true_ { };
} }

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