// Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef BASE_TYPES_ID_TYPE_H_ #define BASE_TYPES_ID_TYPE_H_ #include #include #include "base/types/strong_alias.h" namespace base { // A specialization of StrongAlias for integer-based identifiers. // // IdType32<>, IdType64<>, etc. wrap an integer id in a custom, type-safe type. // // IdType32 is an alternative to int, for a class Foo with methods like: // // int GetId() { return id_; }; // static Foo* FromId(int id) { return g_all_foos_by_id[id]; } // // Such methods are a standard means of safely referring to objects across // thread and process boundaries. But if a nearby class Bar also represents // its IDs as a bare int, horrific mixups are possible -- one example, of many, // is http://crrev.com/365437. IdType<> offers compile-time protection against // such mishaps, since IdType32 is incompatible with IdType32, even // though both just compile down to an int32_t. // // Templates in this file: // IdType32 / IdTypeU32: Signed / unsigned 32-bit IDs // IdType64 / IdTypeU64: Signed / unsigned 64-bit IDs // IdType<>: For when you need a different underlying type or // a default/null value other than zero. // // IdType32 behaves just like an int32_t in the following aspects: // - it can be used as a key in std::map; // - it can be used as a key in std::unordered_map (see StrongAlias::Hasher); // - it can be used as an argument to DCHECK_EQ or streamed to LOG(ERROR); // - it has the same memory footprint and runtime overhead as int32_t; // - it can be copied by memcpy. // - it can be used in IPC messages. // // IdType32 has the following differences from a bare int32_t: // - it forces coercions to go through the explicit constructor and value() // getter; // - it restricts the set of available operations (e.g. no multiplication); // - it default-constructs to a null value and allows checking against the null // value via is_null method. template class IdType : public StrongAlias { public: static_assert( std::is_unsigned::value || kInvalidValue <= 0, "If signed, the invalid value should be negative or equal to zero to " "avoid overflow issues."); static_assert(kFirstGeneratedId != kInvalidValue, "The first generated ID cannot be invalid."); static_assert(std::is_unsigned::value || kFirstGeneratedId > kInvalidValue, "If signed, the first generated ID must be greater than the " "invalid value so that the monotonically increasing " "GenerateNextId method will never return the invalid value."); using StrongAlias::StrongAlias; // This class can be used to generate unique IdTypes. It keeps an internal // counter that is continually increased by one every time an ID is generated. class Generator { public: Generator() = default; // Generates the next unique ID. IdType GenerateNextId() { return FromUnsafeValue(next_id_++); } // Non-copyable. Generator(const Generator&) = delete; Generator& operator=(const Generator&) = delete; private: WrappedType next_id_ = kFirstGeneratedId; }; // Default-construct in the null state. constexpr IdType() : StrongAlias::StrongAlias(kInvalidValue) {} constexpr bool is_null() const { return this->value() == kInvalidValue; } constexpr explicit operator bool() const { return !is_null(); } // TODO(mpawlowski) Replace these with constructor/value() getter. The // conversions are safe as long as they're explicit (which is taken care of by // StrongAlias). constexpr static IdType FromUnsafeValue(WrappedType value) { return IdType(value); } constexpr WrappedType GetUnsafeValue() const { return this->value(); } }; // Type aliases for convenience: template using IdType32 = IdType; template using IdTypeU32 = IdType; template using IdType64 = IdType; template using IdTypeU64 = IdType; } // namespace base #endif // BASE_TYPES_ID_TYPE_H_