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// https://codereview.stackexchange.com/a/14315
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#include <algorithm>
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#include <iostream>
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#include <sstream>
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#include <string>
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// This is the type that will hold all the strings.
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// Each enumeration type will declare its own specialization.
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// Any enum that does not have a specialization will generate a compiler error
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// indicating that there is no definition of this variable (as there should be
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// be no definition of a generic version).
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template <typename T>
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struct enumStrings {
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static char const *data[];
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};
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// This is a utility type.
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// Created automatically. Should not be used directly.
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template <typename T>
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struct enumRefHolder {
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T &enumVal;
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enumRefHolder(T &enumVal) : enumVal(enumVal) {}
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};
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template <typename T>
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struct enumConstRefHolder {
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T const &enumVal;
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enumConstRefHolder(T const &enumVal) : enumVal(enumVal) {}
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};
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// The next two functions do the actual work of reading/writing an
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// enum as a string.
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template <typename T>
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std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &str, enumConstRefHolder<T> const &data) {
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return str << enumStrings<T>::data[data.enumVal];
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}
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template <typename T>
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std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &str, enumRefHolder<T> const &data) {
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std::string value;
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str >> value;
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// These two can be made easier to read in C++11
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// using std::begin() and std::end()
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//
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static auto begin = std::begin(enumStrings<T>::data);
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static auto end = std::end(enumStrings<T>::data);
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auto find = std::find(begin, end, value);
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if (find != end) {
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data.enumVal = static_cast<T>(std::distance(begin, find));
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} else {
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throw std::invalid_argument("");
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}
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return str;
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}
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// This is the public interface:
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// use the ability of function to deduce their template type without
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// being explicitly told to create the correct type of enumRefHolder<T>
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template <typename T>
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enumConstRefHolder<T> enumToString(T const &e) {
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return enumConstRefHolder<T>(e);
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}
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template <typename T>
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enumRefHolder<T> enumFromString(T &e) {
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return enumRefHolder<T>(e);
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}
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