---

LayoutData.H

Go to the documentation of this file.

/* _______              __
  / ___/ /  ___  __ _  / /  ___
 / /__/ _ \/ _ \/  ' \/ _ \/ _ \
 \___/_//_/\___/_/_/_/_.__/\___/ 
*/
//
// This software is copyright (C) by the Lawrence Berkeley
// National Laboratory.  Permission is granted to reproduce
// this software for non-commercial purposes provided that
// this notice is left intact.
// 
// It is acknowledged that the U.S. Government has rights to
// this software under Contract DE-AC03-765F00098 between
// the U.S.  Department of Energy and the University of
// California.
//
// This software is provided as a professional and academic
// contribution for joint exchange. Thus it is experimental,
// is provided ``as is'', with no warranties of any kind
// whatsoever, no support, no promise of updates, or printed
// documentation. By using this software, you acknowledge
// that the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and
// Regents of the University of California shall have no
// liability with respect to the infringement of other
// copyrights by any part of this software.
//

#ifndef LAYOUTDATA_H
#define LAYOUTDATA_H

#include "BoxLayout.H"
#include "DataIterator.H"

//class ArrayViewData;


template<class T> class LayoutData
{
public:

  friend class ArrayViewData;

  LayoutData();


  LayoutData(const BoxLayout& dp);

  virtual ~LayoutData();


  virtual void define(const BoxLayout& dp);

  // this approach, of using the iterator itself for indexing is
  // my own brilliance.  This way you don't need all the
  // crappy [Const][Dependent] Iterators.  It also forces all
  // data access to be done through the DataIterator, which will
  // know how to talk to KeLP (or other parallel architectures,
  // like multithreading, etc).

  DataIterator dataIterator() const;

  const T& operator[](const DataIndex& index) const;

  T& operator[](const DataIndex& index);

  Box box(const DataIndex& index) const;


  // not really a protection mechanism, since a user can always
  // perform a shallow copy of the BoxLayout, and be free to manipulate
  // the data in the object.  If you wish to have an actual copy 
  // of the BoxLayout, then you need to invoke the clone() method.

  const BoxLayout& boxLayout() const
    {
      return m_boxLayout;
    }


protected:

  BoxLayout m_boxLayout;

  // this used to be std::vector<T>, and I could let vector handle
  // destruction for me, but vector.resize() absolutely demands that
  // I provide a copy constructor for T.  People get uncomfortable when
  // I make them provide me with copy constructors.
  Vector<T*> m_vector;

  // thinking about making this class self-documenting to a greater degree
  // and having the component names also be kept in the class and carried
  // around through various transformations.....
  //  vector<string> m_componentNames;

private:

  // disallow copy constructors and assignment operators
  // to avoid very hard-to-find performance problems 
  LayoutData<T>& operator= (const LayoutData<T>& rhs);
  LayoutData(const LayoutData& rhs);

 // handy usage function, tied to the implementation of this class
  // as a vector<T*>.  Assumes that m_comps and m_boxLayout have already
  // been initialized correctly.  Sets the correct size for the data
  // vector, deletes the extra T objects if m_vector is to shorten, and
  // performs either construction or define on the remaining T objects.

  void allocate();

};


//======================================================================
//======================================================================




//========= inline functions ===========================

// not literally a .H file, but just an experiment in
// having useable, readable headers, while having 
// the dependeny system work properly.  Since LayoutData.H
// now depends on LayoutDataI.H, then changing either
// should cause all code that includes LayoutData.H to be
// recompiled.  This way people can just read the interface
// in this file.  Implementation is put in the *I.H file.

#include "LayoutDataI.H"

#endif // LAYOUTDATA_H

---