record.h

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//# record.h: dictionary of variants
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#ifndef __casadbus_record_h__
#define __casadbus_record_h__

#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <casadbus/types/variant.h>

namespace casa {
    namespace dbus {

        typedef std::map<std::string,variant> rec_map;

        // todo:        o create python to/from record functions
        //              o implement compare()
        //              o implement record_to_string()
        //              o create a thorough test program
        //              o verify that std::map<>'s copy ctor does a complete copy
        //              o add copy-on-write (w/ reference counting)
        //
        class record : public  rec_map {
            public:
                typedef rec_map::iterator iterator;
                typedef rec_map::const_iterator const_iterator;
                typedef rec_map::value_type value_type;

                record();
                record *clone() const { return new record(*this); }
                int compare(const record*) const;

                record( const record &r ) : rec_map(r) { }
                record &operator=(const record &r) { rec_map::operator=(r); return *this; }
                std::pair<rec_map::iterator,bool> insert(const std::string &s,const variant &v);
        };

    }   // dbus namespace
}       // casa namespace

#endif