IOptions.h

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// @(#)root/mathcore:$Id: IOptions.h 36764 2010-11-19 10:02:00Z moneta $ 
// Author: L. Moneta Fri Aug 15 2008

/**********************************************************************
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 * Copyright (c) 2008  LCG ROOT Math Team, CERN/PH-SFT                *
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#ifndef ROOT_Math_IOptions
#define ROOT_Math_IOptions


#ifndef ROOT_Math_Error
#include "Math/Error.h"
#endif

#include <iostream>

namespace ROOT { 
   

   namespace Math { 

//_______________________________________________________________________________
/** 
    Generic interface for defining configuration options of a numerical algorithm

    @ingroup NumAlgo
*/
class IOptions {

public:

   IOptions() /* : fExtraOptions(0) */  {}

   virtual ~IOptions() {}// { if (fExtraOptions) delete fExtraOptions; }

   // copy the options 
   virtual IOptions * Clone() const = 0; 

   /** generic  methods for  retrivieng options */

   /// set option value 
   void SetValue(const char * name, double val) { SetRealValue(name,val);}
   void SetValue(const char * name, int val) { SetIntValue(name,val);}
   void SetValue(const char * name, const char * val) { SetNamedValue(name,val);}

   
   double  RValue(const char * name) const {
      double val = 0;
      bool ret = GetRealValue(name,val);
      if (!ret )  MATH_ERROR_MSGVAL("IOptions::RValue"," return 0 - real option not found",name); 
      return val;
   }

   int   IValue(const char * name) const {
      int val = 0;
      bool ret = GetIntValue(name,val);
      if (!ret )   MATH_ERROR_MSGVAL("IOptions::IValue"," return 0 - integer option not found",name); 
      return val;
   }

   std::string  NamedValue(const char * name) const {
      std::string val;
      bool ret = GetNamedValue(name,val);
      if (!ret )  MATH_ERROR_MSGVAL("IOptions::NamedValue"," return empty string - named option not found",name); 
      return val;
   }


   // generic method to retrieve  a type 
   template <typename T>
   bool GetValue(const char * name, T & t) const { 
      bool ret = DoGetValue(name, t);
      //if (!ret )  MATH_ERROR_MSG("IOptions::GetValue","option is not existing - returns 0"); 
      return ret; 
   }


   // methods to be re-implemented in the derived classes 


   virtual bool GetRealValue(const char *, double &) const { return false; }

   virtual bool GetIntValue(const char *, int &) const { return false; }

   virtual bool GetNamedValue(const char *, std::string &) const { return false; }

   /// method wich need to be re-implemented by the derived classes 
   virtual void SetRealValue(const char * , double )  {MATH_ERROR_MSG("IOptions::SetRealValue","Invalid setter method called"); }

   virtual void SetIntValue(const char * , int ) {MATH_ERROR_MSG("IOptions::SetIntValue","Invalid setter method called"); }

   virtual void SetNamedValue(const char * , const char * ) {MATH_ERROR_MSG("IOptions::SetNamedValue","Invalid setter method called"); }


   /// print options 
   virtual void Print(std::ostream & = std::cout ) const {MATH_INFO_MSG("IOptions::Print","it is not implemented");}


private: 

   bool DoGetValue(const char *name, double &val) const { return GetRealValue(name,val); }

   bool DoGetValue(const char *name, int &val) const { return GetIntValue(name,val); }

   bool DoGetValue(const char *name, std::string &val) const { return GetNamedValue(name,val); }

   
};


   } // end namespace Math

} // end namespace ROOT

#endif

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