C ++中的通用访客基类模板 - 过载问题

时间:2012-01-26 19:39:10

标签: c++ templates inheritance c++11 visitor-pattern

我认为编写通用访客基类模板是一个简单的练习。目标是能够写

typedef visitor<some_base, some_derived1, some_derived2> my_visitor;

...然后让my_visitor成为功能上等同于

的类型
struct my_visitor {
    virtual void visit(some_base&) {}
    virtual void visit(some_derived1&) {}
    virtual void visit(some_derived2&) {}
};

我可以继承该类型层次结构的实际有用的派生访问者类,它根据需要覆盖不同的visit()版本。我希望它适用于任何具有任何继承关系的类型,并且我不想使用任何使用type_info比较重新实现虚函数的hacks。这就是我想出的:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>


/** This is the generic part that would go in a visitor.hpp header. */
template <typename T> struct visitor_base {
    virtual void visit(T&) {};
};

template <typename... T> struct visitor : visitor_base<T>... {};


/** This is the part that is specific to a certain type hierarchy. */
struct base;
struct derived1;
struct derived2;

typedef visitor<base, derived1, derived2> my_visitor;


/** This is the type hierarchy. */
struct base {
    virtual void accept(my_visitor& v) { v.visit(*this); }
};

struct derived1 : base {
    derived1() : i(42) {}
    virtual void accept(my_visitor& v) { v.visit(*this); }
    int i;
};

struct derived2 : base {
    derived2() : f(2.79) {}
    virtual void accept(my_visitor& v) { v.visit(*this); }
    float f;
};


/** These are the algorithms. */
struct print_visitor : my_visitor {
    void visit(base&) { std::cout<<"that was a base."<<std::endl; }
    void visit(derived1& d) { std::cout<<"that was "<<d.i<<std::endl; }
    void visit(derived2& d) { std::cout<<"that was "<<d.f<<std::endl; }
};

struct randomise_visitor : my_visitor {
    void visit(derived1& d) { d.i = std::rand(); }
    void visit(derived2& d) { d.f = std::rand() / float(RAND_MAX); }
};


int main() {
    std::vector<base*> objects { new base, new derived1, new derived2,
                                 new derived2, new base };

    print_visitor p;
    randomise_visitor r;

    for (auto& o : objects) o->accept(p);
    for (auto& o : objects) o->accept(r);
    for (auto& o : objects) o->accept(p);
}

问题是这不能编译。海湾合作委员会说

silly_visitor.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void base::accept(my_visitor&)’:
silly_visitor.cpp:24:42: error: request for member ‘visit’ is ambiguous
silly_visitor.cpp:8:16: error: candidates are: void visitor_base<T>::visit(T&) [with T = derived2]
silly_visitor.cpp:8:16: error:                 void visitor_base<T>::visit(T&) [with T = derived1]
silly_visitor.cpp:8:16: error:                 void visitor_base<T>::visit(T&) [with T = base]

基本上,问题是由于不同的visit()成员函数在不同的类中声明,因此它们不被视为重载解析的候选者,而是被视为模糊的成员访问。强制编译器考虑重载解析的继承函数的常用技巧是使用'using'语句在派生类中重新声明它们,但在这种情况下这是不可行的,因为它会破坏它的整个通用方面。

所以,显然这并不像我想象的那么容易。有什么想法吗?

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:4)

编译器不知道要调用哪个基类“visit函数。见this question of mine。因此,正如您所说的那样,您需要在visitor类中使用using声明来使函数可用。遗憾的是,你不能只使用using visitor_base<T>::visit...;,因为那不是一个有效的模式。您必须以递归方式从一个基础继承而且每次都将基类visit带入派生类的范围:

template <typename T>
struct visitor_base {
    virtual void visit(T&) {};
};

template <typename Head, typename... Tail>
struct recursive_visitor_base
  : visitor_base<Head>
  , recursive_visitor_base<Tail...>
{
  using visitor_base<Head>::visit;
  using recursive_visitor_base<Tail...>::visit;
};

template<class T>
struct recursive_visitor_base<T>
  : visitor_base<T>
{
  using visitor_base<T>::visit;
};

template <typename... T>
struct visitor
  : recursive_visitor_base<T...>
{
  using recursive_visitor_base<T...>::visit;
};

Live example on Ideone(我不得不稍微调整一下部分规格,因为GCC 4.5.1在那部分有点儿错误.Clang编译了这个答案中显示的代码就好了)。输出:

that was a base.
that was 42
that was 2.79
that was 2.79
that was a base.
=================
that was a base.
that was 1804289383
that was 8.46931e+08
that was 1.68169e+09
that was a base.