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Another Copy Pointer

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This article describes how to write and use a flexible policy based template copy pointer.
/*
 
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 */

#ifndef __BITWISECOPY_H__
#define __BITWISECOPY_H__

#include "../supportsbitwisecopy.h"

namespace Base
{
	
namespace CopyHelper
{

	/**
	 * \brief Using memcpy for POD or fundamental types.
	 */
	template <class _Ty, template <class> class _TAllocator = std::allocator>
	class BitwiseCopy
	{
	public:
		
		enum {
			isAccessible = SupportsBitwiseCopy<_Ty>::result
		};
		
		static _Ty* copy(const _Ty* pObject)
		{
            LOKI_STATIC_CHECK(!!SupportsBitwiseCopy<_Ty>::result, _BitwiseCopy_Not_Allowed_For_This_Type);
            
			_TAllocator<_Ty> tmpAllocator;
			_Ty* pTy = tmpAllocator.allocate(1);
			if (!pTy)
				return 0;
			// for bitwise copy, we can call memcpy instead of construct of the allocator
			memcpy(pTy, pObject, sizeof(_Ty));

			return pTy;
		}
		
		static void destroy(_Ty* pObject)
		{
            LOKI_STATIC_CHECK(!!SupportsBitwiseCopy<_Ty>::result, _BitwiseCopy_Not_Allowed_For_This_Type);

			if (!pObject) // not permitted to be null
				return;
			
			_TAllocator<_Ty> tmpAllocator;
			tmpAllocator.deallocate(pObject, 1);
		}
		
	private:
		BitwiseCopy();
		BitwiseCopy(const BitwiseCopy&);
		BitwiseCopy& operator=(const BitwiseCopy&);
		
	};

} // CopyHelper ns

} // Base ns

#endif // __BITWISECOPY_H__

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