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 *   Copyright (C) 2015 Ivan Cukic <ivan.cukic(at)kde.org>
 *
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 */

#ifndef UTILS_OPTIONAL_H
#define UTILS_OPTIONAL_H

namespace kamd {
namespace utils {

struct none_t {};
inline const none_t none() { return none_t(); }

// A simple implementation of the optional class
// until we can rely on std::optional.
// It is not going to come close in the supported
// features to the std one.
// (we need it in the core library, so we don't
// want to use boost.optional)
template <typename T>
class optional_view {
public:
    explicit optional_view(const T &value)
        : m_value(&value)
    {
    }

    optional_view(const none_t &)
        : m_value(Q_NULLPTR)
    {
    }

    bool is_initialized() const
    {
        return m_value != Q_NULLPTR;
    }

    const T &get() const
    {
        return *m_value;
    }

    const T *operator->() const
    {
        return m_value;
    }

private:
    const T *const m_value;
};

template <typename T>
optional_view<T> make_optional_view(const T &value)
{
    return optional_view<T>(value);
}

} // namespace utils
} // namespace kamd


#endif // UTILS_OPTIONAL_H