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boost/asio/use_future.hpp

//
// use_future.hpp
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//
// Copyright (c) 2003-2023 Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com)
//
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//

#ifndef BOOST_ASIO_USE_FUTURE_HPP
#define BOOST_ASIO_USE_FUTURE_HPP

#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1200)
# pragma once
#endif // defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1200)

#include <boost/asio/detail/config.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/detail/future.hpp>

#if defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_STD_FUTURE_CLASS) \
  || defined(GENERATING_DOCUMENTATION)

#include <memory>
#include <boost/asio/detail/type_traits.hpp>

#include <boost/asio/detail/push_options.hpp>

namespace boost {
namespace asio {
namespace detail {

template <typename Function, typename Allocator>
class packaged_token;

template <typename Function, typename Allocator, typename Result>
class packaged_handler;

} // namespace detail

/// A @ref completion_token type that causes an asynchronous operation to return
/// a future.
/**
 * The use_future_t class is a completion token type that is used to indicate
 * that an asynchronous operation should return a std::future object. A
 * use_future_t object may be passed as a completion token to an asynchronous
 * operation, typically using the special value @c boost::asio::use_future. For
 * example:
 *
 * @code std::future<std::size_t> my_future
 *   = my_socket.async_read_some(my_buffer, boost::asio::use_future); @endcode
 *
 * The initiating function (async_read_some in the above example) returns a
 * future that will receive the result of the operation. If the operation
 * completes with an error_code indicating failure, it is converted into a
 * system_error and passed back to the caller via the future.
 */
template <typename Allocator = std::allocator<void> >
class use_future_t
{
public:
  /// The allocator type. The allocator is used when constructing the
  /// @c std::promise object for a given asynchronous operation.
  typedef Allocator allocator_type;

  /// Construct using default-constructed allocator.
  BOOST_ASIO_CONSTEXPR use_future_t()
  {
  }

  /// Construct using specified allocator.
  explicit use_future_t(const Allocator& allocator)
    : allocator_(allocator)
  {
  }

#if !defined(BOOST_ASIO_NO_DEPRECATED)
  /// (Deprecated: Use rebind().) Specify an alternate allocator.
  template <typename OtherAllocator>
  use_future_t<OtherAllocator> operator[](const OtherAllocator& allocator) const
  {
    return use_future_t<OtherAllocator>(allocator);
  }
#endif // !defined(BOOST_ASIO_NO_DEPRECATED)

  /// Specify an alternate allocator.
  template <typename OtherAllocator>
  use_future_t<OtherAllocator> rebind(const OtherAllocator& allocator) const
  {
    return use_future_t<OtherAllocator>(allocator);
  }

  /// Obtain allocator.
  allocator_type get_allocator() const
  {
    return allocator_;
  }

  /// Wrap a function object in a packaged task.
  /**
   * The @c package function is used to adapt a function object as a packaged
   * task. When this adapter is passed as a completion token to an asynchronous
   * operation, the result of the function object is retuned via a std::future.
   *
   * @par Example
   *
   * @code std::future<std::size_t> fut =
   *   my_socket.async_read_some(buffer,
   *     use_future([](boost::system::error_code ec, std::size_t n)
   *       {
   *         return ec ? 0 : n;
   *       }));
   * ...
   * std::size_t n = fut.get(); @endcode
   */
  template <typename Function>
#if defined(GENERATING_DOCUMENTATION)
  unspecified
#else // defined(GENERATING_DOCUMENTATION)
  detail::packaged_token<typename decay<Function>::type, Allocator>
#endif // defined(GENERATING_DOCUMENTATION)
  operator()(BOOST_ASIO_MOVE_ARG(Function) f) const;

private:
  // Helper type to ensure that use_future can be constexpr default-constructed
  // even when std::allocator<void> can't be.
  struct std_allocator_void
  {
    BOOST_ASIO_CONSTEXPR std_allocator_void()
    {
    }

    operator std::allocator<void>() const
    {
      return std::allocator<void>();
    }
  };

  typename conditional<
    is_same<std::allocator<void>, Allocator>::value,
    std_allocator_void, Allocator>::type allocator_;
};

/// A @ref completion_token object that causes an asynchronous operation to
/// return a future.
/**
 * See the documentation for boost::asio::use_future_t for a usage example.
 */
#if defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_CONSTEXPR) || defined(GENERATING_DOCUMENTATION)
constexpr use_future_t<> use_future;
#elif defined(BOOST_ASIO_MSVC)
__declspec(selectany) use_future_t<> use_future;
#endif

} // namespace asio
} // namespace boost

#include <boost/asio/detail/pop_options.hpp>

#include <boost/asio/impl/use_future.hpp>

#endif // defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_STD_FUTURE_CLASS)
       //   || defined(GENERATING_DOCUMENTATION)

#endif // BOOST_ASIO_USE_FUTURE_HPP