Calibration/facilities/facilities-00-00-04/facilities/Converter.h

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// $Id: Converter.h,v 1.1.1.1 2005/10/17 06:11:40 maqm Exp $
// 
//  Original author: Sawyer Gillespie
//                   [email protected]
//
 
#ifndef _H_Converter_facilities_
#define _H_Converter_facilities_
 
// class Converter
//  Template class to define the converter behavior. This is really just 
//  specifying a pattern.
//
template <class Ty1, class Ty2>
class   Converter {
public:
    // type declarations
    typedef Ty1     source;
    typedef Ty2     destination;
 
    // declare the forward method
    inline destination*    operator (const source&) const;
 
protected:
    // do the actual conversion here
    virtual destination*    convert (const source&) const = 0;
};
 
// inline declarations
 
template <class Ty1, class Ty2>
inline Converter<Ty1,Ty2>::destination* 
Converter<Ty1,Ty2>::operator () (const Converter<Ty1,Ty2>::source& s) const
{
    return  convert (s);
}
 
#endif // _H_Converter_facilities_