clonable.hxx

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#pragma once
 
#include <StormByte/safe_pointers.hxx>
 
namespace StormByte {
    template<typename SmartPointer, typename T>
    concept ValidSmartPointer =
        Type::SameAs<SmartPointer, Shared<T>> ||
        Type::SameAs<SmartPointer, Unique<T>>;
 
    template<class T, typename SmartPointer = Shared<T>>
    requires ValidSmartPointer<SmartPointer, T> class Clonable {
        public:
            using PointerType = SmartPointer;   
 
            template<class Target, typename... Args>
            static PointerType MakePointer(Args&&... args);
 
            constexpr Clonable() = default;
 
            constexpr Clonable(const Clonable&) = default;
 
            constexpr Clonable(Clonable&&) noexcept = default;
 
            constexpr Clonable& operator=(const Clonable&) = default;
 
            constexpr Clonable& operator=(Clonable&&) noexcept = default;
 
            virtual constexpr ~Clonable() noexcept = default;
 
            virtual PointerType Clone() const = 0;
 
            virtual PointerType Move() = 0;
    };
}
 
#include <StormByte/clonable.txx>