IStringable.h

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//
// Created by alex2772 on 7/7/21.
//
 
#pragma once
 
 
#include <AUI/Common/SharedPtrTypes.h>
#include <AUI/Reflect/AReflect.h>
#include <AUI/Common/AString.h>

class IStringable {
public:
   virtual ~IStringable() = default;

   virtual AString toString() const = 0;

   template<typename T>
   static AString toString(const T* t) {
       /*
        * since dynamic_cast is an expensive operation, we should do the compile-time check if we can directly call
        * the toString() function
        */
       if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v<IStringable, std::decay_t<T>>) {
           return t->toString();
       } else {
           if (auto stringable = dynamic_cast<const IStringable*>(t)) {
               return stringable->toString();
           } else {
               return AReflect::name(t);
           }
       }
   }

   template<typename T>
   static AString toString(const _<T>& t) {
       return toString(t.get());
   }
};

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