acedia/either.hpp

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**       Dominik Charousset < Dominik.Charousset (at) haw-hamburg.de >        **
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#ifndef EITHER_H
#define EITHER_H

#include "any.hpp"

namespace acedia
{
    template<typename Left, typename Right>
    class Either
    {
        Any val;

    public:

        Either(const Left &l) : val(Any::from(l)) { }

        Either(const Right &r) : val(Any::from(r)) { }

        inline bool isLeft() const throw()
        {
            return val.instanceOf<Left>();
        }

        inline bool isRight() const throw()
        {
            return val.instanceOf<Right>();
        }

        Left &left()
        {
            return val.value<Left>();
        }

        Right &right()
        {
            return val.value<Right>();
        }
    };
}

#endif // EITHER_H

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