rust/src/liballoc/boxed.rs

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//! A unique pointer type.

#![stable]

use core::any::Any;
use core::clone::Clone;
use core::cmp::{PartialEq, PartialOrd, Eq, Ord, Ordering};
use core::default::Default;
use core::error::{Error, FromError};
use core::fmt;
use core::hash::{self, Hash};
use core::iter::Iterator;
use core::marker::Sized;
use core::mem;
use core::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
use core::option::Option;
use core::ptr::Unique;
use core::raw::TraitObject;
use core::result::Result::{Ok, Err};
use core::result::Result;

/// A value that represents the global exchange heap. This is the default
/// place that the `box` keyword allocates into when no place is supplied.
///
/// The following two examples are equivalent:
///
/// ```rust
/// #![feature(box_syntax)]
/// use std::boxed::HEAP;
///
/// fn main() {
/// # struct Bar;
/// # impl Bar { fn new(_a: int) { } }
///     let foo = box(HEAP) Bar::new(2);
///     let foo = box Bar::new(2);
/// }
/// ```
#[lang = "exchange_heap"]
#[unstable = "may be renamed; uncertain about custom allocator design"]
pub static HEAP: () = ();

/// A type that represents a uniquely-owned value.
#[lang = "owned_box"]
#[stable]
pub struct Box<T>(Unique<T>);

impl<T> Box<T> {
    /// Moves `x` into a freshly allocated box on the global exchange heap.
    #[stable]
    pub fn new(x: T) -> Box<T> {
        box x
    }
}

#[stable]
impl<T: Default> Default for Box<T> {
    #[stable]
    fn default() -> Box<T> { box Default::default() }
}

#[stable]
impl<T> Default for Box<[T]> {
    #[stable]
    fn default() -> Box<[T]> { box [] }
}

#[stable]
impl<T: Clone> Clone for Box<T> {
    /// Returns a copy of the owned box.
    #[inline]
    fn clone(&self) -> Box<T> { box {(**self).clone()} }

    /// Performs copy-assignment from `source` by reusing the existing allocation.
    #[inline]
    fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Box<T>) {
        (**self).clone_from(&(**source));
    }
}

#[stable]
impl<T: ?Sized + PartialEq> PartialEq for Box<T> {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &Box<T>) -> bool { PartialEq::eq(&**self, &**other) }
    #[inline]
    fn ne(&self, other: &Box<T>) -> bool { PartialEq::ne(&**self, &**other) }
}
#[stable]
impl<T: ?Sized + PartialOrd> PartialOrd for Box<T> {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Box<T>) -> Option<Ordering> {
        PartialOrd::partial_cmp(&**self, &**other)
    }
    #[inline]
    fn lt(&self, other: &Box<T>) -> bool { PartialOrd::lt(&**self, &**other) }
    #[inline]
    fn le(&self, other: &Box<T>) -> bool { PartialOrd::le(&**self, &**other) }
    #[inline]
    fn ge(&self, other: &Box<T>) -> bool { PartialOrd::ge(&**self, &**other) }
    #[inline]
    fn gt(&self, other: &Box<T>) -> bool { PartialOrd::gt(&**self, &**other) }
}
#[stable]
impl<T: ?Sized + Ord> Ord for Box<T> {
    #[inline]
    fn cmp(&self, other: &Box<T>) -> Ordering {
        Ord::cmp(&**self, &**other)
    }
}
#[stable]
impl<T: ?Sized + Eq> Eq for Box<T> {}

impl<S: hash::Hasher, T: ?Sized + Hash<S>> Hash<S> for Box<T> {
    #[inline]
    fn hash(&self, state: &mut S) {
        (**self).hash(state);
    }
}

/// Extension methods for an owning `Any` trait object.
#[unstable = "this trait will likely disappear once compiler bugs blocking \
              a direct impl on `Box<Any>` have been fixed "]
// FIXME(#18737): this should be a direct impl on `Box<Any>`. If you're
//                removing this please make sure that you can downcase on
//                `Box<Any + Send>` as well as `Box<Any>`
pub trait BoxAny {
    /// Returns the boxed value if it is of type `T`, or
    /// `Err(Self)` if it isn't.
    #[stable]
    fn downcast<T: 'static>(self) -> Result<Box<T>, Self>;
}

#[stable]
impl BoxAny for Box<Any> {
    #[inline]
    fn downcast<T: 'static>(self) -> Result<Box<T>, Box<Any>> {
        if self.is::<T>() {
            unsafe {
                // Get the raw representation of the trait object
                let to: TraitObject =
                    mem::transmute::<Box<Any>, TraitObject>(self);

                // Extract the data pointer
                Ok(mem::transmute(to.data))
            }
        } else {
            Err(self)
        }
    }
}

#[stable]
impl<T: fmt::Display + ?Sized> fmt::Display for Box<T> {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        fmt::Display::fmt(&**self, f)
    }
}

#[stable]
impl<T: fmt::Debug + ?Sized> fmt::Debug for Box<T> {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        fmt::Debug::fmt(&**self, f)
    }
}

#[stable]
impl fmt::Debug for Box<Any> {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        f.pad("Box<Any>")
    }
}

#[stable]
impl<T: ?Sized> Deref for Box<T> {
    type Target = T;

    fn deref(&self) -> &T { &**self }
}

#[stable]
impl<T: ?Sized> DerefMut for Box<T> {
    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T { &mut **self }
}

// FIXME(#21363) remove `old_impl_check` when bug is fixed
#[old_impl_check]
impl<'a, T> Iterator for Box<Iterator<Item=T> + 'a> {
    type Item = T;

    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
        (**self).next()
    }

    fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
        (**self).size_hint()
    }
}

impl<'a, E: Error + 'a> FromError<E> for Box<Error + 'a> {
    fn from_error(err: E) -> Box<Error + 'a> {
        Box::new(err)
    }
}