icinga2/lib/base/generator.hpp
Yonas Habteab ccf4eebc3d Make ValueGenerator more flexible & easy to use
This commit refactors the ValueGenerator class to be a template that can
work with any container type. Previously, one has to manually take care
of the used container by lazily iterating over it within a lambda. Now,
the `ValueGenerator` class itself takes care of all the iteration,
making it easier to use and less error-prone. The new base `Generator`
class is required to allow the `JsonEncoder` to handle generators in a
type-erased manner.
2025-09-16 14:04:56 +02:00

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/* Icinga 2 | (c) 2025 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2+ */
#pragma once
#include "base/i2-base.hpp"
#include "base/value.hpp"
#include <optional>
namespace icinga
{
/**
* Abstract base class for generators that produce a sequence of Values.
*
* @note Any instance of a Generator should be treated as an @c Array -like object that produces its elements
* on-the-fly.
*
* @ingroup base
*/
class Generator : public Object
{
public:
DECLARE_PTR_TYPEDEFS(Generator);
/**
* Produces the next Value in the sequence.
*
* This method returns the next Value produced by the generator. If the generator is exhausted,
* it returns std::nullopt for all subsequent calls to this method.
*
* @return The next Value in the sequence, or std::nullopt if the generator is exhausted.
*/
virtual std::optional<Value> Next() = 0;
};
/**
* A generator that transforms elements of a container into Values using a provided transformation function.
*
* This class takes a container and a transformation function as input. It uses the transformation function
* to convert each element of the container into a Value. The generator produces Values on-the-fly as they
* are requested via the `Next()` method. If the transformation function returns `std::nullopt` for an element,
* that element is skipped, and the generator continues to the next element in the container without its caller
* being aware of it. The generator is exhausted when all elements of the container have been processed.
*
* @tparam Container The type of the container holding the elements to be transformed.
*
* @ingroup base
*/
template<typename Container>
class ValueGenerator final : public Generator
{
public:
DECLARE_PTR_TYPEDEFS(ValueGenerator);
// The type of elements in the container and the type to be passed to the transformation function.
using ValueType = typename Container::value_type;
// The type of the transformation function that takes a ValueType and returns an optional Value.
using TransFormFunc = std::function<std::optional<Value> (const ValueType&)>;
/**
* Constructs a ValueGenerator with the given container and transformation function.
*
* The generator will iterate over the elements of the container, applying the transformation function
* to each element to produce values on-the-fly. You must ensure that the container remains valid for
* the lifetime of the generator.
*
* @param container The container holding the elements to be transformed.
* @param generator The transformation function to convert elements into Values.
*/
ValueGenerator(Container& container, TransFormFunc generator)
: m_It{container.begin()}, m_End{container.end()}, m_Func{std::move(generator)}
{
}
std::optional<Value> Next() override
{
if (m_It == m_End) {
return std::nullopt;
}
auto next = m_Func(*m_It);
++m_It;
if (next == std::nullopt && m_It != m_End) {
return Next();
}
return next;
}
private:
using Iterator = typename Container::iterator;
Iterator m_It; // Current iterator position.
Iterator m_End; // End iterator position.
TransFormFunc m_Func; // The transformation function.
};
} // namespace icinga