functors/ifthenelse.hpp

The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Templates - The Complete Guide
by David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 2002
© Copyright David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002


#ifndef IFTHENELSE_HPP
#define IFTHENELSE_HPP

// primary template: yield second or third argument depending on first argument
template<bool C, typename Ta, typename Tb>
class IfThenElse;

// partial specialization: true yields second argument
template<typename Ta, typename Tb>
class IfThenElse<true, Ta, Tb> {
  public:
    typedef Ta ResultT;
};

// partial specialization: false yields third argument
template<typename Ta, typename Tb>
class IfThenElse<false, Ta, Tb> {
  public:
    typedef Tb ResultT;
};

#endif // IFTHENELSE_HPP