From 98da0c0becadb74d3ec01c691d7ac1034082ae81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dhickin <fdavid.hickin@diamond.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:05:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add template getField member functions which return specific
 field types to Structure and Union.

---
 src/pv/pvIntrospect.h | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pv/pvIntrospect.h b/src/pv/pvIntrospect.h
index a7a1cfb..1d339be 100644
--- a/src/pv/pvIntrospect.h
+++ b/src/pv/pvIntrospect.h
@@ -670,6 +670,17 @@ public:
      * This will hold a null pointer if the field is not in the structure.
      */
     FieldConstPtr getField(std::string const &fieldName) const;
+
+    template<typename FT>
+    std::tr1::shared_ptr<const FT> getField(std::string const &fieldName) const
+    {
+        FieldConstPtr field = getField(fieldName);
+        if (field.get())
+            return std::tr1::dynamic_pointer_cast<const FT>(field);
+        else
+            return std::tr1::shared_ptr<const FT>();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the field for the specified fieldName.
      * @param fieldName The index of the field to get;
@@ -677,6 +688,17 @@ public:
      * This will hold a null pointer if the field is not in the structure.
      */
     FieldConstPtr getField(std::size_t index) const {return fields.at(index);}
+
+    template<typename FT>
+    std::tr1::shared_ptr<const FT> getField(std::size_t index) const
+    {
+        FieldConstPtr field = getField(index);
+        if (field.get())
+            return std::tr1::dynamic_pointer_cast<const FT>(field);
+        else
+            return std::tr1::shared_ptr<const FT>();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the field index for the specified fieldName.
      * @return The introspection interface.
@@ -757,6 +779,17 @@ public:
      * This will hold a null pointer if the field is not in the union.
      */
     FieldConstPtr getField(std::string const &fieldName) const;
+
+    template<typename FT>
+    std::tr1::shared_ptr<const FT> getField(std::string const &fieldName) const
+    {
+        FieldConstPtr field = getField(fieldName);
+        if (field.get())
+            return std::tr1::dynamic_pointer_cast<const FT>(field);
+        else
+            return std::tr1::shared_ptr<const FT>();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the field for the specified fieldName.
      * @param fieldName The index of the field to get;
@@ -764,6 +797,17 @@ public:
      * This will hold a null pointer if the field is not in the union.
      */
     FieldConstPtr getField(std::size_t index) const {return fields.at(index);}
+
+    template<typename FT>
+    std::tr1::shared_ptr<const FT> getField(std::size_t index) const
+    {
+        FieldConstPtr field = getField(index);
+        if (field.get())
+            return std::tr1::dynamic_pointer_cast<const FT>(field);
+        else
+            return std::tr1::shared_ptr<const FT>();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the field index for the specified fieldName.
      * @return The introspection interface.