Package bdlat [Package Group bdl]

Provide generic functions to manipulate attribute types. More...

Components
	Component bdlat_arrayfunctions
	Provide a namespace defining "array" functions.
	Component bdlat_arrayiterators
	Provide iterator support for bdlat_ArrayFunction-conformant types.
	Component bdlat_arrayutil
	Provide utilities for operating on bdlat "array" types.
	Component bdlat_attributeinfo
	Provide a container for attribute information.
	Component bdlat_bdeatoverrides
	Provide macros to map bdeat names to bdlat names.
	Component bdlat_choicefunctions
	Provide a namespace defining choice functions.
	Component bdlat_customizedtypefunctions
	Provide a namespace defining customized type functions.
	Component bdlat_enumeratorinfo
	Provide a container for enumerator information.
	Component bdlat_enumfunctions
	Provide a namespace defining enumeration functions.
	Component bdlat_formattingmode
	Provide formatting mode constants.
	Component bdlat_nullablevaluefunctions
	Provide a namespace defining nullable value functions.
	Component bdlat_nullablevalueutil
	Provide utilities for operating on bdlat "nullable value" types.
	Component bdlat_selectioninfo
	Provide a container for selection information.
	Component bdlat_sequencefunctions
	Provide a namespace defining sequence functions.
	Component bdlat_symbolicconverter
	Provide a utility for convert types with matching member symbols.
	Component bdlat_typecategory
	Provide type category tags and a tag selection meta-function.
	Component bdlat_typename
	Provide string representations for data type names.
	Component bdlat_typetraits
	Provide compile-time traits for generated types.
	Component bdlat_valuetypefunctions
	Provide a namespace for "value type" functions.

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Detailed Description

Outline

• Purpose
• MNEMONIC: Basic Development Library Attribute Types (bdlat)
• Description
  • Hierarchical Synopsis
  • Component Synopsis

Purpose:

Provide generic functions to manipulate attribute types

MNEMONIC: Basic Development Library Attribute Types (bdlat):

Description:

The bdlat package provides generic functions to work with the different concepts of attribute types. These concepts group common behaviors ("array", "choice", "enumeration", "nullable", "sequence", or "value type"). Once a type is made a model of one of these concepts, it can be used seamlessly by generic code such as the xml/ber encoders and decoders. Therefore, whenever a new type needs to be encodable, the codecs themselves do not need to be modified, but the type just needs to implement the necessary functions to expose the concept.

Hierarchical Synopsis:

The bdlat package currently has 19 components having 6 levels of physical dependency. The list below shows the hierarchical ordering of the components. The order of components within each level is not architecturally significant, just alphabetical.

  6. bdlat_arrayiterators
     bdlat_symbolicconverter

  5. bdlat_arrayutil
     bdlat_nullablevalueutil
     bdlat_valuetypefunctions

  4. bdlat_typecategory

  3. bdlat_arrayfunctions
     bdlat_choicefunctions
     bdlat_customizedtypefunctions
     bdlat_enumfunctions
     bdlat_sequencefunctions
     bdlat_typename

  2. bdlat_attributeinfo
     bdlat_enumeratorinfo
     bdlat_formattingmode
     bdlat_nullablevaluefunctions
     bdlat_selectioninfo
     bdlat_typetraits

  1. bdlat_bdeatoverrides

Component Synopsis:

bdlat_arrayfunctions:
Provide a namespace defining "array" functions.

bdlat_arrayiterators:
Provide iterator support for bdlat_ArrayFunction-conformant types.

bdlat_arrayutil:
Provide utilities for operating on bdlat "array" types.

bdlat_attributeinfo:
Provide a container for attribute information.

bdlat_bdeatoverrides:
Provide macros to map bdeat names to bdlat names.

bdlat_choicefunctions:
Provide a namespace defining choice functions.

bdlat_customizedtypefunctions:
Provide a namespace defining customized type functions.

bdlat_enumeratorinfo:
Provide a container for enumerator information.

bdlat_enumfunctions:
Provide a namespace defining enumeration functions.

bdlat_formattingmode:
Provide formatting mode constants.

bdlat_nullablevaluefunctions:
Provide a namespace defining nullable value functions.

bdlat_nullablevalueutil:
Provide utilities for operating on bdlat "nullable value" types.

bdlat_selectioninfo:
Provide a container for selection information.

bdlat_sequencefunctions:
Provide a namespace defining sequence functions.

bdlat_symbolicconverter:
Provide a utility for convert types with matching member symbols.

bdlat_typecategory:
Provide type category tags and a tag selection meta-function.

bdlat_typename:
Provide string representations for data type names.

bdlat_typetraits:
Provide compile-time traits for generated types.

bdlat_valuetypefunctions:
Provide a namespace for "value type" functions.