Package bdld [Package Group bdl]

Provide a variant type (Datum) and supporting utilities. More...

Components
	Component bdld_datum
	Provide a discriminated variant type with a small footprint.
	Component bdld_datumarraybuilder
	Provide a utility to build a Datum object holding an array.
	Component bdld_datumbinaryref
	Provide a type to represent binary data and its size.
	Component bdld_datumerror
	Provide a type for an error code with an optional error message.
	Component bdld_datumintmapbuilder
	Provide a utility to build a Datum object holding an int-map.
	Component bdld_datummaker
	Provide a mechanism for easily creating bdld::Datum objects.
	Component bdld_datummapbuilder
	Provide a utility to build a Datum object holding a map.
	Component bdld_datummapowningkeysbuilder
	Provide a utility to build a Datum object holding a map.
	Component bdld_datumudt
	Provide a type to represent a user-defined type.
	Component bdld_manageddatum
	Provide a smart-pointer-like manager for a Datum object.

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Detailed Description

Outline

• Purpose
• MNEMONIC: Basic Development Library Datum (bdld)
• Description
  • Hierarchical Synopsis
  • Component Synopsis

Purpose:

Provide a variant type (Datum) and supporting utilities.

MNEMONIC: Basic Development Library Datum (bdld):

Description:

The bdld package defines in bdld_datum a type that can contain an assortment of different value types, including user-defined types. Other components provide utilities for assembling arrays and maps of Datum objects.

Note that bdld::Datum has many features of value-semantic types (including an operator==), but is not a VST. See bdld_datum component documentation.

Hierarchical Synopsis:

The bdld package currently has 10 components having 4 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.

  4. bdld_datummaker

  3. bdld_datumarraybuilder
     bdld_datumintmapbuilder
     bdld_datummapbuilder
     bdld_datummapowningkeysbuilder
     bdld_manageddatum

  2. bdld_datum

  1. bdld_datumbinaryref
     bdld_datumerror
     bdld_datumudt

Component Synopsis:

bdld_datum:
Provide a discriminated variant type with a small footprint.

bdld_datumarraybuilder:
Provide a utility to build a Datum object holding an array.

bdld_datumbinaryref:
Provide a type to represent binary data and its size.

bdld_datumerror:
Provide a type for an error code with an optional error message.

bdld_datumintmapbuilder:
Provide a utility to build a Datum object holding an int-map.

bdld_datummaker:
Provide a mechanism for easily creating bdld::Datum objects.

bdld_datummapbuilder:
Provide a utility to build a Datum object holding a map.

bdld_datummapowningkeysbuilder:
Provide a utility to build a Datum object holding a map.

bdld_datumudt:
Provide a type to represent a user-defined type.

bdld_manageddatum:
Provide a smart-pointer-like manager for a Datum object.