/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * TRIQS: a Toolbox for Research in Interacting Quantum Systems
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2011 by O. Parcollet
 *
 * TRIQS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
 * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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 *
 ******************************************************************************/
#ifndef TRIQS_UTILITY_VIEWTOOLS_H
#define TRIQS_UTILITY_VIEWTOOLS_H
#include <functional>

namespace triqs {

 template<typename T> void nop(T ...){};
 template<typename T, typename Enable=void> struct has_view : std::false_type {};
 template<typename T> struct has_view<T, decltype(nop(std::declval<typename T::view_type>(),std::declval<typename T::regular_type>()))> : std::true_type {};

 template<typename T, bool HasView = has_view<T>::value> struct regular_type_if_exists_else_type;
 template<typename T> struct regular_type_if_exists_else_type<T,false> {typedef T type;};
 template<typename T> struct regular_type_if_exists_else_type<T,true > {typedef typename T::regular_type type;};

 template<typename T, bool HasView = has_view<T>::value> struct view_type_if_exists_else_type;
 template<typename T> struct view_type_if_exists_else_type<T,false> {typedef T type;};
 template<typename T> struct view_type_if_exists_else_type<T,true > {typedef typename T::view_type type;};

 template<typename T, bool HasView = has_view<T>::value> struct const_view_type_if_exists_else_type;
 template<typename T> struct const_view_type_if_exists_else_type<T,false> {typedef T type;};
 template<typename T> struct const_view_type_if_exists_else_type<T,true>  {typedef const typename T::const_view_type type;};

 /*
 // replacement of std::plus for views ...
 template <class T> struct add_views : std::binary_function <T,T,T> {
 T operator() (const T& x, const T& y) const
 { typename T::regular_type r(x); r =r + y; return r;}
 };
 */

}//namespace triqs
#endif