cppcore/include/cppcore/misc/type_helper.h

#pragma once

#include <cxxabi.h>
#include <string>

namespace cppcore
{

    /**
     * @brief Class to get meta infos for a specific type.
     */
    template<typename T>
    struct type_helper
    {
    public:
        /**
         * @brief Get the name of the type.
         */
        static inline const std::string& name();
    };



    /**
     * @brief Implements a unique counter for the given template parameters.
     */
    template<typename...>
    struct unique_counter
    {
        /**
         * @brief Get the next value of the counter.
         */
        static inline size_t& next();
    };



    /**
     * @brief Get a unique ID for the passed template arguments.
     *
     * @tparam T_counter    Counter to use to generate the unique ID.
     * @tparam X            Type to generate the ID for.
     */
    template<typename T_counter, typename... X>
    inline size_t get_unique_id();

}

#include "type_helper.inl"