Re: [boost] Generic lazy loader library interest

Subject: Re: [boost] Generic lazy loader library interest
From: John Bellone (jb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-26 21:02:43

Hey Dave,

It is not a code loader (or class loader) in the sense of Java. This is a
design pattern which delays execution (allocation) until the object is first
needed. Wikipedia would have a much better explanation than I could (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_loading). I currently have a example up on
my Github repository, but there is still work to be done to make it better
so I figured I'd put the feelers out to see if there is interest.

I have a post regarding it on my blog (http://thoughtlessbanter.com/) and
I'll include a snippet from the example.

class Unique{public:
    Unique()
        : m_uuid(boost::uuids::random_generator()())
    {
    }

    Unique(const boost::uuids::uuid& u)
        : m_uuid(u)
    {
    }

    const boost::uuids::uuid& uuid()
    {
        return m_uuid;
    }private:
    boost::uuids::uuid m_uuid;};
 static void factory(boost::shared_ptr<Unique>& impl){
    impl = boost::shared_ptr<Unique>(
        new Unique(boost::uuids::nil_uuid()) );}
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
    thunk::lazy_loader<Unique> loader(&factory);

    const boost::uuids::uuid& u = loader->uuid();

    std::cout<<"uuid: "<<boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(u)<<std::endl;

    return 0;}

Thanks,
jb