base.h

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#ifndef VCL_MESH_ELEMENTS_BASE_BASE_H
#define VCL_MESH_ELEMENTS_BASE_BASE_H
 
#include <vclib/base.h>
 
#include <string>
 
namespace vcl {
 
struct ElemId
{
    enum Enum : uint {
        VERTEX = 0,
        FACE,
        EDGE,
        ELEMENT_COUNT,
    };
};
 
constexpr const char* ELEMENT_ENUM_STRINGS[ElemId::ELEMENT_COUNT] = {
    "Vertex",
    "Face",
    "Edge",
};
 
template<uint ELEM_ID>
struct ElementString
{
    const char* str = ELEM_ID < ElemId::ELEMENT_COUNT ?
                          ELEMENT_ENUM_STRINGS[ELEM_ID] :
                          nullptr;
};
 
template<uint ELEM_ID>
constexpr const char* elementEnumCString()
{
    static_assert(
        ElementString<ELEM_ID>().str != nullptr,
        "Invalid ElementIDEnum. You should specialize 'the ElementString' "
        "struct with your ELEM_ID value.");
 
    return ElementString<ELEM_ID>().str;
}
 
// Todo: make this function constexpr when upgrading to C++23.
template<uint ELEM_ID>
const std::string& elementEnumString()
{
    static const std::string str = elementEnumCString<ELEM_ID>();
 
    return str;
}
 
} // namespace vcl
 
#endif // VCL_MESH_ELEMENTS_BASE_BASE_H