pclass: Implement Value casting

include/ki/pclass/StaticProperty.h

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ namespace pclass
 
 			// ValueT does derive from PropertyClass, but we don't store a pointer,
 			// so we need to copy the value in.
-			prop.m_value = *object;
+			prop.m_value = *dynamic_cast<ValueT *>(object);
 			delete object;
 		}
 	};

include/ki/pclass/Value.h

@@ -1,12 +1,71 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <utility>
-#include <stdexcept>
 #include <typeinfo>
+#include <sstream>
+#include "ki/util/exception.h"
 
 namespace ki
 {
 namespace pclass
 {
+	class Value;
+
+	namespace detail
+	{
+		template <typename SrcT>
+		struct value_caster_helper;
+
+		/**
+		 * TODO: Documentation
+		 */
+		struct value_caster_base
+		{
+			virtual ~value_caster_base() {}
+			virtual Value cast(const type_info &dst_type, Value &v) const = 0;
+
+		protected:
+			/**
+			 * Provides a nice way for specialized casters to throw with a
+			 * consistent error when casting is not possible.
+			 */
+			Value bad_cast(const type_info &src_type, const type_info &dst_type) const;
+		};
+
+		/**
+		 * TODO: Documentation
+		 */
+		struct value_caster
+		{
+			// Allow Value to call the default constructor and make
+			friend Value;
+
+			/**
+			 * @tparam DstT The cast destination type.
+			 * @param[in] value The Value that is being casted to the destination type.
+			 * @returns A Value with a reference that has been casted to the destination type.
+			 */
+			template <typename DstT>
+			Value cast(Value &value) const;
+			
+		private:
+			value_caster_base *m_caster;
+
+			explicit value_caster(value_caster_base *caster = nullptr)
+			{
+				m_caster = caster;
+			}
+
+			/**
+			 * @tparam SrcT
+ 			 */
+			template <typename SrcT>
+			static value_caster make()
+			{
+				return value_caster(new value_caster_helper<SrcT>());
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * A wrapper around a void pointer that ensures type safety.
 	 */
@@ -18,6 +77,7 @@ namespace pclass
 		{
 			m_value_ptr = static_cast<void *>(&value);
 			m_type_hash = typeid(value).hash_code();
+			m_caster = detail::value_caster::make<T>();
 		}
 
 		template <typename T>
@@ -25,11 +85,13 @@ namespace pclass
 		{
 			m_value_ptr = const_cast<void *>(static_cast<const void *>(&value));
 			m_type_hash = typeid(value).hash_code();
+			m_caster = detail::value_caster::make<T>();
 		}
 
 		Value(Value &&o) noexcept
-			: m_value_ptr(std::move(m_value_ptr))
+			: m_value_ptr(std::move(o.m_value_ptr))
 			, m_type_hash(std::move(o.m_type_hash))
+			, m_caster(std::move(o.m_caster))
 		{}
 
 		/**
@@ -48,9 +110,9 @@ namespace pclass
 		template <typename T>
 		const T &get() const
 		{
-			// Make sure that this is allowed
+			// Do we need to attempt casting?
 			if (!is<T>())
-				throw std::runtime_error("Type mismatch in Value::get<T>() call.");
+				return m_caster.cast<T>(*this).get<T>();
 			return *static_cast<T *>(m_value_ptr);
 		}
 
@@ -60,15 +122,46 @@ namespace pclass
 		template <typename T>
 		T &get()
 		{
-			// Make sure that this is allowed
+			// Do we need to attempt casting?
 			if (!is<T>())
-				throw std::runtime_error("Type mismatch in Value::get<T>() call.");
+				return m_caster.cast<T>(*this).get<T>();
 			return *static_cast<T *>(m_value_ptr);
 		}
 
 	private:
 		void *m_value_ptr;
 		std::size_t m_type_hash;
+		detail::value_caster m_caster;
 	};
+
+	namespace detail
+	{
+		inline Value value_caster_base::bad_cast(
+			const type_info& src_type, const type_info& dst_type) const
+		{
+			std::ostringstream oss;
+			oss << "Cannot cast Value from " << src_type.name()
+				<< " to " << dst_type.name() << ".";
+			throw runtime_error(oss.str());
+		}
+
+		template <typename DstT>
+		Value value_caster::cast(Value& value) const
+		{
+			return m_caster->cast(typeid(DstT), value);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * TODO: Documentation
+		 */
+		template <typename SrcT>
+		struct value_caster_helper : value_caster_base
+		{
+			Value cast(const type_info &dst_type, Value& value) const override
+			{
+				return bad_cast(typeid(SrcT), dst_type);
+			}
+		};
+	}
 }
 }

include/ki/pclass/VectorProperty.h

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace pclass
 
 			// ValueT does derive from PropertyClass, and we have an instance of ValueT,
 			// so we can cast down to a PropertyClass pointer.
-			return dynamic_cast<PropertyClass *>(&prop.at(index));
+			return dynamic_cast<const PropertyClass *>(&prop.at(index));
 		}
 
 		static void set_object(VectorProperty<ValueT> &prop, PropertyClass *object, const int index)
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ namespace pclass
 
 			// ValueT does derive from PropertyClass, but we don't store a pointer,
 			// so we need to copy the value in.
-			prop.at(index) = dynamic_cast<ValueT>(*object);
+			prop.at(index) = *dynamic_cast<ValueT *>(object);
 			delete object;
 		}
 	};