deref_iterator.hpp

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#ifndef GENESIS_UTILS_CONTAINERS_DEREF_ITERATOR_H_
#define GENESIS_UTILS_CONTAINERS_DEREF_ITERATOR_H_
 
/*
    Genesis - A toolkit for working with phylogenetic data.
    Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Lucas Czech and HITS gGmbH
 
    This program 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 Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.
 
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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    Contact:
    Lucas Czech <lucas.czech@h-its.org>
    Exelixis Lab, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies
    Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, D-69118 Heidelberg, Germany
*/
 
#include <cstddef>
 
namespace genesis {
namespace utils {
 
// =================================================================================================
//     Dereference Iterator
// =================================================================================================
 
template <class BaseIterator>
class DereferenceIterator : public BaseIterator
{
public:
 
    using value_type      = typename BaseIterator::value_type::element_type;
    using difference_type = typename BaseIterator::difference_type;
 
    using pointer    = value_type *;
    using reference  = value_type &;
 
    DereferenceIterator( BaseIterator const& other )
        : BaseIterator( other )
    {}
 
    reference operator*() const
    {
        return *(this->BaseIterator::operator*());
    }
 
    pointer operator->() const
    {
        return this->BaseIterator::operator*().get();
    }
 
    reference operator[]( difference_type n ) const
    {
        return *( this->BaseIterator::operator[]( n ));
    }
};
 
} // namespace utils
} // namespace genesis
 
#endif // include guard