OrdinalNumber.h   [plain text]

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#pragma once

namespace WTF {

// An abstract number of element in a sequence. The sequence has a first element.
// This type should be used instead of integer because 2 contradicting traditions can
// call a first element '0' or '1' which makes integer type ambiguous.
class OrdinalNumber {
public:
    static OrdinalNumber beforeFirst() { return OrdinalNumber(-1); }
    static OrdinalNumber fromZeroBasedInt(int zeroBasedInt) { return OrdinalNumber(zeroBasedInt); }
    static OrdinalNumber fromOneBasedInt(int oneBasedInt) { return OrdinalNumber(oneBasedInt - 1); }

    OrdinalNumber() : m_zeroBasedValue(0) { }

    int zeroBasedInt() const { return m_zeroBasedValue; }
    int oneBasedInt() const { return m_zeroBasedValue + 1; }

    bool operator==(OrdinalNumber other) const { return m_zeroBasedValue == other.m_zeroBasedValue; }
    bool operator!=(OrdinalNumber other) const { return !((*this) == other); }
    bool operator>(OrdinalNumber other) const { return m_zeroBasedValue > other.m_zeroBasedValue; }

private:
    OrdinalNumber(int zeroBasedInt) : m_zeroBasedValue(zeroBasedInt) { }
    int m_zeroBasedValue;
};

}

using WTF::OrdinalNumber;