#ifndef EVORAL_TIME_CONVERTER_HPP
#define EVORAL_TIME_CONVERTER_HPP
+#include "evoral/visibility.h"
+
namespace Evoral {
/** A bidirectional converter between two different time units.
*
* Think of the conversion method names as if they are written in-between
* the two template parameters (i.e. "A <name> B").
+ *
+ * _origin_b should be the origin for conversion in the units of B.
+ * That is, there is some point in time _origin_b, such that:
+ *
+ * to() converts a time _origin_b + a into an offset from _origin_b in units of B.
+ * from() converts a time _origin_b + b into an offset from _origin_b in units of A.
*/
template<typename A, typename B>
-class TimeConverter {
+class LIBEVORAL_TEMPLATE_API TimeConverter {
public:
TimeConverter () : _origin_b (0) {}
TimeConverter (B ob) : _origin_b (ob) {}
- virtual ~TimeConverter() {}
+ virtual ~TimeConverter();
/** Convert A time to B time (A to B) */
virtual B to(A a) const = 0;
B origin_b () const {
return _origin_b;
}
-
+
void set_origin_b (B o) {
_origin_b = o;
}
};
-/** A stub TimeConverter that simple statically casts between types. */
+/** A stub TimeConverter that simple statically casts between types.
+ * _origin_b has no bearing here, as there is no time conversion
+ * going on.
+ */
template<typename A, typename B>
-class IdentityConverter : public TimeConverter<A,B> {
+class LIBEVORAL_TEMPLATE_API IdentityConverter : public TimeConverter<A,B> {
public:
- IdentityConverter() {}
- B to(A a) const { return static_cast<B>(a); }
- A from(B b) const { return static_cast<A>(b); }
+ IdentityConverter() {}
+
+ B to(A a) const;
+ A from(B b) const;
};