extend PBD::ID API to allow construction and operator== using uint64_t

[ardour.git] / libs / pbd / pbd / id.h

diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/id.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/id.h
index 1f33e6d732cc408ae080da6fec1e063fbd119355..a597b6512b471397973225cb3132c41fbb3fb9c7 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/id.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/id.h
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
 
 namespace PBD {
 
+/** a unique ID to identify objects numerically */
 class LIBPBD_API ID {
   public:
        ID ();
        ID (std::string);
        ID (const ID&);
+       ID (uint64_t);
 
        void reset ();
 
@@ -46,6 +48,9 @@ class LIBPBD_API ID {
        }
 
        bool operator== (const std::string&) const;
+       bool operator== (uint64_t n) const {
+               return _id == n;
+       }
 
        ID& operator= (std::string);
        ID& operator= (const ID&);
@@ -54,8 +59,7 @@ class LIBPBD_API ID {
                return _id < other._id;
        }
 
-       void print (char* buf, uint32_t bufsize) const;
-        std::string to_s() const;
+       std::string to_s () const;
 
        static uint64_t counter() { return _counter; }
        static void init_counter (uint64_t val) { _counter = val; }
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ class LIBPBD_API ID {
 
   private:
        uint64_t _id;
-       int string_assign (std::string);
+       bool string_assign (std::string);
 
        static Glib::Threads::Mutex* counter_lock;
        static uint64_t _counter;