1 /* This file is part of Evoral.
2 * Copyright (C) 2009 David Robillard <http://drobilla.net>
3 * Copyright (C) 2009 Paul Davis
5 * Evoral is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
6 * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
7 * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
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19 #ifndef EVORAL_TIME_CONVERTER_HPP
20 #define EVORAL_TIME_CONVERTER_HPP
22 #include "evoral/visibility.h"
26 /** A bidirectional converter between two different time units.
28 * Think of the conversion method names as if they are written in-between
29 * the two template parameters (i.e. "A <name> B").
31 * _origin_b should be the origin for conversion in the units of B.
32 * That is, there is some point in time _origin_b, such that:
34 * to() converts a time _origin_b + a into an offset from _origin_b in units of B.
35 * from() converts a time _origin_b + b into an offset from _origin_b in units of A.
37 template<typename A, typename B>
38 class LIBEVORAL_TEMPLATE_API TimeConverter {
40 TimeConverter () : _origin_b (0) {}
41 TimeConverter (B ob) : _origin_b (ob) {}
42 virtual ~TimeConverter();
44 /** Convert A time to B time (A to B) */
45 virtual B to(A a) const = 0;
47 /** Convert B time to A time (A from B) */
48 virtual A from(B b) const = 0;
54 void set_origin_b (B o) {
63 /** A stub TimeConverter that simple statically casts between types.
64 * _origin_b has no bearing here, as there is no time conversion
67 template<typename A, typename B>
68 class LIBEVORAL_TEMPLATE_API IdentityConverter : public TimeConverter<A,B> {
70 IdentityConverter() {}
79 #endif // EVORAL_TIME_CONVERTER_HPP