PackedLinkDecorator.icc

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2026 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.
 */
/**
 * @file PackedLinkDecorator.icc
 * @author scott snyder <snyder@bnl.gov>
 * @date Nov, 2023
 * @brief Helper class to provide type-safe access to aux data,
 *        specialized for @c PackedLink.
 */
 
#include "AthContainers/AuxElement.h"
#include "AthContainers/AuxTypeRegistry.h"
#include "AthContainers/exceptions.h"
 
 
namespace SG {
 
 
/**
 * @brief Constructor.
 * @param name Name of this aux variable.
 *
 * The name -> auxid lookup is done here.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::Decorator (const std::string& name)
  : Decorator (name, "", SG::AuxVarFlags::None)
{
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Constructor.
 * @param name Name of this aux variable.
 * @param clsname The name of its associated class.  May be blank.
 *
 * The name -> auxid lookup is done here.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::Decorator (const std::string& name,
                                               const std::string& clsname)
  : Decorator (name, clsname, SG::AuxVarFlags::None)
{
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Constructor taking an auxid directly.
 * @param auxid ID for this auxiliary variable.
 *
 * Will throw @c SG::ExcAuxTypeMismatch if the types don't match.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::Decorator (const SG::auxid_t auxid)
{
  AuxTypeRegistry& r = AuxTypeRegistry::instance();
  m_auxid = auxid;
  r.checkAuxID<PLink_t, ALLOC> (m_auxid);
  m_linkedAuxid = r.linkedVariable (m_auxid);
  if (m_linkedAuxid == static_cast<uint32_t>(null_auxid)) {
    throw SG::ExcNoLinkedVar (auxid, typeid (CONT));
    // cppcheck-suppress missingReturn; false positive
  }
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Constructor.
 * @param name Name of this aux variable.
 * @param clsname The name of its associated class.  May be blank.
 * @param flags Optional flags qualifying the type.  See AuxTypeRegistry.
 *
 * The name -> auxid lookup is done here.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::Decorator
  (const std::string& name,
   const std::string& clsname,
   const SG::AuxVarFlags flags)
{
  AuxTypeRegistry& r = AuxTypeRegistry::instance();
  m_linkedAuxid = r.getAuxID<DLink_t, DLinkAlloc_t> (AuxTypeRegistry::linkedName (name),
                                                     clsname,
                                                     flags | AuxVarFlags::Linked);
  m_auxid = r.getAuxID<PLink_t, ALLOC> (name, clsname, flags, m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Fetch the variable for one element.
 * @param e The element for which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * Will return an @c ElementLink proxy, which may be converted to
 * or assigned from an @c ElementLink.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
template <IsConstAuxElement ELT>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::operator() (const ELT& e) const -> ELProxy
{
  assert (e.container() != 0);
  AuxVectorData& container_nc ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = const_cast<AuxVectorData&> (*e.container());
  return ELProxy (e.container()->template getDecoration<PLink_t> (this->m_auxid, e.index()),
                  container_nc,
                  this->m_auxid,
                  this->m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Fetch the variable for one element.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 * @param index The index of the desired element.
 *
 * This allows retrieving aux data by container / index.
 *
 * Will return an @c ElementLink proxy, which may be converted to
 * or assigned from an @c ElementLink.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::operator() (const AuxVectorData& container,
                                                size_t index) const
  -> ELProxy
{
  AuxVectorData& container_nc ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = const_cast<AuxVectorData&> (container);
  return ELProxy (container.template getDecoration<PLink_t> (this->m_auxid, index),
                  container_nc, this->m_auxid, this->m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Set the variable for one element.
 * @param e The element for which to set the variable.
 * @param l The @c ElementLink to set.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
template <IsConstAuxElement ELT>
inline
void Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::set (const ELT& e,
                                              const Link_t& l) const
{
  set (*e.container(), e.index(), l);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Set the variable for one element.
 * @param container The container for which to set the variable.
 * @param index The index of the desired element.
 * @param l The @c ElementLink to set.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
void Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::set (const AuxVectorData& container,
                                              size_t index,
                                              const Link_t& l) const
{
  // Have to do this before creating the converter.
  PLink_t& ll = container.template getDecoration<PLink_t> (this->m_auxid, index);
  AuxVectorData& container_nc ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = const_cast<AuxVectorData&> (container);
  detail::PackedLinkConverter<CONT> cnv (container_nc,
                                         this->m_auxid,
                                         this->m_linkedAuxid);
  cnv.set (ll, l);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a pointer to the start of the array of @c PackedLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getPackedLinkArray (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const PLink_t*
{
  return reinterpret_cast<const PLink_t*> (container.getDataArray (m_auxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a pointer to the start of the linked array of @c DataLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getDataLinkArray (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const DLink_t*
{
  return reinterpret_cast<const DLink_t*>
    (container.getDataArray (m_linkedAuxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a pointer to the start of the array of @c PackedLinks,
 *        as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getPackedLinkDecorArray (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> PLink_t*
{
  return reinterpret_cast<PLink_t*> (container.getDecorationArray (m_auxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a pointer to the start of the linked array of @c DataLinks,
 *        as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getDataLinkDecorArray (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> DLink_t*
{
  return reinterpret_cast<DLink_t*> (container.getDecorationArray (m_linkedAuxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the array of @c PackedLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getPackedLinkSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const_PackedLink_span
{
  const SG::AuxDataSpanBase sp = *container.getDataSpan (m_auxid);
  return const_PackedLink_span (reinterpret_cast<const PLink_t*>(sp.beg), sp.size);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the array of @c DataLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getDataLinkSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const_DataLink_span
{
  const AuxDataSpanBase sp = *container.getDataSpan (m_linkedAuxid);
  return const_DataLink_span (reinterpret_cast<const DLink_t*>(sp.beg),
                              sp.size);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span of @c ElementLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getDataSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const_span
{
  return const_span (getPackedLinkSpan(container),
                     ConstConverter_t (*container.getDataSpan (m_linkedAuxid)));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the array of @c PackedLinks, as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getPackedLinkDecorSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> PackedLink_span
{
  // nb. AuxVectorData::getDataSpan is suitable only for const;
  // getDecorationArray may throw if the container is empty.
  size_t sz = container.size_v();
  PLink_t* beg = nullptr;
  if (sz) {
    beg = reinterpret_cast<PLink_t*>
      (container.getDecorationArray (this->m_auxid));
  }
  return PackedLink_span (beg, sz);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the array of @c DataLinks, as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getDataLinkDecorSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> DataLink_span
{
  const AuxDataSpanBase sp = *container.getDataSpan (this->m_linkedAuxid);
  if (sp.size > 0) {
    // Accessibility check.  ??? Can we get rid of this?
    (void)container.getDecorationArray (this->m_linkedAuxid);
  }
  return DataLink_span (reinterpret_cast<DLink_t*>(sp.beg), sp.size);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span of @c ElementLink proxies, as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * The proxies may be converted to or assigned from @c ElementLink.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
auto
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::getDecorationSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> span
{
  PackedLink_span pspan = getPackedLinkDecorSpan(container);
  AuxVectorData& container_nc ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = const_cast<AuxVectorData&> (container);
  return span (pspan,
               detail::PackedLinkConverter<CONT> (container_nc,
                                                  this->m_auxid,
                                                  this->m_linkedAuxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Test to see if this variable exists in the store and is writable.
 * @param e An element of the container in which to test the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
template <IsConstAuxElement ELT>
inline
bool
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::isAvailableWritable (const ELT& e) const
{
  return e.container() &&
    e.container()->isAvailableWritableAsDecoration (m_auxid) &&
    e.container()->isAvailableWritableAsDecoration (m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Test to see if this variable exists in the store and is writable.
 * @param c The container in which to test the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC>
inline
bool
Decorator<PackedLink<CONT>, ALLOC>::isAvailableWritable (const AuxVectorData& c) const
{
  return c.isAvailableWritableAsDecoration (m_auxid) &&
    c.isAvailableWritableAsDecoration (m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
//************************************************************************
 
 
// To make the declarations a bit more readable.
#define DECORATOR Decorator<std::vector<PackedLink<CONT>, VALLOC>, ALLOC>
 
 
/**
 * @brief Constructor.
 * @param name Name of this aux variable.
 *
 * The name -> auxid lookup is done here.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
DECORATOR::Decorator (const std::string& name)
  : Decorator (name, "", SG::AuxVarFlags::None)
{
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Constructor.
 * @param name Name of this aux variable.
 * @param clsname The name of its associated class.  May be blank.
 *
 * The name -> auxid lookup is done here.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
DECORATOR::Decorator (const std::string& name,
                      const std::string& clsname)
  : Decorator (name, clsname, SG::AuxVarFlags::None)
{
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Constructor taking an auxid directly.
 * @param auxid ID for this auxiliary variable.
 *
 * Will throw @c SG::ExcAuxTypeMismatch if the types don't match.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
DECORATOR::Decorator (const SG::auxid_t auxid)
{
  AuxTypeRegistry& r = AuxTypeRegistry::instance();
  m_auxid = auxid;
  r.checkAuxID<VElt_t, ALLOC> (m_auxid);
  m_linkedAuxid = r.linkedVariable (m_auxid);
  if (m_linkedAuxid == static_cast<uint32_t>(null_auxid)) {
    throw SG::ExcNoLinkedVar (auxid, typeid (CONT));
  }
}
/**
 * @brief Constructor.
 * @param name Name of this aux variable.
 * @param clsname The name of its associated class.  May be blank.
 * @param flags Optional flags qualifying the type.  See AuxTypeRegistry.
 *
 * The name -> auxid lookup is done here.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
DECORATOR::Decorator (const std::string& name,
                      const std::string& clsname,
                      const SG::AuxVarFlags flags)
{
  AuxTypeRegistry& r = AuxTypeRegistry::instance();
  m_linkedAuxid = r.getAuxID<DLink_t, DLinkAlloc_t> (AuxTypeRegistry::linkedName (name),
                                                     clsname,
                                                     flags | AuxVarFlags::Linked);
  m_auxid = r.getAuxID<VElt_t, ALLOC> (name, clsname, flags, m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Fetch the variable for one element.
 * @param e The element for which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * This will return a range of @c ElementLink proxies.
 * These proxies may be converted to or assigned from @c ElementLink.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
template <IsConstAuxElement ELT>
auto
DECORATOR::operator() (const ELT& e) const
  -> elt_span
{
  assert (e.container() != 0);
  // This has be to called before making the ELSpanProxyHelper.
  VElt_t* veltArr = getPackedLinkVectorDecorArray(*e.container());
  AuxVectorData& container_nc ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = *const_cast<AuxVectorData*>(e.container());
  return elt_span (veltArr[e.index()], container_nc,
                   this->m_auxid,
                   this->m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Fetch the variable for one element.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 * @param index The index of the desired element.
 *
 * This allows retrieving aux data by container / index.
 *
 * This will return a range of @c ElementLink proxies.
 * These proxies may be converted to or assigned from @c ElementLink.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
auto
DECORATOR::operator() (const AuxVectorData& container,
                       size_t index) const
  -> elt_span
{
  // This has be to called before making the ELSpanProxyHelper.
  VElt_t* veltArr = getPackedLinkVectorDecorArray(container);
  AuxVectorData& container_nc ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = const_cast<AuxVectorData&>(container);
  return elt_span (veltArr[index], container_nc,
                   this->m_auxid,
                   this->m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Set the variable for one element.
 * @param e The element for which to set the variable.
 * @param r The variable value to set, as a range over @c ElementLink.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
template <IsConstAuxElement ELT, detail::ElementLinkRange<CONT> RANGE>
void DECORATOR::set (const ELT& e, const RANGE& r) const
{
  set (*e.container(), e.index(), r);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Set the variable for one element.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 * @param index The index of the desired element.
 * @param r The variable value to set, as a range over @c ElementLink.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
template <detail::ElementLinkRange<CONT> RANGE>
void DECORATOR::set (const AuxVectorData& container,
                     size_t index,
                     const RANGE& r) const
{
  AuxVectorData& container_nc ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = const_cast<AuxVectorData&> (container);
  detail::PackedLinkConverter<CONT> cnv (container_nc,
                                         this->m_auxid,
                                         this->m_linkedAuxid);
  VElt_t& velt = container.template getDecoration<VElt_t> (this->m_auxid, index);
  cnv.set (velt, r);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a pointer to the start of the array of vectors of @c PackedLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getPackedLinkVectorArray (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const VElt_t*
{
  return reinterpret_cast<const VElt_t*>
    (container.getDataArray (m_auxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a pointer to the start of the linked array of @c DataLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getDataLinkArray (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const DLink_t*
{
  return reinterpret_cast<const DLink_t*>
    (container.getDataArray (m_linkedAuxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a pointer to the start of the array of vectors of @c PackedLinks,
 *        as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getPackedLinkVectorDecorArray (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> VElt_t*
{
  return reinterpret_cast<VElt_t*> (container.getDecorationArray (m_auxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a pointer to the start of the linked array of @c DataLinks,
 *        as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getDataLinkDecorArray (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> DLink_t*
{
  return reinterpret_cast<DLink_t*> (container.getDecorationArray (m_linkedAuxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the vector of @c PackedLinks for a given element.
 * @param e The element for which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
template <IsConstAuxElement ELT>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getPackedLinkSpan (const ELT& e) const
  -> const_PackedLink_span
{
  auto elt = reinterpret_cast<const VElt_t*>
    (e.container()->getDataArray (this->m_auxid)) + e.index();
  return const_PackedLink_span (elt->data(), elt->size());
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the vector of @c PackedLinks for a given element.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 * @param index The index of the desired element.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getPackedLinkSpan (const AuxVectorData& container, size_t index) const
  -> const_PackedLink_span
{
  auto elt = reinterpret_cast<const VElt_t*>
    (container.getDataArray (this->m_auxid)) + index;
  return const_PackedLink_span (elt->data(), elt->size());
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the vector of @c PackedLinks for a given element.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 * @param index The index of the desired element.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getPackedLinkSpan (AuxVectorData& container, size_t index) const
  -> PackedLink_span
{
  auto elt = reinterpret_cast<VElt_t*>
    (container.getDataArray (this->m_auxid)) + index;
  return PackedLink_span (elt->data(), elt->size());
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the vectors of @c PackedLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getPackedLinkVectorSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const_PackedLinkVector_span
{
  auto beg = reinterpret_cast<const VElt_t*>
    (container.getDataArray (m_auxid));
  return const_PackedLinkVector_span (beg, container.size_v());
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the array of @c DataLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getDataLinkSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const_DataLink_span
{
  const AuxDataSpanBase* sp = container.getDataSpan (m_linkedAuxid);
  return const_DataLink_span (reinterpret_cast<const DLink_t*>(sp->beg),
                              sp->size);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over spans of @c ElementLinks.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getDataSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> const_span
{
  const_PackedLinkVector_span pvspan = getPackedLinkVectorSpan(container);
  return const_span (pvspan,
                     ConstVectorTransform_t (*container.getDataSpan (m_linkedAuxid)));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the vector of @c PackedLinks for a given element,
 *        as a decoration.
 * @param e The element for which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
template <IsConstAuxElement ELT>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getPackedLinkDecorSpan (const ELT& e) const
  -> PackedLink_span
{
  auto elt = reinterpret_cast<VElt_t*>
    (e.container()->getDecorationArray (this->m_auxid)) + e.index();
  return PackedLink_span (elt->data(), elt->size());
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the vector of @c PackedLinks for a given element,
 *        as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 * @param index The index of the desired element.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getPackedLinkDecorSpan (const AuxVectorData& container, size_t index) const
  -> PackedLink_span
{
  auto elt = reinterpret_cast<VElt_t*>
    (container.getDecorationArray (this->m_auxid)) + index;
  return PackedLink_span (elt->data(), elt->size());
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the vectors of @c PackedLinks,
 *        as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getPackedLinkVectorDecorSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> PackedLinkVector_span
{
  auto beg = reinterpret_cast<VElt_t*>
    (container.getDecorationArray (m_auxid));
  return PackedLinkVector_span (beg, container.size_v());
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over the array of @c DataLinks, as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getDataLinkDecorSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> DataLink_span
{
  (void)container.getDecorationArray (this->m_linkedAuxid); // check for locking
  const AuxDataSpanBase* sp = container.getDataSpan (m_linkedAuxid);
  return DataLink_span (reinterpret_cast<DLink_t*>(sp->beg), sp->size);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Get a span over spans of @c ElementLink proxies,
 *        as a decoration.
 * @param container The container from which to fetch the variable.
 *
 * The individual proxies may be converted to or assigned from @c ElementLink.
 * Each element may also be assigned from a range of @c ElementLink,
 * or converted to a vector of @c ElementLink.
 *
 * If the container is locked, this will allow fetching only variables
 * that do not yet exist (in which case they will be marked as decorations)
 * or variables already marked as decorations.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
auto
DECORATOR::getDecorationSpan (const AuxVectorData& container) const
  -> span
{
  PackedLinkVector_span pvspan = getPackedLinkVectorDecorSpan(container);
  AuxVectorData& container_nc ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = const_cast<AuxVectorData&> (container);
  return span (pvspan,
               ELSpanConverter (container_nc,
                                this->m_auxid,
                                this->m_linkedAuxid));
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Test to see if this variable exists in the store and is writable.
 * @param e An element of the container in which to test the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
template <IsConstAuxElement ELT>
inline
bool
DECORATOR::isAvailableWritable (const ELT& e) const
{
  return e.container() &&
    e.container()->isAvailableWritableAsDecoration (m_auxid) &&
    e.container()->isAvailableWritableAsDecoration (m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
/**
 * @brief Test to see if this variable exists in the store and is writable.
 * @param c The container in which to test the variable.
 */
template <class CONT, class ALLOC, class VALLOC>
inline
bool
DECORATOR::isAvailableWritable (const AuxVectorData& c) const
{
  return c.isAvailableWritableAsDecoration (m_auxid) &&
    c.isAvailableWritableAsDecoration (m_linkedAuxid);
}
 
 
#undef DECORATOR
 
 
} // namespace SG