1 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

     2 //

     3 // (C) Copyright Ion Gaztaņaga 2005. 

     4 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 

     5 // (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 

     6 //  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

     7 //

     8 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

     9 

    10 #ifndef BOOST_POINTER_CAST_HPP

    11 #define BOOST_POINTER_CAST_HPP

    12 

    13 namespace boost { 

    14 

    15 //static_pointer_cast overload for raw pointers

    16 template<class T, class U>

    17 inline T* static_pointer_cast(U *ptr)

    18 {  

    19    return static_cast<T*>(ptr);

    20 }

    21 

    22 //dynamic_pointer_cast overload for raw pointers

    23 template<class T, class U>

    24 inline T* dynamic_pointer_cast(U *ptr)

    25 {  

    26    return dynamic_cast<T*>(ptr);

    27 }

    28 

    29 //const_pointer_cast overload for raw pointers

    30 template<class T, class U>

    31 inline T* const_pointer_cast(U *ptr)

    32 {  

    33    return const_cast<T*>(ptr);

    34 }

    35 

    36 //reinterpret_pointer_cast overload for raw pointers

    37 template<class T, class U>

    38 inline T* reinterpret_pointer_cast(U *ptr)

    39 {  

    40    return reinterpret_cast<T*>(ptr);

    41 }

    42 

    43 } // namespace boost

    44 

    45 #endif   //BOOST_POINTER_CAST_HPP