C#-like properties in native C++?

Question

In C# / .NET you can do something like this:

someThing.text = \"blah\";
String blah = someThing.text;

However, the above code does not actu

Answer 1

#include 
#include 

using namespace std;

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#define PROPERTY_GET_SET(CLASS, NAME, TYPE) GetSetProperty NAME() { return GetSetProperty(this, &CLASS::get_##NAME, &CLASS::set_##NAME); }
#define PROPERTY_GET(CLASS, NAME, TYPE)     GetProperty NAME()    { return GetProperty(this, &CLASS::get_##NAME); }
#define PROPERTY_SET(CLASS, NAME, TYPE)     SetProperty NAME()    { return SetProperty(this, &CLASS::set_##NAME); }

template 
struct GetSetProperty {
    typedef TYPE (CLASS::*Getter_t)() const;
    typedef void (CLASS::*Setter_t)(TYPE);
    GetSetProperty(CLASS* instance, Getter_t getter, Setter_t setter) : m_instance(instance), m_getter(getter), m_setter(setter) {}
    operator TYPE() const { return (this->m_instance->*this->m_getter)(); }
    GetSetProperty& operator=(TYPE value) { (this->m_instance->*this->m_setter)(value); return *this; }
    CLASS* const   m_instance;
    const Getter_t m_getter;
    const Setter_t m_setter;
};

template 
struct GetProperty {
    typedef TYPE (CLASS::*Getter_t)() const;
    GetProperty(CLASS* instance, Getter_t getter) : m_instance(instance), m_getter(getter) {}
    operator TYPE() const { return (this->m_instance->*this->m_getter)(); }
    CLASS* const   m_instance;
    const Getter_t m_getter;
};

template 
struct SetProperty {
    typedef void (CLASS::*Setter_t)(TYPE);
    SetProperty(CLASS* instance, Setter_t setter) : m_instance(instance), m_setter(setter) {}
    SetProperty& operator=(TYPE value) { (this->m_instance->*this->m_setter)(value); return *this; }
    CLASS* const   m_instance;
    const Setter_t m_setter;
};

template 
ostream& operator<<(ostream& ostr, const GetSetProperty& p) { ostr << (p.m_instance->*p.m_getter)(); return ostr; }

template 
ostream& operator<<(ostream& ostr, const GetProperty& p) { ostr << (p.m_instance->*p.m_getter)(); return ostr; }

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class Dummy
{
public:

    Dummy() : m_value1(42) {}

    PROPERTY_GET_SET(Dummy, Value1, int);
    PROPERTY_GET_SET(Dummy, Value2, const string&);

protected:

    virtual int           get_Value1() const { return this->m_value1; }
    virtual void          set_Value1(int value) { this->m_value1 = value; }

    virtual const string& get_Value2() const { return this->m_value2; }
    virtual void          set_Value2(const string& value) { this->m_value2 = value; }

private:

    int    m_value1;
    string m_value2;
};


int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

    Dummy d;

    cout << d.Value1() << endl;
    d.Value1() = 3;
    cout << d.Value1() << endl;

    cout << d.Value2() << endl;
    d.Value2() = "test";
    cout << d.Value2() << endl;

    return 0;
}

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