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/*
    This file is part of solidity.

    solidity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    solidity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with solidity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#pragma once

#include <string>

namespace dev
{

/// Simple generic result that holds a value and an optional error message.
/// Results can be implicitly converted to and created from the type of
/// the value they hold.
///
/// Result<bool> check()
/// {
///     if (false)
///         return Result<bool>(false, "Error message.")
///     return true;
/// }
///
/// A result can also be instantiated using one of the factory methods it provides:
///
/// using BoolResult = Result<bool>;
/// BoolResult check()
/// {
///     if (false)
///         return BoolResult::failure("Error message");
///     return BoolResult::success(true);
/// }
///
///
struct ResultError { std::string reason; };

template <class ResultType>
class Result
{
public:
    /// @{
    /// @name Factory functions
    /// Factory functions that provide a verbose way to create a result
    static Result<ResultType> Ok(ResultType _value) { return Result(std::move(_value)); }
    static Result<ResultType> Err() { return Result(ResultError{std::string()}); }
    static Result<ResultType> Err(std::string _error) { return Result(ResultError{std::move(_error)}); }
    /// @}

    Result(ResultType _value): m_value(std::move(_value)) {}
    Result(ResultError _error): m_error(std::move(_error.reason)) {}
    Result(ResultType _value, ResultError _error): m_value(std::move(_value)), m_error(std::move(_error.reason)) {}

    /// @{
    /// @name Wrapper functions
    /// Wrapper functions that provide implicit conversions to and explicit retrieval of
    /// the value this result holds.
    /// If the result is an error, accessing the value results in undefined behaviour.
    operator ResultType const&() const { return m_value; }
    ResultType& operator*() const { return m_value; }
    ResultType const& get() const { return m_value; }
    ResultType& get() { return m_value; }
    /// @}

    /// @returns the error message (can be empty).
    std::string const& err() const { return m_error; }

private:
    ResultType m_value;
    std::string m_error;
};

}