Id.h

/*
 * Gamedev Framework (gf)
 * Copyright (C) 2016 Julien Bernard
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#ifndef GF_ID_H
#define GF_ID_H

#include <cstdint>
#include <string>

#include "Portability.h"

namespace gf {
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
inline namespace v1 {
#endif

  /**
   * @ingroup core
   * @brief An identifier
   */
  using Id = uint64_t;

  /**
   * @ingroup core
   * @brief The invalid id (which is 0)
   */
  constexpr Id InvalidId = 0;

  /**
   * @ingroup core
   * @brief Get an identifier from a string
   *
   * The hash is a Fowler–Noll–Vo 1a hash. This function is mainly for
   * internal use. You should instead use the user-defined literal `_id`.
   *
   * Example:
   *
   * ~~~{.cc}
   * gf::Id id = "A string"_id; // computed at compile time
   * ~~~
   *
   * @param str The string
   * @param sz The size of the string
   */
  constexpr Id hash(const char *str, std::size_t sz) {
    return sz == 0 ? 0xcbf29ce484222325 : (str[sz - 1] ^ hash(str, sz - 1)) * 0x100000001b3;
  }

  /**
   * @ingroup core
   * @brief Get an idenfitier from a string
   *
   * The hash is a Fowler–Noll–Vo 1a hash. This function can be used
   * for computing an id at runtime. For computing an id from a string
   * at compile time, you should use the the user-defined literal `_id`.
   */
  inline Id hash(const std::string& str) {
    return hash(str.c_str(), str.size());
  }

  namespace literals {

    /**
     * @brief User defined operator for creating compile time ids from strings
     *
     * To use it, you have to use the `gf::literals` namespace:
     *
     * ~~~{.cc}
     * using namespace gf::literals;
     *
     * Id id = "FooBar"_id;
     * ~~~
     *
     */
    constexpr gf::Id operator"" _id(const char *str, std::size_t sz) {
      return gf::hash(str, sz);
    }

  }

#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
}
#endif
}

#endif // GF_ID_H