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Metafunction defining <span class="bold"><strong>type</strong></span> as the tag
of the specified geometry type.
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With Boost.Geometry, tags are the driving force of the tag dispatching
mechanism. The tag metafunction is therefore used in every free function.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Geometry</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">tag</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// ...</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
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typename Geometry
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Any type fulfilling a Geometry Concept
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Either
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
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Or
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">core</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">tag</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
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<a class="link" href="tag.html#geometry.reference.core.tag.metafunction_result_type">Metafunction
result type</a>
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The metafunction tag defines <span class="bold"><strong>type</strong></span> as one
of the following tags:
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point_tag
</li>
<li class="listitem">
linestring_tag
</li>
<li class="listitem">
polygon_tag
</li>
<li class="listitem">
multi_point_tag
</li>
<li class="listitem">
multi_linestring_tag
</li>
<li class="listitem">
multi_polygon_tag
</li>
<li class="listitem">
box_tag
</li>
<li class="listitem">
segment_tag
</li>
<li class="listitem">
ring_tag
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Compile time
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Shows how tag dispatching essentially works in Boost.Geometry
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">assign</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometries</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">multi</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometries</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">multi_polygon</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometries</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">adapted</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">boost_tuple</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">BOOST_GEOMETRY_REGISTER_BOOST_TUPLE_CS</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">cs</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cartesian</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Tag</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">dispatch</span> <span class="special">{};</span>
<span class="comment">// Specialization for points</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">dispatch</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">point_tag</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Point</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">apply</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Point</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Use the Boost.Geometry free function "get"</span>
<span class="comment">// working on all supported point types</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"Hello POINT, you are located at: "</span>
<span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">", "</span>
<span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="comment">// Specialization for polygons</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">dispatch</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">polygon_tag</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Polygon</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">apply</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Polygon</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Use the Boost.Geometry manipulator "dsv" </span>
<span class="comment">// working on all supported geometries</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"Hello POLYGON, you look like: "</span>
<span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">dsv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="comment">// Specialization for multipolygons</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">dispatch</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">multi_polygon_tag</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">MultiPolygon</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">apply</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">MultiPolygon</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Use the Boost.Range free function "size" because all</span>
<span class="comment">// multigeometries comply to Boost.Range</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"Hello MULTIPOLYGON, you contain: "</span>
<span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">" polygon(s)"</span>
<span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Geometry</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Geometry</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Call the metafunction "tag" to dispatch, and call method (here "apply")</span>
<span class="identifier">dispatch</span>
<span class="special">&lt;</span>
<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tag</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Geometry</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span>
<span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">apply</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Define polygon type (here: based on a Boost.Tuple)</span>
<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">model</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tuple</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">polygon_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Declare and fill a polygon and a multipolygon</span>
<span class="identifier">polygon_type</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">exterior_ring</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">assign</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tuple_list_of</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">10</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">5</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">model</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">multi_polygon</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">polygon_type</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">multi</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">multi</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="comment">// Call "hello" for point, polygon, multipolygon</span>
<span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">make_tuple</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">));</span>
<span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">multi</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
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Output:
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<pre class="programlisting">Hello POINT, you are located at: 2, 3
Hello POLYGON, you look like: (((0, 0), (0, 10), (10, 5), (0, 0)))
Hello MULTIPOLYGON, you contain: 1 polygon(s)
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