#if !defined(INCLUDED_GENERIC_OBJECT_H)
#define INCLUDED_GENERIC_OBJECT_H

/// \file
/// \brief Convenience functions (syntactic sugar) to wrap explicit constructor (aka in-place 'new') and destructor calls. 
///
/// Use makeReference() to wrap non-const-reference constructor parameters.

#if _MSC_VER > 1000 && defined(WIN32)
#pragma warning(disable:4345) // behavior change: an object of POD type constructed with an initializer of the form () will be default-initialized
#endif

#include <new>

template<typename Type>
inline void constructor(Type& object)
{
  new(&object) Type();
}

template<typename Type, typename T1>
inline void constructor(Type& object, const T1& t1)
{
  new(&object) Type(t1);
}

template<typename Type, typename T1, typename T2>
inline void constructor(Type& object, const T1& t1, const T2& t2)
{
  new(&object) Type(t1, t2); 
}

template<typename Type, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3>
inline void constructor(Type& object, const T1& t1, const T2& t2, const T3& t3)
{
  new(&object) Type(t1, t2, t3); 
}

template<typename Type, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4>
inline void constructor(Type& object, const T1& t1, const T2& t2, const T3& t3, const T4& t4)
{
  new(&object) Type(t1, t2, t3, t4); 
}

template<typename Type, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4, typename T5>
inline void constructor(Type& object, const T1& t1, const T2& t2, const T3& t3, const T4& t4, const T5& t5)
{
  new(&object) Type(t1, t2, t3, t4, t5); 
}

template<typename Type, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4, typename T5, typename T6>
inline void constructor(Type& object, const T1& t1, const T2& t2, const T3& t3, const T4& t4, const T5& t5, const T6& t6)
{
  new(&object) Type(t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6); 
}

template<typename Type, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4, typename T5, typename T6, typename T7>
inline void constructor(Type& object, const T1& t1, const T2& t2, const T3& t3, const T4& t4, const T5& t5, const T6& t6, const T7& t7)
{
  new(&object) Type(t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7); 
}

template<typename Type, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4, typename T5, typename T6, typename T7, typename T8>
inline void constructor(Type& object, const T1& t1, const T2& t2, const T3& t3, const T4& t4, const T5& t5, const T6& t6, const T7& t7, const T8& t8)
{
  new(&object) Type(t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7, t8); 
}

template<typename Type>
inline void destructor(Type& object)
{
  object.~Type();
}



#endif