c++智能指针转化:static_pointer_cast、dynamic_pointer_cast、const_pointer_cast、reinterpret_pointer

C++基类和派生类的智能指针转换：static_pointer_cast、dynamic_pointer_cast、const_pointer_cast、reinterpret_pointer_cast

当我们用“裸”指针进行类层次上的上下行转换时，可以使用dynamic_cast。当然我们也可以使用static_cast，只是dynamic_cast在进行下行转换的时候（即基类到派生类）具有类型检查功能，而static_cast没有。因此存在安全问题。

当我们使用智能指针时，如果需要进行类层次上的上下行转换时，可以使用std::static_pointer_cast()、std::dynamic_pointer_cast、std::const_pointer_cast()和std::reinterpret_pointer_cast()。它们的功能和std::static_cast()、std::dynamic_cast、std::const_cast()和std::reinterpret_cast()类似，只不过转换的是智能指针std::shared_ptr，返回的也是std::shared_ptr类型。

1、std::static_pointer_cast()：当指针是智能指针时候，向上转换，用static_cast 则转换不了，此时需要使用static_pointer_cast。

2、std::dynamic_pointer_cast()：当指针是智能指针时候，向下转换，用dynamic_cast 则转换不了，此时需要使用dynamic_pointer_cast。

3、std::const_pointer_cast()：功能与std::const_cast()类似

4、std::reinterpret_pointer_cast()：功能与std::reinterpret_cast()类似

Defined in header `<memory>`
template< class T, class U > std::shared_ptr<T> static_pointer_cast( const std::shared_ptr<U>& r ) noexcept;	(1)	(since C++11)
template< class T, class U > std::shared_ptr<T> static_pointer_cast( std::shared_ptr<U>&& r ) noexcept;	(2)	(since C++20)
template< class T, class U > std::shared_ptr<T> dynamic_pointer_cast( const std::shared_ptr<U>& r ) noexcept;	(3)	(since C++11)
template< class T, class U > std::shared_ptr<T> dynamic_pointer_cast( std::shared_ptr<U>&& r ) noexcept;	(4)	(since C++20)
template< class T, class U > std::shared_ptr<T> const_pointer_cast( const std::shared_ptr<U>& r ) noexcept;	(5)	(since C++11)
template< class T, class U > std::shared_ptr<T> const_pointer_cast( std::shared_ptr<U>&& r ) noexcept;	(6)	(since C++20)
template< class T, class U > std::shared_ptr<T> reinterpret_pointer_cast( const std::shared_ptr<U>& r ) noexcept;	(7)	(since C++17)
template< class T, class U > std::shared_ptr<T> reinterpret_pointer_cast( std::shared_ptr<U>&& r ) noexcept;	(8)	(since C++20)

基类和派生类的智能指针转换要使用std::dynamic_pointer_cast和std::static_pointer_cast。由于std::dynamic_pointer_cast和dynamic_cast原理一样，std::static_pointer_cast和static_cast原理一样

Creates a new instance of std::shared_ptr whose stored pointer is obtained from r's stored pointer using a cast expression.

If r is empty, so is the new shared_ptr (but its stored pointer is not necessarily null). Otherwise, the new shared_ptr will share ownership with the initial value of r, except that it is empty if the dynamic_cast performed by dynamic_pointer_cast returns a null pointer.

Let Y be typename std::shared_ptr<T>::element_type, then the resulting std::shared_ptr's stored pointer will be obtained by evaluating, respectively:

1-2) static_cast<Y*>(r.get()).

3-4) dynamic_cast<Y*>(r.get()) (If the result of the dynamic_cast is a null pointer value, the returned shared_ptr will be empty.)

5-6) const_cast<Y*>(r.get()).

7-8) reinterpret_cast<Y*>(r.get())

The behavior of these functions is undefined unless the corresponding cast from U* to T* is well formed:

1-2) The behavior is undefined unless static_cast<T*>((U*)nullptr) is well formed.

3-4) The behavior is undefined unless dynamic_cast<T*>((U*)nullptr) is well formed.

5-6) The behavior is undefined unless const_cast<T*>((U*)nullptr) is well formed.

7-8) The behavior is undefined unless reinterpret_cast<T*>((U*)nullptr) is well formed.

After calling the rvalue overloads (2,4,6,8), r is empty and r.get() == nullptr, except that r is not modified for dynamic_pointer_cast (4) if the dynamic_cast fails.

(since C++20)

Parameters

The pointer to convert

Notes

The expressions std::shared_ptr<T>(static_cast<T*>(r.get())), std::shared_ptr<T>(dynamic_cast<T*>(r.get())) and std::shared_ptr<T>(const_cast<T*>(r.get())) might seem to have the same effect, but they all will likely result in undefined behavior, attempting to delete the same object twice!

Possible implementation

1、std::static_pointer_cast():

template< class T, class U >
std::shared_ptr<T> static_pointer_cast( const std::shared_ptr<U>& r ) noexcept
{auto p = static_cast<typename std::shared_ptr<T>::element_type*>(r.get());return std::shared_ptr<T>(r, p);
}

2、std::dynamic_pointer_cast()

template< class T, class U >
std::shared_ptr<T> dynamic_pointer_cast( const std::shared_ptr<U>& r ) noexcept
{if (auto p = dynamic_cast<typename std::shared_ptr<T>::element_type*>(r.get())) {return std::shared_ptr<T>(r, p);} else {return std::shared_ptr<T>();}
}

3、std::const_pointer_cast()

template< class T, class U >
std::shared_ptr<T> const_pointer_cast( const std::shared_ptr<U>& r ) noexcept
{auto p = const_cast<typename std::shared_ptr<T>::element_type*>(r.get());return std::shared_ptr<T>(r, p);
}

4、std::reinterpret_pointer_cast()

template< class T, class U >
std::shared_ptr<T> reinterpret_pointer_cast( const std::shared_ptr<U>& r ) noexcept
{auto p = reinterpret_cast<typename std::shared_ptr<T>::element_type*>(r.get());return std::shared_ptr<T>(r, p);
}

使用示例：

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>struct Base
{ int a; virtual void f() const { std::cout << "I am base!\n";}virtual ~Base(){}
};struct Derived : Base
{void f() const override{ std::cout << "I am derived!\n"; }~Derived(){}
};int main(){auto basePtr = std::make_shared<Base>();std::cout << "Base pointer says: ";basePtr->f();auto derivedPtr = std::make_shared<Derived>();std::cout << "Derived pointer says: ";derivedPtr->f();// static_pointer_cast to go up class hierarchybasePtr = std::static_pointer_cast<Base>(derivedPtr);std::cout << "Base pointer to derived says: ";basePtr->f();// dynamic_pointer_cast to go down/across class hierarchyauto downcastedPtr = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<Derived>(basePtr);if(downcastedPtr){ std::cout << "Downcasted pointer says: ";downcastedPtr->f(); }// All pointers to derived share ownershipstd::cout << "Pointers to underlying derived: " << derivedPtr.use_count() << "\n";
}

Output:

Base pointer says: I am base!
Derived pointer says: I am derived!
Base pointer to derived says: I am derived!
Downcasted pointer says: I am derived!
Pointers to underlying derived: 3

示例2

#include <iostream> // std::cout std::endl
#include <memory> // std::shared_ptr std::dynamic_pointer_cast std::static_pointer_castclass base
{
public:virtual ~base(void) = default;
};class derived : public base
{
};class test : public base
{
};int main(void)
{std::cout << std::boolalpha;// 两个不同的派生类对象auto derivedobj = std::make_shared<derived>();auto testobj = std::make_shared<test>();// 隐式转换 derived->basestd::shared_ptr<base> pointer1 = derivedobj;// static_pointer_cast derived->baseauto pointer2 = std::static_pointer_cast<base>(derivedobj);// dynamic_pointer_cast base->derivedauto pointer3 = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<derived>(pointer1);std::cout << (pointer3 == nullptr) << std::endl;// dynamic_pointer_cast base->derivedauto pointer4 = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<test>(pointer1);std::cout << (pointer4 == nullptr) << std::endl;return 0;
}

输出结果：

false
true

std::reinterpret_pointer_cast()和std::const_pointer_cast()示例：

#include <memory>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstdint>int main()
{std::shared_ptr<int> foo;std::shared_ptr<const int> bar;foo = std::make_shared<int>(10);bar = std::const_pointer_cast<const int>(foo);std::cout << "*bar: " << *bar << std::endl;*foo = 20;std::cout << "*bar: " << *bar << std::endl;std::shared_ptr<std::int8_t[]> p(new std::int8_t[4]{1, 1, 1, 1});std::shared_ptr<std::int32_t[]> q = std::reinterpret_pointer_cast<std::int32_t[]>(p);std::int32_t r = q[0];std::int32_t x = (1 << 8) | (1 << 16) | (1 << 24) | 1;assert(r == x);return 0;
}

输出：

*bar: 10
*bar: 20
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