//# QuantumType.h: Get an integer type for a Qunatum<T>
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//# $Id: QuantumHolder.h 20551 2009-03-25 00:11:33Z Malte.Marquarding $

#ifndef CASA_QUANTUMTYPE_H
#define CASA_QUANTUMTYPE_H

//# Includes
#include <casacore/casa/aips.h>
#include <casacore/casa/BasicSL/Complex.h>

namespace casacore { //# NAMESPACE CASACORE - BEGIN

//# Forward Declarations
template <class T> class Quantum;
template <class T> class Vector;
template <class T> class Matrix;
template <class T> class Array;

// <summary> Get an integer type for a Qunatum<T> </summary>

// <use visibility=export>

// <reviewed reviewer="UNKNOWN" date="before2004/08/25" tests="tQuantumHolder" demos="">
// </reviewed>

// <synopsis>
// The old way of getting a type number for a Quantum<T> uses the Register
// class. This did not work well with shared libraries, because each shared
// library gets its own static type data. Hence a type generated in one
// python module sometimes mismatched the type for the same Quantum in
// another module. For instance, it appeared that whem first loading
// pyrap.tables and thereafter pyrap.quanta, things went wrong.
//
// Therefore this class has been developed that returns the type for the
// Quantum template types used by QuantumHolder.
// </synopsis>

// <group name=QuantumType>

 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum<Double>*)
   { return 1; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum<Float>*)
   { return 2; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum<Int>*)
   { return 3; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum<DComplex>*)
   { return 4; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum<Complex>*)
   { return 5; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Vector<Double> >*)
   { return 6; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Vector<Float> >*)
   { return 7; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Vector<Int> >*)
   { return 8; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Vector<DComplex> >*)
   { return 9; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Vector<Complex> >*)
   { return 10; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Array<Double> >*)
   { return 11; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Array<Float> >*)
   { return 12; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Array<Int> >*)
   { return 13; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Array<DComplex> >*)
   { return 14; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Array<Complex> >*)
   { return 15; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Matrix<Double> >*)
   { return 16; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Matrix<Float> >*)
   { return 17; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Matrix<Int> >*)
   { return 18; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Matrix<DComplex> >*)
   { return 19; }
 inline uInt quantumType (const Quantum< Matrix<Complex> >*)
   { return 20; }

// </group>

} //# NAMESPACE CASACORE - END

#endif
