// -*- C++ -*-
/***************************************************************************
 * blitz/array/slice.h    Helper classes for slicing arrays
 *
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 *
 * Copyright (C) 1997-2011 Todd Veldhuizen <tveldhui@acm.org>
 *
 * This file is a part of Blitz.
 *
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 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * 
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 *
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 ****************************************************************************/
#ifndef BZ_ARRAYSLICE_H
#define BZ_ARRAYSLICE_H

// #ifndef BZ_ARRAY_H
//  #error <blitz/array/slice.h> must be included via <blitz/array.h>
// #endif

#include <blitz/range.h>

namespace blitz {

// Forward declarations
template<typename T, int N>
class Array;

class nilArraySection { };

template<typename T>
class ArraySectionInfo {
public:
    static const int isValidType = 0;
	static const int rank = 0;
	static const int isPick = 0;
};

template<>
class ArraySectionInfo<Range> {
public:
    static const int isValidType = 1;
	static const int rank = 1;
	static const int isPick = 0;
};

template<>
class ArraySectionInfo<int> {
public:
    static const int isValidType = 1;
	static const int rank = 0;
	static const int isPick = 0;
};

template<>
class ArraySectionInfo<nilArraySection> {
public:
    static const int isValidType = 1;
	static const int rank = 0;
	static const int isPick = 0;
};

template<typename T_numtype, typename T1, typename T2 = nilArraySection, 
    class T3 = nilArraySection, typename T4 = nilArraySection, 
    class T5 = nilArraySection, typename T6 = nilArraySection, 
    class T7 = nilArraySection, typename T8 = nilArraySection, 
    class T9 = nilArraySection, typename T10 = nilArraySection, 
    class T11 = nilArraySection>
class SliceInfo {
public:
    static const int 
        numValidTypes = ArraySectionInfo<T1>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T2>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T3>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T4>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T5>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T6>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T7>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T8>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T9>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T10>::isValidType
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T11>::isValidType;

	static const int 
        rank          = ArraySectionInfo<T1>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T2>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T3>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T4>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T5>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T6>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T7>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T8>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T9>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T10>::rank
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T11>::rank;

	static const int 
        isPick        = ArraySectionInfo<T1>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T2>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T3>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T4>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T5>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T6>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T7>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T8>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T9>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T10>::isPick
                      + ArraySectionInfo<T11>::isPick;

    typedef Array<T_numtype,numValidTypes> T_array;
    typedef Array<T_numtype,rank> T_slice;
};


}

#endif // BZ_ARRAYSLICE_H
