identity.h

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#ifndef EMBB_ALGORITHMS_IDENTITY_H_
#define EMBB_ALGORITHMS_IDENTITY_H_

namespace embb {
namespace algorithms {

/**
 * Unary identity functor.
 *
 * \ingroup CPP_ALGORITHMS
 */
struct Identity {
  /**
   * Returns \c value unchanged.
   *
   * \return \c value
   * \tparam Type Any type
   */
  template<typename Type>
  Type& operator()(
    Type& value
    /**< [IN] Value that is returned unchanged */
    ) {
    return value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns \c value unchanged.
   *
   * \return \c value
   * \tparam Type Any type
   */
  template<typename Type>
  const Type& operator()(
    const Type& value
    /**< [IN] Value that is returned unchanged */
    ) {
    return value;
  }
};

}  // namespace algorithms
}  // namespace embb

#endif  // EMBB_ALGORITHMS_IDENTITY_H_