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#ifndef DUMUX_TYPETRAITS_ISVALID_HH
#define DUMUX_TYPETRAITS_ISVALID_HH
 
#include <type_traits>
 
namespace Dumux {
 
namespace Detail {
 
// the functor testing an expression for validity
// Expression: can be for example a lambda expression
template <typename Expression>
struct ValidityTestFunctor
{
private:
    // std::declval creates an object of expression
    // the expression, i.e. a lambda expression gets an object as a parameter and does checks on it.
    // so we create also an object of the parameter usiung std::declval
    // if decltype can evaluate the type, i.e. the object parameter is a valid argument for the expression
    // we return std::true_type
    // note: the int is used to give the first overload always precedence
    // note: the last argument in decltype determines the deduced type but all types need to be valid
    template <typename Argument>
    constexpr auto testArgument_(int /* unused int to make this overload the priority choice */) const
    -> decltype(std::declval<Expression>()(std::declval<Argument>()), std::true_type())
    { return std::true_type(); }
 
    // otherwise we return std::false_type, i.e. this is the fallback
    template <typename Argument>
    constexpr std::false_type testArgument_(...) const
    { return std::false_type(); }
 
public:
    // the operator () takes the argument we want to use as argument to the test expression
    // note we use the int to prefer the "valid"-result overload of test_ if possible
    template <typename Argument>
    constexpr auto operator() (const Argument& arg) const
    { return testArgument_<Argument>(int()); }
 
    // check function takes the template argument explicitly
    template <typename Argument>
    constexpr auto check () const
    { return testArgument_<Argument>(int()); }
};
 
} // end namespace Detail
 
 
template <typename Expression>
constexpr auto isValid(const Expression& t)
{ return Detail::ValidityTestFunctor<Expression>(); }
 
} // end namespace Dumux
 
#endif