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/*! \file polymorphic_impl.hpp

    \brief Internal polymorphism support

    \ingroup Internal */

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/* This code is heavily inspired by the boost serialization implementation by the following authors

   (C) Copyright 2002 Robert Ramey - http://www.rrsd.com .

   Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software

   License, Version 1.0. (See http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

    See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.

   (C) Copyright 2006 David Abrahams - http://www.boost.org.

   See /boost/serialization/export.hpp, /boost/archive/detail/register_archive.hpp,

   and /boost/serialization/void_cast.hpp for their implementation. Additional details

   found in other files split across serialization and archive.

*/

#ifndef CEREAL_DETAILS_POLYMORPHIC_IMPL_HPP_

#define CEREAL_DETAILS_POLYMORPHIC_IMPL_HPP_

#include "cereal/details/polymorphic_impl_fwd.hpp"

#include "cereal/details/static_object.hpp"

#include "cereal/types/memory.hpp"

#include "cereal/types/string.hpp"

#include <functional>

#include <typeindex>

#include <map>

#include <limits>

#include <set>

#include <stack>

//! Binds a polymorhic type to all registered archives

/*! This binds a polymorphic type to all compatible registered archives that

    have been registered with CEREAL_REGISTER_ARCHIVE.  This must be called

    after all archives are registered (usually after the archives themselves

    have been included). */

#define CEREAL_BIND_TO_ARCHIVES(...)                                     \

    namespace cereal {                                                   \

    namespace detail {                                                   \

    template<>                                                           \

    struct init_binding<__VA_ARGS__> {                                   \

        static bind_to_archives<__VA_ARGS__> const & b;                  \

        static void unused() { (void)b; }                                \

    };                                                                   \

    bind_to_archives<__VA_ARGS__> const & init_binding<__VA_ARGS__>::b = \

        ::cereal::detail::StaticObject<                                  \

            bind_to_archives<__VA_ARGS__>                                \

        >::getInstance().bind();                                         \

    }} /* end namespaces */

namespace cereal

{

  /* Polymorphic casting support */

  namespace detail

  {

    //! Base type for polymorphic void casting

    /*! Contains functions for casting between registered base and derived types.

        This is necessary so that cereal can properly cast between polymorphic types

        even though void pointers are used, which normally have no type information.

        Runtime type information is used instead to index a compile-time made mapping

        that can perform the proper cast. In the case of multiple levels of inheritance,

        cereal will attempt to find the shortest path by using registered relationships to

        perform the cast.

        This class will be allocated as a StaticObject and only referenced by pointer,

        allowing a templated derived version of it to define strongly typed functions

        that cast between registered base and derived types. */

    struct PolymorphicCaster

    {

      PolymorphicCaster() = default;

      PolymorphicCaster( const PolymorphicCaster & ) = default;

      PolymorphicCaster & operator=( const PolymorphicCaster & ) = default;

      PolymorphicCaster( PolymorphicCaster && ) CEREAL_NOEXCEPT {}

      PolymorphicCaster & operator=( PolymorphicCaster && ) CEREAL_NOEXCEPT { return *this; }

      virtual ~PolymorphicCaster() CEREAL_NOEXCEPT = default;

      //! Downcasts to the proper derived type

      virtual void const * downcast( void const * const ptr ) const = 0;

      //! Upcast to proper base type

      virtual void * upcast( void * const ptr ) const = 0;

      //! Upcast to proper base type, shared_ptr version

      virtual std::shared_ptr<void> upcast( std::shared_ptr<void> const & ptr ) const = 0;

    };

    //! Holds registered mappings between base and derived types for casting

    /*! This will be allocated as a StaticObject and holds a map containing

        all registered mappings between base and derived types. */

    struct PolymorphicCasters

    {

      //! Maps from base type index to a map from derived type index to caster

      std::map<std::type_index, std::map<std::type_index, std::vector<PolymorphicCaster const*>>> map;

      std::multimap<std::type_index, std::type_index> reverseMap;

      //! Error message used for unregistered polymorphic casts

      #define UNREGISTERED_POLYMORPHIC_CAST_EXCEPTION(LoadSave)                                                                                                                \

        throw cereal::Exception("Trying to " #LoadSave " a registered polymorphic type with an unregistered polymorphic cast.\n"                                               \

                                "Could not find a path to a base class (" + util::demangle(baseInfo.name()) + ") for type: " + ::cereal::util::demangledName<Derived>() + "\n" \

                                "Make sure you either serialize the base class at some point via cereal::base_class or cereal::virtual_base_class.\n"                          \

                                "Alternatively, manually register the association with CEREAL_REGISTER_POLYMORPHIC_RELATION.");

      //! Checks if the mapping object that can perform the upcast or downcast

      /*! Uses the type index from the base and derived class to find the matching

          registered caster. If no matching caster exists, returns false. */

      static bool exists( std::type_index const & baseIndex, std::type_index const & derivedIndex )

      {

        // First phase of lookup - match base type index

        auto const & baseMap = StaticObject<PolymorphicCasters>::getInstance().map;

        auto baseIter = baseMap.find( baseIndex );

        if (baseIter == baseMap.end())

          return false;

        // Second phase - find a match from base to derived

        auto & derivedMap = baseIter->second;

        auto derivedIter = derivedMap.find( derivedIndex );

        if (derivedIter == derivedMap.end())

          return false;

        return true;

      }

      //! Gets the mapping object that can perform the upcast or downcast

      /*! Uses the type index from the base and derived class to find the matching

          registered caster. If no matching caster exists, calls the exception function.

          The returned PolymorphicCaster is capable of upcasting or downcasting between the two types. */

      template <class F> inline

      static std::vector<PolymorphicCaster const *> const & lookup( std::type_index const & baseIndex, std::type_index const & derivedIndex, F && exceptionFunc )

      {

        // First phase of lookup - match base type index

        auto const & baseMap = StaticObject<PolymorphicCasters>::getInstance().map;

        auto baseIter = baseMap.find( baseIndex );

        if( baseIter == baseMap.end() )

          exceptionFunc();

        // Second phase - find a match from base to derived

        auto & derivedMap = baseIter->second;

        auto derivedIter = derivedMap.find( derivedIndex );

        if( derivedIter == derivedMap.end() )

          exceptionFunc();

        return derivedIter->second;

      }

      //! Performs a downcast to the derived type using a registered mapping

      template <class Derived> inline

      static const Derived * downcast( const void * dptr, std::type_info const & baseInfo )

      {

        auto const & mapping = lookup( baseInfo, typeid(Derived), [&](){ UNREGISTERED_POLYMORPHIC_CAST_EXCEPTION(save) } );

        for( auto const * map : mapping )

          dptr = map->downcast( dptr );

        return static_cast<Derived const *>( dptr );

      }

      //! Performs an upcast to the registered base type using the given a derived type

      /*! The return is untyped because the final casting to the base type must happen in the polymorphic

          serialization function, where the type is known at compile time */

      template <class Derived> inline

      static void * upcast( Derived * const dptr, std::type_info const & baseInfo )

      {

        auto const & mapping = lookup( baseInfo, typeid(Derived), [&](){ UNREGISTERED_POLYMORPHIC_CAST_EXCEPTION(load) } );

        void * uptr = dptr;

        for( auto mIter = mapping.rbegin(), mEnd = mapping.rend(); mIter != mEnd; ++mIter )

          uptr = (*mIter)->upcast( uptr );

        return uptr;

      }

      //! Upcasts for shared pointers

      template <class Derived> inline

      static std::shared_ptr<void> upcast( std::shared_ptr<Derived> const & dptr, std::type_info const & baseInfo )

      {

        auto const & mapping = lookup( baseInfo, typeid(Derived), [&](){ UNREGISTERED_POLYMORPHIC_CAST_EXCEPTION(load) } );

        std::shared_ptr<void> uptr = dptr;

        for( auto mIter = mapping.rbegin(), mEnd = mapping.rend(); mIter != mEnd; ++mIter )

          uptr = (*mIter)->upcast( uptr );

        return uptr;

      }

      #undef UNREGISTERED_POLYMORPHIC_CAST_EXCEPTION

    };

    //! Strongly typed derivation of PolymorphicCaster

    template <class Base, class Derived>

    struct PolymorphicVirtualCaster : PolymorphicCaster

    {

      //! Inserts an entry in the polymorphic casting map for this pairing

      /*! Creates an explicit mapping between Base and Derived in both upwards and

          downwards directions, allowing void pointers to either to be properly cast

          assuming dynamic type information is available */

      PolymorphicVirtualCaster()

      {

        const auto baseKey = std::type_index(typeid(Base));

        const auto derivedKey = std::type_index(typeid(Derived));

        // First insert the relation Base->Derived

        const auto lock = StaticObject<PolymorphicCasters>::lock();

        auto & baseMap = StaticObject<PolymorphicCasters>::getInstance().map;

        auto lb = baseMap.lower_bound(baseKey);

        {

          auto & derivedMap = baseMap.insert( lb, {baseKey, {}} )->second;

          auto lbd = derivedMap.lower_bound(derivedKey);

          auto & derivedVec = derivedMap.insert( lbd, { std::move(derivedKey), {}} )->second;

          derivedVec.push_back( this );

        }

        // Insert reverse relation Derived->Base

        auto & reverseMap = StaticObject<PolymorphicCasters>::getInstance().reverseMap;

        reverseMap.insert( {derivedKey, baseKey} );

        // Find all chainable unregistered relations

        /* The strategy here is to process only the nodes in the class hierarchy graph that have been

           affected by the new insertion. The aglorithm iteratively processes a node an ensures that it

           is updated with all new shortest length paths. It then rocesses the parents of the active node,

           with the knowledge that all children have already been processed.

           Note that for the following, we'll use the nomenclature of parent and child to not confuse with

           the inserted base derived relationship */

        {

          // Checks whether there is a path from parent->child and returns a <dist, path> pair

          // dist is set to MAX if the path does not exist

          auto checkRelation = [](std::type_index const & parentInfo, std::type_index const & childInfo) ->

            std::pair<size_t, std::vector<PolymorphicCaster const *>>

          {

            if( PolymorphicCasters::exists( parentInfo, childInfo ) )

            {

              auto const & path = PolymorphicCasters::lookup( parentInfo, childInfo, [](){} );

              return {path.size(), path};

            }

            else

              return {std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max(), {}};

          };

          std::stack<std::type_index> parentStack;      // Holds the parent nodes to be processed

          std::set<std::type_index>   dirtySet;         // Marks child nodes that have been changed

          std::set<std::type_index>   processedParents; // Marks parent nodes that have been processed

          // Begin processing the base key and mark derived as dirty

          parentStack.push( baseKey );

          dirtySet.insert( derivedKey );

          while( !parentStack.empty() )

          {

            using Relations = std::multimap<std::type_index, std::pair<std::type_index, std::vector<PolymorphicCaster const *>>>;

            Relations unregisteredRelations; // Defer insertions until after main loop to prevent iterator invalidation

            const auto parent = parentStack.top();

            parentStack.pop();

            // Update paths to all children marked dirty

            for( auto const & childPair : baseMap[parent] )

            {

              const auto child = childPair.first;

              if( dirtySet.count( child ) && baseMap.count( child ) )

              {

                auto parentChildPath = checkRelation( parent, child );

                // Search all paths from the child to its own children (finalChild),

                // looking for a shorter parth from parent to finalChild

                for( auto const & finalChildPair : baseMap[child] )

                {

                  const auto finalChild = finalChildPair.first;

                  auto parentFinalChildPath = checkRelation( parent, finalChild );

                  auto childFinalChildPath  = checkRelation( child, finalChild );

                  const size_t newLength = 1u + parentChildPath.first;

                  if( newLength < parentFinalChildPath.first )

                  {

                    std::vector<PolymorphicCaster const *> path = parentChildPath.second;

                    path.insert( path.end(), childFinalChildPath.second.begin(), childFinalChildPath.second.end() );

                    // Check to see if we have a previous uncommitted path in unregisteredRelations

                    // that is shorter. If so, ignore this path

                    auto hintRange = unregisteredRelations.equal_range( parent );

                    auto hint = hintRange.first;

                    for( ; hint != hintRange.second; ++hint )

                      if( hint->second.first == finalChild )

                        break;

                    const bool uncommittedExists = hint != unregisteredRelations.end();

                    if( uncommittedExists && (hint->second.second.size() <= newLength) )

                      continue;

                    auto newPath = std::pair<std::type_index, std::vector<PolymorphicCaster const *>>{finalChild, std::move(path)};

                    // Insert the new path if it doesn't exist, otherwise this will just lookup where to do the

                    // replacement

                    #ifdef CEREAL_OLDER_GCC

                    auto old = unregisteredRelations.insert( hint, std::make_pair(parent, newPath) );

                    #else // NOT CEREAL_OLDER_GCC

                    auto old = unregisteredRelations.emplace_hint( hint, parent, newPath );

                    #endif // NOT CEREAL_OLDER_GCC

                    // If there was an uncommitted path, we need to perform a replacement

                    if( uncommittedExists )

                      old->second = newPath;

                  }

                } // end loop over child's children

              } // end if dirty and child has children

            } // end loop over children

            // Insert chained relations

            for( auto const & it : unregisteredRelations )

            {

              auto & derivedMap = baseMap.find( it.first )->second;

              derivedMap[it.second.first] = it.second.second;

              reverseMap.insert( {it.second.first, it.first} );

            }

            // Mark current parent as modified

            dirtySet.insert( parent );

            // Insert all parents of the current parent node that haven't yet been processed

            auto parentRange = reverseMap.equal_range( parent );

            for( auto pIter = parentRange.first; pIter != parentRange.second; ++pIter )

            {

              const auto pParent = pIter->second;

              if( !processedParents.count( pParent ) )

              {

                parentStack.push( pParent );

                processedParents.insert( pParent );

              }

            }

          } // end loop over parent stack

        } // end chainable relations

      } // end PolymorphicVirtualCaster()

      //! Performs the proper downcast with the templated types

      void const * downcast( void const * const ptr ) const override

      {

        return dynamic_cast<Derived const*>( static_cast<Base const*>( ptr ) );

      }

      //! Performs the proper upcast with the templated types

      void * upcast( void * const ptr ) const override

      {

        return dynamic_cast<Base*>( static_cast<Derived*>( ptr ) );

      }

      //! Performs the proper upcast with the templated types (shared_ptr version)

      std::shared_ptr<void> upcast( std::shared_ptr<void> const & ptr ) const override

      {

        return std::dynamic_pointer_cast<Base>( std::static_pointer_cast<Derived>( ptr ) );

      }

    };

    //! Registers a polymorphic casting relation between a Base and Derived type

    /*! Registering a relation allows cereal to properly cast between the two types

        given runtime type information and void pointers.

        Registration happens automatically via cereal::base_class and cereal::virtual_base_class

        instantiations. For cases where neither is called, see the CEREAL_REGISTER_POLYMORPHIC_RELATION

        macro */

    template <class Base, class Derived>

    struct RegisterPolymorphicCaster

    {

      static PolymorphicCaster const * bind( std::true_type /* is_polymorphic<Base> */)

      {

        return &StaticObject<PolymorphicVirtualCaster<Base, Derived>>::getInstance();

      }

      static PolymorphicCaster const * bind( std::false_type /* is_polymorphic<Base> */ )

      { return nullptr; }

      //! Performs registration (binding) between Base and Derived

      /*! If the type is not polymorphic, nothing will happen */

      static PolymorphicCaster const * bind()

      { return bind( typename std::is_polymorphic<Base>::type() ); }

    };

  }

  /* General polymorphism support */

  namespace detail

  {

    //! Binds a compile time type with a user defined string

    template <class T>

    struct binding_name {};

    //! A structure holding a map from type_indices to output serializer functions

    /*! A static object of this map should be created for each registered archive

        type, containing entries for every registered type that describe how to

        properly cast the type to its real type in polymorphic scenarios for

        shared_ptr, weak_ptr, and unique_ptr. */

    template <class Archive>

    struct OutputBindingMap

    {

      //! A serializer function

      /*! Serializer functions return nothing and take an archive as

          their first parameter (will be cast properly inside the function,

          a pointer to actual data (contents of smart_ptr's get() function)

          as their second parameter, and the type info of the owning smart_ptr

          as their final parameter */

      typedef std::function<void(void*, void const *, std::type_info const &)> Serializer;

      //! Struct containing the serializer functions for all pointer types

      struct Serializers

      {

        Serializer shared_ptr, //!< Serializer function for shared/weak pointers

                   unique_ptr; //!< Serializer function for unique pointers

      };

      //! A map of serializers for pointers of all registered types

      std::map<std::type_index, Serializers> map;

    };

    //! An empty noop deleter

    template<class T> struct EmptyDeleter { void operator()(T *) const {} };

    //! A structure holding a map from type name strings to input serializer functions

    /*! A static object of this map should be created for each registered archive

        type, containing entries for every registered type that describe how to

        properly cast the type to its real type in polymorphic scenarios for

        shared_ptr, weak_ptr, and unique_ptr. */

    template <class Archive>

    struct InputBindingMap

    {

      //! Shared ptr serializer function

      /*! Serializer functions return nothing and take an archive as

          their first parameter (will be cast properly inside the function,

          a shared_ptr (or unique_ptr for the unique case) of any base

          type, and the type id of said base type as the third parameter.

          Internally it will properly be loaded and cast to the correct type. */

      typedef std::function<void(void*, std::shared_ptr<void> &, std::type_info const &)> SharedSerializer;

      //! Unique ptr serializer function

      typedef std::function<void(void*, std::unique_ptr<void, EmptyDeleter<void>> &, std::type_info const &)> UniqueSerializer;

      //! Struct containing the serializer functions for all pointer types

      struct Serializers

      {

        SharedSerializer shared_ptr; //!< Serializer function for shared/weak pointers

        UniqueSerializer unique_ptr; //!< Serializer function for unique pointers

      };

      //! A map of serializers for pointers of all registered types

      std::map<std::string, Serializers> map;

    };

    // forward decls for archives from cereal.hpp

    class InputArchiveBase;

    class OutputArchiveBase;

    //! Creates a binding (map entry) between an input archive type and a polymorphic type

    /*! Bindings are made when types are registered, assuming that at least one

        archive has already been registered.  When this struct is created,

        it will insert (at run time) an entry into a map that properly handles

        casting for serializing polymorphic objects */

    template <class Archive, class T> struct InputBindingCreator

    {

      //! Initialize the binding

      InputBindingCreator()

      {

        auto & map = StaticObject<InputBindingMap<Archive>>::getInstance().map;

        auto lock = StaticObject<InputBindingMap<Archive>>::lock();

        auto key = std::string(binding_name<T>::name());

        auto lb = map.lower_bound(key);

        if (lb != map.end() && lb->first == key)

          return;

        typename InputBindingMap<Archive>::Serializers serializers;

        serializers.shared_ptr =

          [](void * arptr, std::shared_ptr<void> & dptr, std::type_info const & baseInfo)

          {

            Archive & ar = *static_cast<Archive*>(arptr);

            std::shared_ptr<T> ptr;

            ar( CEREAL_NVP_("ptr_wrapper", ::cereal::memory_detail::make_ptr_wrapper(ptr)) );

            dptr = PolymorphicCasters::template upcast<T>( ptr, baseInfo );

          };

        serializers.unique_ptr =

          [](void * arptr, std::unique_ptr<void, EmptyDeleter<void>> & dptr, std::type_info const & baseInfo)

          {

            Archive & ar = *static_cast<Archive*>(arptr);

            std::unique_ptr<T> ptr;

            ar( CEREAL_NVP_("ptr_wrapper", ::cereal::memory_detail::make_ptr_wrapper(ptr)) );

            dptr.reset( PolymorphicCasters::template upcast<T>( ptr.release(), baseInfo ));

          };

        map.insert( lb, { std::move(key), std::move(serializers) } );

      }

    };

    //! Creates a binding (map entry) between an output archive type and a polymorphic type

    /*! Bindings are made when types are registered, assuming that at least one

        archive has already been registered.  When this struct is created,

        it will insert (at run time) an entry into a map that properly handles

        casting for serializing polymorphic objects */

    template <class Archive, class T> struct OutputBindingCreator

    {

      //! Writes appropriate metadata to the archive for this polymorphic type

      static void writeMetadata(Archive & ar)

      {

        // Register the polymorphic type name with the archive, and get the id

        char const * name = binding_name<T>::name();

        std::uint32_t id = ar.registerPolymorphicType(name);

        // Serialize the id

        ar( CEREAL_NVP_("polymorphic_id", id) );

        // If the msb of the id is 1, then the type name is new, and we should serialize it

        if( id & detail::msb_32bit )

        {

          std::string namestring(name);

          ar( CEREAL_NVP_("polymorphic_name", namestring) );

        }

      }

      //! Holds a properly typed shared_ptr to the polymorphic type

      class PolymorphicSharedPointerWrapper

      {

        public:

          /*! Wrap a raw polymorphic pointer in a shared_ptr to its true type

              The wrapped pointer will not be responsible for ownership of the held pointer

              so it will not attempt to destroy it; instead the refcount of the wrapped

              pointer will be tied to a fake 'ownership pointer' that will do nothing

              when it ultimately goes out of scope.

              The main reason for doing this, other than not to destroy the true object

              with our wrapper pointer, is to avoid meddling with the internal reference

              count in a polymorphic type that inherits from std::enable_shared_from_this.

              @param dptr A void pointer to the contents of the shared_ptr to serialize */

          PolymorphicSharedPointerWrapper( T const * dptr ) : refCount(), wrappedPtr( refCount, dptr )

          { }

          //! Get the wrapped shared_ptr */

          inline std::shared_ptr<T const> const & operator()() const { return wrappedPtr; }

        private:

          std::shared_ptr<void> refCount;      //!< The ownership pointer

          std::shared_ptr<T const> wrappedPtr; //!< The wrapped pointer

      };

      //! Does the actual work of saving a polymorphic shared_ptr

      /*! This function will properly create a shared_ptr from the void * that is passed in

          before passing it to the archive for serialization.

          In addition, this will also preserve the state of any internal enable_shared_from_this mechanisms

          @param ar The archive to serialize to

          @param dptr Pointer to the actual data held by the shared_ptr */

      static inline void savePolymorphicSharedPtr( Archive & ar, T const * dptr, std::true_type /* has_shared_from_this */ )

      {

        ::cereal::memory_detail::EnableSharedStateHelper<T> state( const_cast<T *>(dptr) );

        PolymorphicSharedPointerWrapper psptr( dptr );

        ar( CEREAL_NVP_("ptr_wrapper", memory_detail::make_ptr_wrapper( psptr() ) ) );

      }

      //! Does the actual work of saving a polymorphic shared_ptr

      /*! This function will properly create a shared_ptr from the void * that is passed in

          before passing it to the archive for serialization.

          This version is for types that do not inherit from std::enable_shared_from_this.

          @param ar The archive to serialize to

          @param dptr Pointer to the actual data held by the shared_ptr */

      static inline void savePolymorphicSharedPtr( Archive & ar, T const * dptr, std::false_type /* has_shared_from_this */ )

      {

        PolymorphicSharedPointerWrapper psptr( dptr );

        ar( CEREAL_NVP_("ptr_wrapper", memory_detail::make_ptr_wrapper( psptr() ) ) );

      }

      //! Initialize the binding

      OutputBindingCreator()

      {

        auto & map = StaticObject<OutputBindingMap<Archive>>::getInstance().map;

        auto key = std::type_index(typeid(T));

        auto lb = map.lower_bound(key);

        if (lb != map.end() && lb->first == key)

          return;

        typename OutputBindingMap<Archive>::Serializers serializers;

        serializers.shared_ptr =

          [&](void * arptr, void const * dptr, std::type_info const & baseInfo)

          {

            Archive & ar = *static_cast<Archive*>(arptr);

            writeMetadata(ar);

            auto ptr = PolymorphicCasters::template downcast<T>( dptr, baseInfo );

            #ifdef _MSC_VER

            savePolymorphicSharedPtr( ar, ptr, ::cereal::traits::has_shared_from_this<T>::type() ); // MSVC doesn't like typename here

            #else // not _MSC_VER

            savePolymorphicSharedPtr( ar, ptr, typename ::cereal::traits::has_shared_from_this<T>::type() );

            #endif // _MSC_VER

          };

        serializers.unique_ptr =

          [&](void * arptr, void const * dptr, std::type_info const & baseInfo)

          {

            Archive & ar = *static_cast<Archive*>(arptr);

            writeMetadata(ar);

            std::unique_ptr<T const, EmptyDeleter<T const>> const ptr( PolymorphicCasters::template downcast<T>( dptr, baseInfo ) );

            ar( CEREAL_NVP_("ptr_wrapper", memory_detail::make_ptr_wrapper(ptr)) );

          };

        map.insert( { std::move(key), std::move(serializers) } );

      }

    };

    //! Used to help out argument dependent lookup for finding potential overloads

    //! of instantiate_polymorphic_binding

    struct adl_tag {};

    //! Tag for init_binding, bind_to_archives and instantiate_polymorphic_binding. Due to the use of anonymous

    //! namespace it becomes a different type in each translation unit.

    namespace { struct polymorphic_binding_tag {}; }

    //! Causes the static object bindings between an archive type and a serializable type T

    template <class Archive, class T>

    struct create_bindings

    {

      static const InputBindingCreator<Archive, T> &

      load(std::true_type)

      {

        return cereal::detail::StaticObject<InputBindingCreator<Archive, T>>::getInstance();

      }

      static const OutputBindingCreator<Archive, T> &

      save(std::true_type)

      {

        return cereal::detail::StaticObject<OutputBindingCreator<Archive, T>>::getInstance();

      }

      inline static void load(std::false_type) {}

      inline static void save(std::false_type) {}

    };

    //! When specialized, causes the compiler to instantiate its parameter

    template <void(*)()>

    struct instantiate_function {};

    /*! This struct is used as the return type of instantiate_polymorphic_binding

        for specific Archive types.  When the compiler looks for overloads of

        instantiate_polymorphic_binding, it will be forced to instantiate this

        struct during overload resolution, even though it will not be part of a valid

        overload */

    template <class Archive, class T>

    struct polymorphic_serialization_support

    {

      #if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)

      //! Creates the appropriate bindings depending on whether the archive supports

      //! saving or loading

      virtual CEREAL_DLL_EXPORT void instantiate() CEREAL_USED;

      #else // NOT _MSC_VER

      //! Creates the appropriate bindings depending on whether the archive supports

      //! saving or loading

      static CEREAL_DLL_EXPORT void instantiate() CEREAL_USED;

      //! This typedef causes the compiler to instantiate this static function

      typedef instantiate_function<instantiate> unused;

      #endif // _MSC_VER

    };

    // instantiate implementation

    template <class Archive, class T>

    CEREAL_DLL_EXPORT void polymorphic_serialization_support<Archive,T>::instantiate()

    {

      create_bindings<Archive,T>::save( std::integral_constant<bool,

                                          std::is_base_of<detail::OutputArchiveBase, Archive>::value &&

                                          traits::is_output_serializable<T, Archive>::value>{} );

      create_bindings<Archive,T>::load( std::integral_constant<bool,

                                          std::is_base_of<detail::InputArchiveBase, Archive>::value &&

                                          traits::is_input_serializable<T, Archive>::value>{} );

    }

    //! Begins the binding process of a type to all registered archives

    /*! Archives need to be registered prior to this struct being instantiated via

        the CEREAL_REGISTER_ARCHIVE macro.  Overload resolution will then force

        several static objects to be made that allow us to bind together all

        registered archive types with the parameter type T. */

    template <class T, class Tag = polymorphic_binding_tag>

    struct bind_to_archives

    {

      //! Binding for non abstract types

      void bind(std::false_type) const

      {

        instantiate_polymorphic_binding(static_cast<T*>(nullptr), 0, Tag{}, adl_tag{});

      }

      //! Binding for abstract types

      void bind(std::true_type) const

      { }

      //! Binds the type T to all registered archives

      /*! If T is abstract, we will not serialize it and thus

          do not need to make a binding */

      bind_to_archives const & bind() const

      {

        static_assert( std::is_polymorphic<T>::value,

                       "Attempting to register non polymorphic type" );

        bind( std::is_abstract<T>() );

        return *this;

      }

    };

    //! Used to hide the static object used to bind T to registered archives

    template <class T, class Tag = polymorphic_binding_tag>

    struct init_binding;

    //! Base case overload for instantiation

    /*! This will end up always being the best overload due to the second

        parameter always being passed as an int.  All other overloads will

        accept pointers to archive types and have lower precedence than int.

        Since the compiler needs to check all possible overloads, the

        other overloads created via CEREAL_REGISTER_ARCHIVE, which will have

        lower precedence due to requring a conversion from int to (Archive*),

        will cause their return types to be instantiated through the static object

        mechanisms even though they are never called.

        See the documentation for the other functions to try and understand this */

    template <class T, typename BindingTag>

    void instantiate_polymorphic_binding( T*, int, BindingTag, adl_tag ) {}

  } // namespace detail

} // namespace cereal

#endif // CEREAL_DETAILS_POLYMORPHIC_IMPL_HPP_