Add TryClone implementation

Signed-off-by: trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>

Cargo.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,4 @@ authors = ["trivernis"]
 description = "A type to store an object with all associated traits"
 repository = "https://github.com/Trivernis/multi-trait-object/tree/main"
 
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-dyn-clone = "1.0.4"
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

src/lib.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 mod tests;
 
 pub(crate) mod macros;
+mod trait_impl;
+pub use trait_impl::*;
 
 use std::any::{Any, TypeId};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ pub struct FatPointer {
 }
 
 /// A container to store data with the associated type and trait objects
-/// allowing for casting down to traits or the concrete type
+/// allowing for casting down to trait_impl or the concrete type
 /// ```rust
 /// use multi_trait_object::prelude::*;
 /// use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
@@ -33,14 +35,14 @@ pub struct FatPointer {
 /// ```
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct MultitraitObject {
-    data: *mut (),
-    original_typeid: TypeId,
-    traits: HashMap<TypeId, *const ()>,
+    pub(crate) data: *mut (),
+    pub(crate) original_typeid: TypeId,
+    pub(crate) traits: HashMap<TypeId, *const ()>,
 }
 
 impl MultitraitObject {
     /// Creates a new multitrait object from the given value
-    /// All traits except Any must be registered on this object
+    /// All trait_impl except Any must be registered on this object
     /// in order to access them.
     pub fn new<T: 'static + Any>(value: T) -> Self {
         let any_vtable = __fat_pointer!(T as dyn Any).vptr;

src/macros.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_trait_object {
     }
 }
 
-/// Registers multiple traits on a multitrait object
+/// Registers multiple trait_impl on a multitrait object
 /// ```rust
 /// use multi_trait_object::prelude::*;
 /// use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};

src/tests.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-use dyn_clone::{clone_box, DynClone};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 struct TestStruct {
     a: u32,
     test: String,
@@ -27,15 +26,15 @@ impl ChangeStruct for TestStruct {
     }
 }
 
-impl_trait_object!(TestStruct, dyn DynClone, dyn ChangeStruct, dyn Debug);
+impl_trait_object!(TestStruct, dyn RawClone, dyn ChangeStruct, dyn Debug);
 
 #[test]
 fn it_creates_fat_pointers() {
     let debug_vtable1 = __fat_pointer!(TestStruct as dyn Debug).vptr;
-    let dclone_vtable1 = __fat_pointer!(TestStruct as dyn DynClone).vptr;
+    let dclone_vtable1 = __fat_pointer!(TestStruct as dyn RawClone).vptr;
     let debug_vtable2 = __fat_pointer!(TestStruct as dyn Debug).vptr;
     assert_eq!(debug_vtable1, debug_vtable2);
-    let dclone_vtable2 = __fat_pointer!(TestStruct as dyn DynClone).vptr;
+    let dclone_vtable2 = __fat_pointer!(TestStruct as dyn RawClone).vptr;
     assert_eq!(dclone_vtable1, dclone_vtable2);
 }
 
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ fn it_downcasts_traits() {
     let mto = TestStruct::default().into_multitrait();
     let debug = mto.downcast_trait::<dyn Debug>().unwrap();
     let _ = format!("{:?}", debug);
-    let obj = mto.downcast_trait::<dyn DynClone>().unwrap();
-    let _new_obj = clone_box(&*obj);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -79,4 +76,13 @@ fn it_downcasts_to_original() {
     let result = mto.downcast::<TestStruct>().unwrap();
     assert_eq!(result.a, 5);
     assert_eq!(result.test, String::from("Hello World"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn it_tries_cloning() {
+    let mto = TestStruct::default().into_multitrait();
+    let mto2 = mto.try_clone().unwrap();
+    let obj1 = mto.downcast::<TestStruct>();
+    let obj2 = mto2.downcast::<TestStruct>();
+    assert_eq!(obj1, obj2);
 }

src/trait_impl/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mod try_clone;
+pub use try_clone::*;

src/trait_impl/try_clone.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use crate::{MultitraitObject};
+
+pub trait TryClone: Sized {
+    fn try_clone(&self) -> Option<Self>;
+}
+
+/// Returns a raw pointer to the cloned data.
+/// This will leak the memory of the underlying pointer.
+/// This trait is implemented for all types that implement clone
+/// so you can pass this trait to the object constructor. This
+/// way the given object can be cloned with [TryClone].
+pub unsafe trait RawClone {
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    #[must_use]
+    unsafe fn raw_clone(&self) -> *mut ();
+}
+
+unsafe impl<T: Clone> RawClone for T {
+    unsafe fn raw_clone(&self) -> *mut () {
+        Box::into_raw(Box::new(self.clone())) as *mut ()
+    }
+}
+
+/// A trait that tries cloning an object and returns an option
+/// with the variant depending on the result.
+impl TryClone for MultitraitObject {
+    fn try_clone(&self) -> Option<Self> {
+        let clone = self.downcast_trait::<dyn RawClone>()?;
+        let data_ptr = unsafe {
+            clone.raw_clone()
+        };
+        Some(MultitraitObject {
+            data: data_ptr,
+            original_typeid: self.original_typeid.clone(),
+            traits: self.traits.clone(),
+        })
+    }
+}