#ifndef __bbtkTypeMapping_h_INCLUDED__
#define __bbtkTypeMapping_h_INCLUDED__


namespace bbtk 
{

/// 
template <typename ValueType>
class TypeMapping 
{
public:
  TypeMapping() {}

  template <typename T>
  ValueType& value() 
  {
    return m_map[ (void*)typeid(T).name() ];
  }
  template <typename T>
  ValueType& operator[]( const T& ) 
  {
    return m_map[ (void*)typeid(T).name() ];
  }

  ValueType& operator[]( const std::type_info& t) 
  {
    return m_map[ (void*)t.name() ];
  }
  
  unsigned int size() const { return m_map.size(); }

  typedef typename std::map<void*, ValueType>::const_iterator const_iterator;

  const_iterator begin() const { return m_map.begin(); }
  const_iterator end() const { return m_map.end(); }

protected:
  std::map<void*, ValueType> m_map;
};



}
#endif