libos: Document Action.h

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namespace os
{
/**
* @brief Wrapper for callable objects.
*
* Certain callable types such as capture lambdas don't have a named type, thus they can't be passed to functions as
* arguments. The Action type acts as a callable wrapper for such functions, allowing them to be passed as arguments
* to any function.
*/
class Action
{
public:
/**
* @brief Construct a new empty Action object.
*
* Since it is not wrapping any callable object, this object is invalid and attempting to invoke its
* (nonexistent) callable object will result in a crash at runtime.
*/
Action()
{
m_action = nullptr;
}
/**
* @brief Construct a new Action object, moving it from another one.
*
* @param other The old Action object to move from. This object will become invalid.
*/
Action(Action&& other) : m_action(other.m_action)
{
other.m_action = nullptr;
}
/**
* @brief Construct a new Action object from a callable object.
*
* @tparam T The type of the callable object. Since this can be guessed by template deduction, the object
* doesn't actually need a type name.
* @param function The callable object to wrap.
*/
template <typename T> Action(T&& function)
{
m_action = new (std::nothrow) ActionImpl<T>(move(function));
}
/**
* @brief Assign a new callable object to this Action.
*
* @tparam T The type of the callable object. Since this can be guessed by template deduction, the object
* doesn't actually need a type name.
* @param function The callable object to wrap.
* @return Action& A reference to this object, as required by operator=().
*/
template <typename T> Action& operator=(T&& function)
{
if (m_action) delete m_action;
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return *this;
}
/**
* @brief Call the underlying object.
*/
void operator()()
{
check(m_action);
expect(m_action, "os::Action called with no underlying callable object");
return m_action->call();
}