From c27da2e38ac57f079515e4732248a87840569bc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathew Sutcliffe <oktal3700@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:30:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] refs #108, added CContainerBase::to, for converting between
 different container types

---
 src/blackmisc/containerbase.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/blackmisc/containerbase.h b/src/blackmisc/containerbase.h
index 8aac09834..c35d01db9 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/containerbase.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/containerbase.h
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     class CContainerBase : public CValueObject
     {
     public:
+        /*!
+         * \brief Return a new container of a different type, containing the same elements as this one.
+         * \tparam Other the type of the new container.
+         * \param other an optional initial value for the new container; will be copied.
+         */
+        template <template <class> class Other>
+        Other<T> to(Other<T> other = Other<T>()) const
+        {
+            for (auto it = derived().cbegin(); it != derived().cend(); ++it) { other.push_back(*it); }
+            return other;
+        }
+
         /*!
          * \brief Return a copy containing only those elements for which a given predicate returns true.
          */