std::optional<T>::transform

If *this contains a value, invokes f with the contained value as an argument, and returns an std::optional that contains the result of that invocation; otherwise, returns an empty std::optional

The type of contained value in the result (denoted by U below) must be a non-array object type, and must not be std::in_place_t or std::nullopt_t

Parameters

Return value

An std::optional containing the result of f or an empty std::optional

Notes

Because transform directly constructs a U object at the right location, rather than passing it to a constructor, std::is_move_constructible_v<U> can be false

As the callable f can't return a reference type, it cannot be a pointer to data member.

Some languages call this operation map.

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <optional>
 
struct A { /* ... */ };
struct B { /* ... */ };
struct C { /* ... */ };
struct D { /* ... */ };
 
auto A_to_B(A) -> B { /* ... */ std::cout << "A => B \n"; return {}; }
auto B_to_C(B) -> C { /* ... */ std::cout << "B => C \n"; return {}; }
auto C_to_D(C) -> D { /* ... */ std::cout << "C => D \n"; return {}; }
 
void try_transform_A_to_D(std::optional<A> o_A)
{
    std::cout << (o_A ? "o_A has a value\n" : "o_A is empty\n");
 
    std::optional<D> o_D = o_A.transform(A_to_B)
                              .transform(B_to_C)
                              .transform(C_to_D);
 
    std::cout << (o_D ? "o_D has a value\n\n" : "o_D is empty\n\n");
};
 
int main()
{
    try_transform_A_to_D( A{} );
    try_transform_A_to_D( {} );
}

o_A has a value
A => B
B => C
C => D
o_D has a value
 
o_A is empty
o_D is empty

See also