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##### Attribute Transformation Pseudo Generator (`attr_cast`)

###### Description

The `attr_cast<Exposed, Transformed>()` component invokes the embedded generator while supplying an attribute of type `Transformed`. The supplied attribute gets created from the original attribute (of type `Exposed`) passed to this component using the customization point `traits::transform_attribute`.

###### Header

    // forwards to <boost/spirit/home/karma/auxiliary/attr_cast.hpp>
    #include <boost/spirit/include/karma_attr_cast.hpp>

Also, see Include Structure.

###### Namespace

Name
`boost::spirit::attr_cast // alias: boost::spirit::karma::attr_cast`

###### Synopsis

    template <Exposed, Transformed>
    <unspecified> attr_cast(<unspecified>);

###### Template parameters

Parameter | Description | Default
--- | --- | ---
`Exposed` | The type of the attribute supplied to the `attr_cast`. | `unused_type`
`Transformed` | The type of the attribute expected by the embedded generator `g`. | `unused_type`

The `attr_cast` is a function template. It is possible to invoke it using the following schemes:

    attr_cast(g)
    attr_cast<Exposed>(g)
    attr_cast<Exposed, Transformed>(g)

depending on which of the attribute types can be deduced properly if not explicitly specified.

###### Model of

> `UnaryGenerator`

Notation

`g`

  A generator object.

###### Expression Semantics

Semantics of an expression is defined only where it differs from, or is not defined in `UnaryGenerator`.

Expression | Semantics
--- | ---
`attr_cast(g)` | Create a component invoking the generator `g` while passing an attribute of the type as normally expected by `g`. The type of the supplied attribute will be transformed to the type `g` exposes as its attribute type (by using the attribute customization point `traits::transform_attribute`). This generator does not fail unless `g` fails.
`attr_cast<Exposed>(g)` | Create a component invoking the generator `g` while passing an attribute of the type as normally expected by `g`. The supplied attribute is expected to be of the type `Exposed`, it will be transformed to the type `g` exposes as its attribute type (using the attribute customization point `traits::transform_attribute`). This generator does not fail unless `g` fails.
`attr_cast<Exposed, Transformed>(g)` | Create a component invoking the generator `g` while passing an attribute of type `Transformed`. The supplied attribute is expected to be of the type `Exposed`, it will be transformed to the type `Transformed` (using the attribute customization point `traits::transform_attribute`). This generator does not fail unless `g` fails.

###### Attributes

Expression | Attribute
--- | ---
`attr_cast(g)` | `g: A --> attr_cast(g): A`
`attr_cast<Exposed>(g)` | `g: A --> attr_cast<Exposed>(g): Exposed`
`attr_cast<Exposed, Transformed>(g)` | `g: A --> attr_cast<Exposed, Transformed>(g): Exposed`

###### Complexity

> The complexity of this component is fully defined by the complexity of the embedded generator `g`.

###### Example

| Note
The test harness for the example(s) below is presented in the Basics Examples section.

Some includes:

    #include <boost/spirit/include/karma.hpp>
    #include <boost/spirit/include/support_utree.hpp>
    #include <boost/spirit/include/phoenix_core.hpp>
    #include <boost/spirit/include/phoenix_operator.hpp>
    #include <boost/fusion/include/std_pair.hpp>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>

Some using declarations:

    using boost::spirit::karma::int_;

The example references data structure `int_data` which needs a specialization of the customization point `traits::transform_attribute`:

    // this is just a test structure we want to use in place of an int
    struct int_data
    {
        int i;
    };

    // we provide a custom attribute transformation to allow its use as an int
    namespace boost { namespace spirit { namespace traits
    {
        template <>
        struct transform_attribute<int_data const, int, karma::domain>
        {
            typedef int type;
            static int pre(int_data const& d) { return d.i; }
        };
    }}}

Now we use the `attr_cast` pseudo generator to invoke the attribute transformation:

    int_data d = { 1 };
    test_generator_attr("1", boost::spirit::karma::attr_cast(int_), d);