I have a trait MyTrait
, and I want all trait objects &MyTrait
to be comparable to each other and to nothing else. I have that now based on How to test for equality between trait objects?.
The problem is that I need to use MyTraitComparable
everywhere, instead of MyTrait
. Is there a way to get around this?
use std::any::Any;
trait MyTrait {}
trait MyTraitComparable: MyTrait {
fn as_any(&self) -> &Any;
fn equals(&self, other: &MyTraitComparable) -> bool;
}
impl<S: 'static + MyTrait + PartialEq> MyTraitComparable for S {
fn as_any(&self) -> &Any {
return self as &Any;
}
fn equals(&self, other: &MyTraitComparable) -> bool {
return match other.as_any().downcast_ref::<S>() {
None => false,
Some(a) => self == a,
};
}
}
#[derive(PartialEq)]
struct MyObj {
a: i32,
}
impl MyObj {
fn new(a: i32) -> MyObj {
return MyObj { a };
}
}
impl MyTrait for MyObj {}
fn main() {
assert!(as_trait_obj_and_compare(&MyObj::new(1), &MyObj::new(1)));
}
fn as_trait_obj_and_compare(obj: &MyTraitComparable, another_obj: &MyTraitComparable) -> bool {
obj.equals(another_obj)
}
I tried moving as_any
and equals
to MyTrait
and providing a default implementation, but
- I don't think I can use
self
in that case, so it doesn't work. - If I use
trait MyTrait: PartialEq
then I can't create trait objects anymore.