FIFO hotfix

container/DynamicFIFO.h

@@ -17,11 +17,26 @@
 template<typename T>
 class DynamicFIFO: public FIFOBase<T> {
 public:
-	DynamicFIFO(size_t maxCapacity): FIFOBase<T>(values.data(), maxCapacity),
-			values(maxCapacity) {};
+	DynamicFIFO(size_t maxCapacity): FIFOBase<T>(nullptr, maxCapacity),
+			fifoVector(maxCapacity)  {
+		// trying to pass the pointer of the uninitialized vector
+		// to the FIFOBase constructor directly lead to a super evil bug.
+		// So we do it like this now.
+		this->setData(fifoVector.data());
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief	Custom copy constructor which prevents setting the
+	 * 	        underlying pointer wrong.
+	 */
+	DynamicFIFO(const DynamicFIFO& other): FIFOBase<T>(other),
+			fifoVector(other.maxCapacity) {
+		this->setData(fifoVector.data());
+	}
+
 
 private:
-	std::vector<T> values;
+	std::vector<T> fifoVector;
 };
 
 #endif /* FRAMEWORK_CONTAINER_DYNAMICFIFO_H_ */

container/FIFO.h

@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@
 template<typename T, size_t capacity>
 class FIFO: public FIFOBase<T> {
 public:
-	FIFO(): FIFOBase<T>(values.data(), capacity) {};
+	FIFO(): FIFOBase<T>(fifoArray.data(), capacity) {};
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief 	Custom copy constructor to set pointer correctly.
+	 * @param other
+	 */
+	FIFO(const FIFO& other): FIFOBase<T>(other) {
+		this->setData(fifoArray.data());
+	}
 
 private:
-	std::array<T, capacity> values;
+	std::array<T, capacity> fifoArray;
 };
 
 #endif /* FRAMEWORK_CONTAINERS_STATICFIFO_H_ */

container/FIFOBase.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <framework/returnvalues/HasReturnvaluesIF.h>
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <cstring>
 
 template <typename T>
 class FIFOBase {
@@ -43,12 +44,15 @@ public:
 	bool full();
 	size_t size();
 
+
 	size_t getMaxCapacity() const;
 
-private:
-	T* values;
+protected:
+	void setData(T* data);
 	size_t maxCapacity = 0;
 
+	T* values;
+
 	size_t readIndex = 0;
 	size_t writeIndex = 0;
 	size_t currentSize = 0;

container/FIFOBase.tpp

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 template<typename T>
 inline FIFOBase<T>::FIFOBase(T* values, const size_t maxCapacity):
-		values(values), maxCapacity(maxCapacity) {};
+		maxCapacity(maxCapacity), values(values){};
 
 template<typename T>
 inline ReturnValue_t FIFOBase<T>::insert(T value) {
@@ -78,4 +78,10 @@ inline size_t FIFOBase<T>::getMaxCapacity() const {
 	return maxCapacity;
 }
 
+
+template<typename T>
+inline void FIFOBase<T>::setData(T *data) {
+	this->values = data;
+}
+
 #endif