uhd: added to_<type> calls to sensors to make it easy

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/host/include/uhd/types/sensors.hpp b/host/include/uhd/types/sensors.hpp
index 6f003bb40..b6215367f 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/types/sensors.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/types/sensors.hpp
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ namespace uhd{
      */
     struct UHD_API sensor_value_t{
 
-        //! typedef for the signed integer type
-        typedef signed int_type;
-
-        //! typedef for the real number type
-        typedef double real_type;
-
         /*!
          * Create a sensor value from a boolean.
          * \param name the name of the sensor
@@ -66,7 +60,7 @@ namespace uhd{
          */
         sensor_value_t(
             const std::string &name,
-            int_type value,
+            signed value,
             const std::string &unit,
             const std::string &formatter = "%d"
         );
@@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ namespace uhd{
          */
         sensor_value_t(
             const std::string &name,
-            real_type value,
+            double value,
             const std::string &unit,
             const std::string &formatter = "%f"
         );
@@ -97,6 +91,15 @@ namespace uhd{
             const std::string &unit
         );
 
+        //! convert the sensor value to a boolean
+        bool to_bool(void) const;
+
+        //! convert the sensor value to an integer
+        signed to_int(void) const;
+
+        //! convert the sensor value to real number
+        double to_real(void) const;
+
         //! The name of the sensor value
         const std::string name;
 
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/usrp/multi_usrp.hpp b/host/include/uhd/usrp/multi_usrp.hpp
index da52e6dce..3c8dd5fac 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/usrp/multi_usrp.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/usrp/multi_usrp.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <uhd/types/sensors.hpp>
 #include <uhd/usrp/subdev_spec.hpp>
 #include <uhd/usrp/dboard_iface.hpp>
-#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp> //needed until deprecated routines removed
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/utility.hpp>
 #include <vector>
@@ -395,7 +394,7 @@ public:
      * \return true for locked
      */
     UHD_DEPRECATED bool get_rx_lo_locked(size_t chan = 0){
-        return this->get_rx_sensor("lo_locked", chan).value == "true";
+        return this->get_rx_sensor("lo_locked", chan).to_bool();
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -419,7 +418,7 @@ public:
      * \throw exception if RSSI readback not supported
      */
     UHD_DEPRECATED double read_rssi(size_t chan = 0){
-        return boost::lexical_cast<double>(this->get_rx_sensor("rssi", chan).value);
+        return this->get_rx_sensor("rssi", chan).to_real();
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -593,7 +592,7 @@ public:
      * \return true for locked
      */
     UHD_DEPRECATED bool get_tx_lo_locked(size_t chan = 0){
-        return this->get_tx_sensor("lo_locked", chan).value == "true";
+        return this->get_tx_sensor("lo_locked", chan).to_bool();
     }
 
     /*!