initial matador ng commit

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+#ifndef BASE_CLASS_HPP
+#define BASE_CLASS_HPP
+
+#include <type_traits>
+
+namespace matador {
+
+/**
+ * @brief Safely casts a given derived class to its base class
+ *
+ * @tparam B The base class type
+ * @tparam D The class type of the derived class
+ * @param derived The derived object
+ * @return The casted object
+ */
+template < class B, class D>
+const B* base_class(const D *derived)
+{
+  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<B, D>, "class B must not be of same type as class D");
+  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<B, D>, "class B must be base of class D");
+  return static_cast<const B*>(derived);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Safely casts a given derived class to its base class
+ *
+ * @tparam B The base class type
+ * @tparam D The class type of the derived class
+ * @param derived The derived object
+ * @return The casted object
+ */
+template < class B, class D>
+B* base_class(D *derived)
+{
+  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<B, D>, "class B must not be of same type as class D");
+  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<B, D>, "class B must be base of class D");
+  return static_cast<B*>(derived);
+}
+
+}
+
+#endif /* BASE_CLASS_HPP */