add support for Boolean and Void types

Modules/include/ConfigReader.h

@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
     ChimeraTK::TemplateUserTypeMap<MapOfArray> arrayMap;
 
     /** Map assigning string type identifyers to C++ types */
-    ChimeraTK::SingleTypeUserTypeMap<const char*> typeMap{
-        "int8", "uint8", "int16", "uint16", "int32", "uint32", "int64", "uint64", "float", "double", "string"};
+    ChimeraTK::SingleTypeUserTypeMap<const char*> typeMap{"int8", "uint8", "int16", "uint16", "int32", "uint32",
+        "int64", "uint64", "float", "double", "string", "boolean", "void"};
 
     /** Implementation of get() which can be overloaded for scalars and vectors.
      * The second argument is a dummy only to distinguish the two overloaded

Modules/src/ConfigReader.cc

@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
     /// @todo error handling!
     std::stringstream stream(value);
     T convertedValue;
-    if(typeid(T) == typeid(int8_t) || typeid(T) == typeid(uint8_t)) { // prevent interpreting int8-types as characters
+    if constexpr(std::is_same<T, int8_t>::value || std::is_same<T, uint8_t>::value) {
+      // prevent interpreting int8-types as characters
       int16_t intermediate;
       stream >> intermediate;
       convertedValue = intermediate;
@@ -269,7 +270,8 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
       // convert value into user type
       std::stringstream stream(it->second);
       T convertedValue;
-      if(typeid(T) == typeid(int8_t) || typeid(T) == typeid(uint8_t)) { // prevent interpreting int8-types as characters
+      if constexpr(std::is_same<T, int8_t>::value || std::is_same<T, uint8_t>::value) {
+        // prevent interpreting int8-types as characters
         int16_t intermediate;
         stream >> intermediate;
         convertedValue = intermediate;