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Boost Pointer Container Library

Class associative_ptr_container

This section describes all the common operations for all associative pointer containers (in addition to reversible_ptr_container).

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namespace boost
{
    template
    < 
        class Key, 
        class CloneAllocator = heap_clone_allocator 
    >
    class associative_ptr_container 
    {
    public: // typedefs
        typedef ...   key_type;
        typedef ...   key_compare;
        typedef ...   value_compare;

    public: // observers
        key_compare    key_comp() const;
        value_compare  value_comp() const;

    public: // modifiers         
        template< typename InputIterator >
        void       insert( InputIterator first, InputIterator last );     
        template< class InputRange >
        void       insert( const InputRange& r );
        void       erase( iterator position ); 
        size_type  erase( const key_type& x );
        template< class Range >
        void       erase( const Range& r );
        void       erase( iterator first, iterator last );

    public: // algorithms
        iterator                        find( const key_type& x );
        const_iterator                  find( const key_type& x ) const;
        size_type                       count( const key_type& x ) const;              
        iterator                        lower_bound( const key_type& x );                     
        const_iterator                  lower_bound( const key_type& x ) const;
        iterator                        upper_bound( const key_type& x );                           
        const_iterator                  upper_bound( const key_type& x ) const;
        iterator_range<iterator>        equal_range( const key_type& x );                 
        iterator_range<const_iterator>  equal_range( const key_type& x ) const;
     
    }; //  class 'associative_ptr_container'
    
} // namespace 'boost'  

Semantics

Semantics: typedefs

  • typedef ... key_type;

    • if we are dealing with a map, then simply the key type
    • if we are dealing with a set, then the indirected key type, that is, given ptr_set<T>, key_type* will be T*.
  • typedef ... key_compare;

    • comparison object type that determines the order of elements in the container
  • typedef ... value_compare;

    • comparison object type that determines the order of elements in the container
    • if we are dealing with a map, then this comparison simply forwards to the key_compare comparison operation

Semantics: observers

  • key_compare key_comp() const;

  • value_compare value_comp() const;

    • returns copies of objects used to determine the order of elements

Semantics: modifiers

  • template< typename InputIterator > void insert( InputIterator first, InputIterator last );

    • Requirements: [first,last) is a valid range
    • Effects: Inserts a cloned range
    • Exception safety: Basic guarantee
  • template< class InputRange > void insert( const InputRange& r );

    • Effects: insert( boost::begin(r), boost::end(r) );
  • void erase( iterator position );

    • Requirements: position is a valid iterator from the container
    • Effects: Removes the element defined by position.
    • Throws: Nothing
  • size_type erase( const key_type& x );

    • Effects: Removes all the elements in the container with a key equivalent to x and returns the number of erased elements.
    • Throws: Nothing
  • void erase( iterator first, iterator last );

    • Requirements: [first,last) is a valid range
    • Effects: Removes the range of elements defined by [first,last).
    • Throws: Nothing
  • template< class Range > void erase( const Range& r );

    • Effects: erase( boost::begin(r), boost::end(r) );

Semantics: algorithms

  • iterator       find( const Key& x );

  • const_iterator find( const Key& x ) const;

    • Effects: Searches for the key and returns end() on failure.
    • Complexity: Logarithmic
  • size_type count( const Key& x ) const;

    • Effects: Counts the elements with a key equivalent to x
    • Complexity: Logarithmic
  • iterator       lower_bound( const Key& x );

  • const_iterator lower_bound( const Key& x ) const;

    • Effects: Returns an iterator pointing to the first element with a key not less than x
    • Complexity: Logarithmic
  • iterator       upper_bound( const Key& x );

  • const_iterator upper_bound( const Key& x ) const;

    • Effects: Returns an iterator pointing to the first element with a key greater than x
    • Complexity: Logarithmic
  • iterator_range<iterator>       equal_range( const Key& x );

  • iterator_range<const_iterator> equal_range( const Key& x ) const;

    • Effects: return boost::make_iterator_range( lower_bound( x ), upper_bound( x ) );
    • Complexity: Logarithmic

Copyright:Thorsten Ottosen 2004-2006. Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0 (see LICENSE_1_0.txt).