A collection is a container that collects together descendents of the PObject class. More...

#include <contain.h>

Inheritance diagram for PCollection:

Collaboration diagram for PCollection:

Public Member Functions
Construction
	PCollection (PINDEX initialSize=0)
	Create a new collection. More...

Overrides from class PObject
virtual void	PrintOn (ostream &strm) const
	Print the collection on the stream. More...

Common functions for collections
virtual PINDEX	Append (PObject *obj)=0
	Append a new object to the collection. More...

virtual PINDEX	Insert (const PObject &before, PObject *obj)=0
	Insert a new object immediately before the specified object. More...

virtual PINDEX	InsertAt (PINDEX index, PObject *obj)=0
	Insert a new object at the specified ordinal index. More...

virtual PBoolean	Remove (const PObject *obj)=0
	Remove the object from the collection. More...

__inline void	remove (const PObject *obj)

virtual PObject *	RemoveAt (PINDEX index)=0
	Remove the object at the specified ordinal index from the collection. More...

virtual void	RemoveAll ()
	Remove all of the elements in the collection. More...

__inline void	clear ()

virtual PBoolean	SetAt (PINDEX index, PObject *val)=0
	Set the object at the specified ordinal position to the new value. More...

virtual PObject *	GetAt (PINDEX index) const =0
	Get the object at the specified ordinal position. More...

virtual PINDEX	GetObjectsIndex (const PObject *obj) const =0
	Search the collection for the specific instance of the object. More...

virtual PINDEX	GetValuesIndex (const PObject &obj) const =0
	Search the collection for the specified value of the object. More...

PINLINE void	AllowDeleteObjects (PBoolean yes=true)
	Allow or disallow the deletion of the objects contained in the collection. More...

void	DisallowDeleteObjects ()
	Disallow the deletion of the objects contained in the collection. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from PContainer
	PContainer (PINDEX initialSize=0)
	Create a new unique container. More...

	PContainer (const PContainer &cont)
	Create a new refernce to container. More...

PContainer &	operator= (const PContainer &cont)
	Assign one container reference to another. More...

virtual	~PContainer ()
	Destroy the container class. More...

virtual PINDEX	GetSize () const
	Get the current size of the container. More...

__inline size_t	size () const

virtual PBoolean	SetSize (PINDEX newSize)=0
	Set the new current size of the container. More...

PBoolean	SetMinSize (PINDEX minSize)
	Set the minimum size of container. More...

virtual PBoolean	IsEmpty () const
	Determine if the container is empty. More...

__inline bool	empty () const

PBoolean	IsUnique () const
	Determine if container is unique reference. More...

virtual PBoolean	MakeUnique ()
	Make this instance to be the one and only reference to the container contents. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from PObject
unsigned	GetTraceContextIdentifier () const
	Get PTRACE context identifier. More...

void	SetTraceContextIdentifier (unsigned id)

void	GetTraceContextIdentifier (PObject &obj)

void	GetTraceContextIdentifier (PObject *obj)

void	SetTraceContextIdentifier (const PObject &obj)

void	SetTraceContextIdentifier (const PObject *obj)

virtual	~PObject ()

virtual PObject *	Clone () const
	Create a copy of the class on the heap. More...

template<class CLS >
CLS *	CloneAs () const
	As for Clone() but converts to specified type. More...

virtual PINDEX	HashFunction () const
	This function yields a hash value required by the `PDictionary` class. More...

virtual Comparison	Compare (const PObject &obj) const
	Compare the two objects and return their relative rank. More...

virtual Comparison	CompareObjectMemoryDirect (const PObject &obj) const
	Determine the byte wise comparison of two objects. More...

bool	operator== (const PObject &obj) const
	Compare the two objects. More...

bool	operator!= (const PObject &obj) const
	Compare the two objects. More...

bool	operator< (const PObject &obj) const
	Compare the two objects. More...

bool	operator> (const PObject &obj) const
	Compare the two objects. More...

bool	operator<= (const PObject &obj) const
	Compare the two objects. More...

bool	operator>= (const PObject &obj) const
	Compare the two objects. More...

virtual const char *	GetClass (unsigned ancestor=0) const
	Get the current dynamic type of the object instance. More...

PBoolean	IsClass (const char *cls) const

virtual PBoolean	InternalIsDescendant (const char *clsName) const
	Determine if the dynamic type of the current instance is a descendent of the specified class. More...

__inline const PObject *	PTraceObjectInstance () const

virtual void	ReadFrom (istream &strm)
	Input the contents of the object from the stream. More...

Protected Member Functions
PINLINE	PCollection (int dummy, const PCollection *coll)
	Constructor used in support of the Clone() function. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from PContainer
	PContainer (int dummy, const PContainer *cont)
	Constructor used in support of the Clone() function. More...

	PContainer (PContainerReference &reference)
	Construct using static PContainerReference. More...

virtual void	DestroyContents ()=0
	Destroy the container contents. More...

virtual void	AssignContents (const PContainer &c)
	Copy the container contents. More...

void	CopyContents (const PContainer &c)
	Copy the container contents. More...

void	CloneContents (const PContainer *src)
	Create a duplicate of the container contents. More...

void	Destruct ()
	Internal function called from container destructors. More...

virtual void	DestroyReference ()
	Destroy the PContainerReference instance. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from PObject
	PObject ()
	Constructor for PObject, made protected so cannot ever create one on its own. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from PObject
enum	Comparison { LessThan = -1, EqualTo = 0, GreaterThan = 1 }
	Result of the comparison operation performed by the `Compare()` function. More...

Static Public Member Functions inherited from PObject
static Comparison	InternalCompareObjectMemoryDirect (const PObject obj1, const PObject obj2, PINDEX size)
	Internal function caled from CompareObjectMemoryDirect() More...

static const char *	Class ()
	Get the name of the class as a C string. More...

static __inline const PObject *	PTraceObjectInstance (const char *)

static __inline const PObject *	PTraceObjectInstance (const PObject *obj)

Protected Attributes inherited from PContainer
PContainerReference *	reference

Friends inherited from PObject

Detailed Description

A collection is a container that collects together descendents of the PObject class.

The objects contained in the collection are always pointers to objects, not the objects themselves. The life of an object in the collection should be carefully considered. Typically, it is allocated by the user of the collection when it is added. The collection then automatically deletes it when it is removed or the collection is destroyed, ie when the container class has no more references to the collection. Other models may be accommodated but it is up to the programmer to determine the scope and life of the objects.

The exact form of the collection depends on the descendent of PCollection and determines the access modes for the objects in it. Thus a collection can be an array which allows fast random access at the expense of slow insertion and deletion. Or the collection may be a list which has fast insertion and deletion but very slow random access.

The basic paradigm of all collections is the "virtual array". Regardless of the internal implementation of the collection; array, list, sorted list etc, the user may access elements via an ordinal index. The implementation then optimises the access as best it can. For instance, in a list ordinal zero will go directly to the head of the list. Stepping along sequential indexes then will return the next element of the list, remembering the new position at each step, thus allowing sequential access with little overhead as is expected for lists. If a random location is specified, then the list implementation must sequentially search for that ordinal from either the last location or an end of the list, incurring an overhead.

All collection classes implement a base set of functions, though they may be meaningless or degenerative in some collection types eg Insert() for PSortedList will degenerate to be the same as Append().

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PCollection::PCollection ( PINDEX initialSize = 0 )

Create a new collection.

Parameters

initialSize Initial number of things in the collection.

PINLINE PCollection::PCollection	(	int	dummy,
		const PCollection *	coll
	)

protected

Constructor used in support of the Clone() function.

This creates a new unique reference of a copy of the contents. It does {not} create another reference.

The dummy parameter is there to prevent the contructor from being invoked automatically by the compiler when a pointer is used by accident when a normal instance or reference was expected. The container would be silently cloned and the copy used instead of the container expected leading to unpredictable results.

Parameters

dummy	Dummy to prevent accidental use of the constructor.
coll	Collection class to clone.

Member Function Documentation

PINLINE void PCollection::AllowDeleteObjects ( PBoolean yes = true )

Allow or disallow the deletion of the objects contained in the collection.

If true then whenever an object is removed, overwritten or the colelction is deleted due to all references being destroyed, the object is deleted.

For example:


              coll.SetAt(2, new PString("one"));
              coll.SetAt(2, new PString("Two"));

would automatically delete the string containing "one" on the second call to SetAt().

Parameters

yes	New value for flag for deleting objects

Referenced by PSet< PString >::PSet().

virtual PINDEX PCollection::Append ( PObject * obj )

pure virtual

Append a new object to the collection.

The exact semantics depends on the specific type of the collection. So the function may not place the object at the "end" of the collection at all. For example, in a PSortedList the object is placed in the correct ordinal position in the list.

Returns: index of the newly added object.

Parameters

obj	New object to place into the collection.

Implemented in PAbstractSortedList, PArrayObjects, PAbstractSet, and PAbstractList.

Referenced by PSafeColl< PArray< Base >, Base >::Append().

__inline void PCollection::clear ( )

inline

References RemoveAll().

void PCollection::DisallowDeleteObjects ( )

Disallow the deletion of the objects contained in the collection.

See the AllowDeleteObjects() function for more details.

Referenced by PQueue< PXMLElement >::PQueue(), and PStack< T >::PStack().

virtual PObject* PCollection::GetAt ( PINDEX index ) const

pure virtual

Get the object at the specified ordinal position.

If the index was greater than the size of the collection then NULL is returned.

Returns: pointer to object at the specified index.

Parameters

index Index position in the collection of the object.

Implemented in PAbstractSortedList, PArrayObjects, PAbstractDictionary, PAbstractSet, and PAbstractList.

virtual PINDEX PCollection::GetObjectsIndex ( const PObject * obj ) const

pure virtual

Search the collection for the specific instance of the object.

The object pointers are compared, not the values. The fastest search algorithm is employed depending on the collection type.

Returns: ordinal index position of the object, or P_MAX_INDEX.

Parameters

obj	Object to search for.

Implemented in PAbstractSortedList, PArrayObjects, PAbstractDictionary, PAbstractSet, and PAbstractList.

virtual PINDEX PCollection::GetValuesIndex ( const PObject & obj ) const

pure virtual

Search the collection for the specified value of the object.

The object values are compared, not the pointers. So the objects in the collection must correctly implement the PObject::Compare() function. The fastest search algorithm is employed depending on the collection type.

Returns: ordinal index position of the object, or P_MAX_INDEX.

Parameters

obj	Object to search for.

Implemented in PAbstractSortedList, PArrayObjects, PAbstractDictionary, PAbstractSet, and PAbstractList.

Referenced by PSafeColl< PArray< Base >, Base >::FindWithLock().

virtual PINDEX PCollection::Insert	(	const PObject &	before,
		PObject *	obj
	)

pure virtual

Insert a new object immediately before the specified object.

If the object to insert before is not in the collection then the equivalent of the Append() function is performed.

The exact semantics depends on the specific type of the collection. So the function may not place the object before the specified object at all. For example, in a PSortedList the object is placed in the correct ordinal position in the list.

Note that the object values are compared for the search of the before parameter, not the pointers. So the objects in the collection must correctly implement the PObject::Compare() function.

Returns: index of the newly inserted object.

Parameters

before	Object value to insert before.
obj	New object to place into the collection.

Implemented in PAbstractSortedList, PAbstractDictionary, PArrayObjects, PAbstractSet, and PAbstractList.

virtual PINDEX PCollection::InsertAt	(	PINDEX	index,
		PObject *	obj
	)

pure virtual

Insert a new object at the specified ordinal index.

If the index is greater than the number of objects in the collection then the equivalent of the Append() function is performed.

The exact semantics depends on the specific type of the collection. So the function may not place the object at the specified index at all. For example, in a PSortedList the object is placed in the correct ordinal position in the list.

Returns: index of the newly inserted object.

Parameters

index	Index position in collection to place the object.
obj	New object to place into the collection.

Implemented in PAbstractSortedList, PAbstractDictionary, PArrayObjects, PAbstractSet, and PAbstractList.

virtual void PCollection::PrintOn ( ostream & strm ) const

virtual

Print the collection on the stream.

This simply executes the PObject::PrintOn() function on each element in the collection.

The default behaviour for collections is to print each element separated by the stream fill character. Note that if the fill character is the default ' ' then no separator is printed at all.

Also if the fill character is not ' ', the the streams width parameter is set before each individual element of the colllection.

Returns: the stream printed to.

Parameters

strm	Output stream to print the collection.

Reimplemented from PObject.

virtual PBoolean PCollection::Remove ( const PObject * obj )

pure virtual

Remove the object from the collection.

If the AllowDeleteObjects option is set then the object is also deleted.

Note that the comparison for searching for the object in collection is made by pointer, not by value. Thus the parameter must point to the same instance of the object that is in the collection.

Returns: true if the object was in the collection.

Parameters

obj	Existing object to remove from the collection.

Implemented in PAbstractSortedList, PArrayObjects, PAbstractSet, and PAbstractList.

Referenced by remove().

__inline void PCollection::remove ( const PObject * obj )

inline

References Remove().

virtual void PCollection::RemoveAll ( )

virtual

Remove all of the elements in the collection.

This operates by continually calling RemoveAt() until there are no objects left.

The objects are removed from the last, at index (GetSize()-1) toward the first at index zero.

Reimplemented in PAbstractSortedList, and PArrayObjects.

Referenced by clear(), PHTTPForm::RemoveAllFields(), and PHTTPConnectionInfo::ResetMultipartFormInfo().

virtual PObject* PCollection::RemoveAt ( PINDEX index )

pure virtual

Remove the object at the specified ordinal index from the collection.

If the AllowDeleteObjects option is set then the object is also deleted.

Note if the index is beyond the size of the collection then the function will assert.

Returns: pointer to the object being removed, or NULL if it was deleted.

Parameters

index Index position in collection to place the object.

Implemented in PAbstractSortedList, PArrayObjects, PAbstractDictionary, PAbstractSet, and PAbstractList.

virtual PBoolean PCollection::SetAt	(	PINDEX	index,
		PObject *	val
	)

pure virtual

Set the object at the specified ordinal position to the new value.

This will overwrite the existing entry. If the AllowDeleteObjects option is set then the old object is also deleted.

The exact semantics depends on the specific type of the collection. For some, eg PSortedList, the object inserted will not stay at the ordinal position. Also the exact behaviour when the index is greater than the size of the collection depends on the collection type, eg in an array collection the array is expanded to accommodate the new index, whereas in a list it will return false.

Returns: true if the object was successfully added.

Parameters

index	Index position in collection to set.
val	New value to place into the collection.

Implemented in PAbstractSortedList, PArrayObjects, PAbstractDictionary, PAbstractSet, and PAbstractList.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

contain.h

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Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

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