// Purpose: interface of wxList<T>
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
-// Licence: wxWindows license
+// Licence: wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
+ The wxList<T> class provides linked list functionality.
- The wxList<T> class provides linked list functionality. It has been rewritten
- to be type safe and to provide the full API of the STL std::list container and
- should be used like it. The exception is that wxList<T> actually stores
- pointers and therefore its iterators return pointers and not references
- to the actual objets in the list (see example below) and @e value_type
- is defined as @e T*. wxList<T> destroys an object after removing it only
- if wxList::DeleteContents has been called.
+ This class has been rewritten to be type safe and to provide the full API of
+ the STL std::list container and should be used like it.
+ The exception is that wxList<T> actually stores pointers and therefore its
+ iterators return pointers and not references to the actual objets in the list
+ (see example below) and @e value_type is defined as @e T*.
+ wxList<T> destroys an object after removing it only if wxList<T>::DeleteContents
+ has been called.
wxList<T> is not a real template and it requires that you declare and define
- each wxListT class in your program. This is done with @e WX_DECLARE_LIST
- and @e WX_DEFINE_LIST macros (see example). We hope that we'll be able
- to provide a proper template class providing both the STL std::list
- and the old wxList API in the future.
-
- Please refer to the STL std::list documentation for further
- information on how to use the class. Below we documented both
- the supported STL and the legacy API that originated from the
- old wxList class and which can still be used alternatively for
- the the same class.
-
- Note that if you compile wxWidgets in STL mode (wxUSE_STL defined as 1)
- then wxList<T> will actually derive from std::list and just add a legacy
+ each wxList<T> class in your program. This is done with @e WX_DECLARE_LIST
+ and @e WX_DEFINE_LIST macros (see example). We hope that we'll be able to
+ provide a proper template class providing both the STL @c std::list and the old
+ wxList API in the future.
+
+ Please refer to the STL @c std::list documentation (see http://www.cppreference.com/wiki/stl/list/start)
+ for further information on how to use the class.
+ Below we documented both the supported STL and the legacy API
+ that originated from the old wxList class and which can still be used alternatively
+ for the the same class.
+
+ Note that if you compile wxWidgets in STL mode (@c wxUSE_STL defined as 1)
+ then wxList<T> will actually derive from @c std::list and just add a legacy
compatibility layer for the old wxList class.
@code
}
@endcode
+ For compatibility with previous versions wxList and wxStringList classes are
+ still defined, but their usage is deprecated and they will disappear in the
+ future versions completely.
+ The use of the latter is especially discouraged as it is not only unsafe but
+ is also much less efficient than wxArrayString class.
+
+ @tparam T
+ The type stored in the wxList nodes.
@library{wxbase}
- @category{data}
+ @category{containers}
- @see wxArray<T>, wxVector<T>
+ @see wxArray<T>, wxVector<T>, wxNode<T>
*/
+template<typename T>
class wxList<T>
{
public:
wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Item(size_t index) const;
/**
- @note This function is deprecated, use Find() instead.
+ Check if the object is present in the list.
+
+ @see Find()
*/
- wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Member(T* object) const;
+ bool Member(T* object) const;
/**
- @note This function is deprecated, use Item() instead.
+ @deprecated This function is deprecated, use Item() instead.
*/
wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Nth(int n) const;
/**
- @note This function is deprecated, use wxList::GetCount instead.
+ @deprecated This function is deprecated, use wxList::GetCount instead.
Returns the number of elements in the list.
*/
int Number() const;
/**
Clears the list and adds @a n items with value @a v to it.
*/
- void assign(size_type n, const_reference v = value_type()) \
+ void assign(size_type n, const_reference v = value_type());
/**
Returns the last item of the list.
void remove(const_reference v);
/**
- Returns a reverse iterator pointing to the end of the
- reversed list.
+ Returns a reverse iterator pointing to the end of the reversed list.
*/
reverse_iterator rend();
/**
- Returns a const reverse iterator pointing to the end of the
- reversed list.
+ Returns a const reverse iterator pointing to the end of the reversed list.
*/
const_reverse_iterator rend() const;
/**
- Resizes the list. If the the list is enlarges items with
- the value @e v are appended to the list.
+ Resizes the list.
+
+ If the list is longer than @a n, then items are removed until the list
+ becomes long @a n.
+ If the list is shorter than @a n items with the value @a v are appended
+ to the list until the list becomes long @a n.
*/
- void resize(size_type n);
+ void resize(size_type n, value_type v = value_type());
/**
Reverses the list.
/**
- @class wxNode
-
- wxNodeBase is the node structure used in linked lists (see
- wxList) and derived classes. You should never use wxNodeBase
- class directly, however, because it works with untyped (@c void *) data and
- this is unsafe. Use wxNodeBase-derived classes which are automatically defined
- by WX_DECLARE_LIST and WX_DEFINE_LIST macros instead as described in
- wxList documentation (see example there). Also note that
- although there is a class called wxNode, it is defined for backwards
+ wxNode<T> is the node structure used in linked lists (see wxList) and derived
+ classes. You should never use wxNode<T> class directly, however, because it
+ works with untyped (@c void *) data and this is unsafe.
+ Use wxNode<T>-derived classes which are automatically defined by WX_DECLARE_LIST
+ and WX_DEFINE_LIST macros instead as described in wxList documentation
+ (see example there).
+
+ Also note that although there is a class called wxNode, it is defined for backwards
compatibility only and usage of this class is strongly deprecated.
In the documentation below, the type @c T should be thought of as a
written as wxNodeT even though it isn't really a template class -- but it
helps to think of it as if it were.
+ @tparam T
+ The type stored in the wxNode.
+
@library{wxbase}
- @category{FIXME}
+ @category{data}
@see wxList<T>, wxHashTable
*/
+template<typename T>
class wxNode<T>
{
public: