/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name: list.h
-// Purpose: documentation for wxList<T> class
+// Purpose: interface of wxList<T>
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
// Licence: wxWindows license
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
- @class wxListT
@wxheader{list.h}
- The wxListT class provides linked list functionality. It has been rewritten
+ 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 wxListT actually stores
+ 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*. wxListT destroys an object after removing it only
+ is defined as @e T*. wxList<T> destroys an object after removing it only
if wxList::DeleteContents has been called.
- wxListT is not a real template and it requires that you declare and define
+ 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
the the same class.
Note that if you compile wxWidgets in STL mode (wxUSE_STL defined as 1)
- then wxListT will actually derive from std::list and just add a legacy
+ then wxList<T> will actually derive from std::list and just add a legacy
compatibility layer for the old wxList class.
+ @code
+ // this part might be in a header or source (.cpp) file
+ class MyListElement
+ {
+ ... // whatever
+ };
+
+ // this macro declares and partly implements MyList class
+ WX_DECLARE_LIST(MyListElement, MyList);
+
+ ...
+
+ // the only requirement for the rest is to be AFTER the full declaration of
+ // MyListElement (for WX_DECLARE_LIST forward declaration is enough), but
+ // usually it will be found in the source file and not in the header
+
+ #include <wx/listimpl.cpp>
+ WX_DEFINE_LIST(MyList);
+
+
+ MyList list;
+ MyListElement element;
+ list.Append(&element); // ok
+ list.Append(17); // error: incorrect type
+
+ // let's iterate over the list in STL syntax
+ MyList::iterator iter;
+ for (iter = list.begin(); iter != list.end(); ++iter)
+ {
+ MyListElement *current = *iter;
+
+ ...process the current element...
+ }
+
+ // the same with the legacy API from the old wxList class
+ MyList::compatibility_iterator node = list.GetFirst();
+ while (node)
+ {
+ MyListElement *current = node->GetData();
+
+ ...process the current element...
+
+ node = node->GetNext();
+ }
+ @endcode
+
+
@library{wxbase}
@category{FIXME}
- @seealso
- wxArrayT, wxVectorT
+ @see wxArray<T>, wxVector<T>
*/
class wxList<T>
{
/**
Constructors.
*/
- wxListT();
- wxListT(size_t count, T* elements[]);
+ wxList<T>();
+ wxList<T>(size_t count, T* elements[]);
//@}
/**
Destroys the list, but does not delete the objects stored in the list
unless you called DeleteContents(@true ).
*/
- ~wxListT();
+ ~wxList<T>();
/**
Appends the pointer to @a object to the list.
*/
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator Append(T* object);
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Append(T* object);
/**
Clears the list, but does not delete the objects stored in the list
/**
Returns the iterator refering to @a object or @NULL if none found.
*/
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator Find(T* object) const;
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Find(T* object) const;
/**
Returns the number of elements in the list.
/**
Returns the first iterator in the list (@NULL if the list is empty).
*/
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator GetFirst() const;
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator GetFirst() const;
/**
Returns the last iterator in the list (@NULL if the list is empty).
*/
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator GetLast() const;
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator GetLast() const;
/**
Returns the index of @a obj within the list or @c wxNOT_FOUND if
/**
Inserts the object before the object refered to be @e iter.
*/
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator Insert(T* object);
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator Insert(size_t position,
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Insert(T* object);
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Insert(size_t position,
T* object);
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator Insert(compatibility_iterator iter,
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Insert(compatibility_iterator iter,
T* object);
//@}
Returns the iterator refering to the object at the given
@c index in the list.
*/
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator Item(size_t index) const;
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Item(size_t index) const;
/**
- @b NB: This function is deprecated, use wxList::Find instead.
+ @note This function is deprecated, use wxList::Find instead.
*/
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator Member(T* object) const;
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Member(T* object) const;
/**
- @b NB: This function is deprecated, use @ref wxList::itemfunc Item instead.
+ @note This function is deprecated, use @ref wxList::itemfunc Item instead.
Returns the @e nth node in the list, indexing from zero (@NULL if the list is
empty
or the nth node could not be found).
*/
- wxListT::compatibility_iterator Nth(int n) const;
+ wxList<T>::compatibility_iterator Nth(int n) const;
/**
- @b NB: This function is deprecated, use wxList::GetCount instead.
+ @note This function is deprecated, use wxList::GetCount instead.
Returns the number of elements in the list.
*/
int Number() const;
void assign(size_type n);
//@}
- //@{
/**
Returns the last item of the list.
*/
reference back() const;
+
+ /**
+ Returns the last item of the list as a const reference.
+ */
const_reference back() const;
- //@}
- //@{
/**
- Returns a (const) iterator pointing to the beginning of the list.
+ Returns an iterator pointing to the beginning of the list.
*/
iterator begin() const;
+
+ /**
+ Returns a const iterator pointing to the beginning of the list.
+ */
const_iterator begin() const;
- //@}
/**
Removes all items from the list.
*/
bool empty() const;
- //@{
/**
- Returns a (const) iterator pointing at the end of the list.
+ Returns a const iterator pointing at the end of the list.
*/
- iterator end() const;
const_iterator end() const;
- //@}
- //@{
/**
- Erases the items from @a first to @e last.
+ Returns a iterator pointing at the end of the list.
+ */
+ iterator end() const;
+
+ /**
+ Erases the given item
*/
iterator erase(const iterator& it);
+
+ /**
+ Erases the items from @e first to @e last.
+ */
iterator erase(const iterator& first,
const iterator& last);
- //@}
- //@{
/**
Returns the first item in the list.
*/
reference front() const;
+
+ /**
+ Returns the first item in the list as a const reference.
+ */
const_reference front() const;
- //@}
- //@{
/**
- Inserts an item (or several) at the given position.
+ Inserts an item at the head of the list
*/
iterator insert(const iterator& it);
+
+ /**
+ Inserts an item at the given position
+ */
void insert(const iterator& it, size_type n);
+
+ /**
+ Inserts several items at the given position.
+ */
void insert(const iterator& it, const_iterator first,
const const_iterator& last);
- //@}
/**
Returns the largest possible size of the list.
void pop_front();
/**
- )
Adds an item to end of the list.
*/
void push_back();
/**
- )
Adds an item to the front of the list.
*/
void push_front();
- //@{
/**
- Returns a (const) reverse iterator pointing to the beginning of the
+ Returns a reverse iterator pointing to the beginning of the
reversed list.
*/
reverse_iterator rbegin() const;
+
+ /**
+ Returns a const reverse iterator pointing to the beginning of the
+ reversed list.
+ */
const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const;
- //@}
/**
Removes an item from the list.
*/
void remove(const_reference v);
- //@{
/**
- Returns a (const) reverse iterator pointing to the end of the
+ Returns a reverse iterator pointing to the end of the
reversed list.
*/
reverse_iterator rend() const;
+
+ /**
+ 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.
*/
};
+
/**
@class wxNode
@wxheader{list.h}
compatibility only and usage of this class is strongly deprecated.
In the documentation below, the type @c T should be thought of as a
- "template'' parameter: this is the type of data stored in the linked list or,
+ "template" parameter: this is the type of data stored in the linked list or,
in other words, the first argument of WX_DECLARE_LIST macro. Also, wxNode is
written as wxNodeT even though it isn't really a template class -- but it
helps to think of it as if it were.
@library{wxbase}
@category{FIXME}
- @seealso
- wxList, wxHashTable
+ @see wxList<T>, wxHashTable
*/
-class wxNode
+class wxNode<T>
{
public:
/**
/**
Retrieves the next node or @NULL if this node is the last one.
*/
- wxNodeT* GetNext() const;
+ wxNode<T>* GetNext() const;
/**
Retrieves the previous node or @NULL if this node is the first one in the list.
*/
- wxNodeT* GetPrevious();
+ wxNode<T>* GetPrevious();
/**
Returns the zero-based index of this node within the list. The return value
*/
void SetData(T* data);
};
+