-\section{\class{wxList}}\label{wxlist}
-
-wxList classes provide linked list functionality for wxWindows, and for an
-application if it wishes. Depending on the form of constructor used, a list
-can be keyed on integer or string keys to provide a primitive look-up ability.
-See \helpref{wxHashTable}{wxhashtable}\rtfsp for a faster method of storage
-when random access is required.
-
-While wxList class in the previous versions of wxWindows only could contain
-elements of type wxObject and had essentially untyped interface (thus allowing
-you to put apples in the list and read back oranges from it), the new wxList
-classes family may contain elements of any type and has much more stricter type
-checking. Unfortunately, it also requires an additional line to be inserted in
-your program for each list class you use (which is the only solution short of
-using templates which is not done in wxWindows because of portability issues).
-
-The general idea is to have the base class wxListBase working with {\it void *}
-data but make all of its dangerous (because untyped) functions protected, so
-that they can only be used from derived classes which, in turn, expose a type
-safe interface. With this approach a new wxList-like class must be defined for
-each list type (i.e. list of ints, of wxStrings or of MyObjects). This is done
-with {\it WX\_DECLARE\_LIST} and {\it WX\_IMPLEMENT\_LIST} macros like this
-(notice the similarity with WX\_DECLARE\_OBJARRAY and WX\_IMPLEMENT\_OBJARRAY
-macros):
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Name: list.tex
+%% Purpose: wxList
+%% Author: wxWidgets Team
+%% Modified by:
+%% Created:
+%% RCS-ID: $Id$
+%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets Team
+%% License: wxWindows license
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+\section{\class{wxList<T>}}\label{wxlist}
+
+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 {\it value\_type}
+is defined as {\it T*}. wxList<T> destroys an object after removing it only
+if \helpref{DeleteContents}{wxlistdeletecontents} has been called.
+
+wxList<T> is not a real template and it requires that you declare and define
+each wxList<T> class in your program. This is done with {\it WX\_DECLARE\_LIST}
+and {\it 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
+compatibility layer for the old wxList class.
\wxheading{Example}
-{\small%
\begin{verbatim}
// this part might be in a header or source (.cpp) file
class MyListElement
... // whatever
};
- // declare our list class: this macro declares and partly implements MyList
- // class (which derives from wxListBase)
- WX_DECLARE_LIST(MyListElement, MyList)
+ // this macro declares and partly implements MyList class
+ WX_DECLARE_LIST(MyListElement, MyList);
...
- // the only requirment for the rest is to be AFTER the full declaration of
+ // 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)
+ WX_DEFINE_LIST(MyList);
+
- // now MyList class may be used as a usual wxList, but all of its methods
- // will take/return the objects of the right (i.e. MyListElement) type. You
- // also have MyList::Node type which is the type-safe version of wxNode.
MyList list;
MyListElement element;
- list.Add(element); // ok
- list.Add(17); // error: incorrect type
+ list.Append(&element); // ok
+ list.Append(17); // error: incorrect type
- // let's iterate over the list
- for ( MyList::Node *node = list.GetFirst(); node; node = node->GetNext() )
+ // 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();
}
+
\end{verbatim}
-}
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.
+future versions completely. The use of the latter is especially discouraged as
+it is not only unsafe but is also much less efficient than
+\helpref{wxArrayString}{wxarraystring} class.
-\wxheading{Derived from}
-
-\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
-
-{\bf WARNING: } the rest of documentation may be out-of-date.
-
-\wxheading{Example}
-
-It is very common to iterate on a list as follows:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
- ...
- wxPoint *point1 = new wxPoint(100, 100);
- wxPoint *point2 = new wxPoint(200, 200);
+\wxheading{Include files}
- wxList SomeList;
- SomeList.Append(point1);
- SomeList.Append(point2);
+<wx/list.h>
- ...
+\wxheading{Library}
- wxNode *node = SomeList.First();
- while (node)
- {
- wxPoint *point = (wxPoint *)node->Data();
- ...
- node = node->Next();
- }
-\end{verbatim}
+\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist}
-To delete nodes in a list as the list is being traversed, replace
+\wxheading{See also}
-\begin{verbatim}
- ...
- node = node->Next();
- ...
-\end{verbatim}
+\helpref{wxArray<T>}{wxarray},
+\helpref{wxVector<T>}{wxvector}
-with
+\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
-\begin{verbatim}
- ...
- delete point;
- delete node;
- node = SomeList.First();
- ...
-\end{verbatim}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::wxList<T>}\label{wxlistctor}
-See \helpref{wxNode}{wxnode} for members that retrieve the data associated with a node, and
-members for getting to the next or previous node.
+\func{}{wxList<T>}{\void}
-Note that a cast is required when retrieving the data from a node. Although a
-node is defined to store objects of type {\bf wxObject} and derived types, other
-types (such as char*) may be used with appropriate casting.
+\func{}{wxList<T>}{\param{size\_t}{ count}, \param{T *}{elements[]}}
-\wxheading{See also}
+Constructors.
-\helpref{wxNode}{wxnode}, \helpref{wxStringList}{wxstringlist},
-\helpref{wxArray}{wxarray}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::\destruct{wxList<T>}}\label{wxlistdtor}
-\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
+\func{}{\destruct{wxList<T>}}{\void}
-\membersection{wxList::wxList}
+Destroys the list, but does not delete the objects stored in the list
+unless you called DeleteContents({\tt true} ).
-\func{}{wxList}{\void}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Append}\label{wxlistappend}
-\func{}{wxList}{\param{unsigned int}{ key\_type}}
+\func{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator }{Append}{\param{T *}{object}}
-\func{}{wxList}{\param{int}{ n}, \param{wxObject *}{objects[]}}
+Appends the pointer to \rtfsp{\it object} to the list.
-\func{}{wxList}{\param{wxObject *}{object}, ...}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Clear}\label{wxlistclear1}
-Constructors. {\it key\_type} is one of wxKEY\_NONE, wxKEY\_INTEGER, or wxKEY\_STRING,
-and indicates what sort of keying is required (if any).
+\func{void}{Clear}{\void}
-{\it objects} is an array of {\it n} objects with which to initialize the list.
+Clears the list, but does not delete the objects stored in the list
+unless you called DeleteContents({\tt true} ).
-The variable-length argument list constructor must be supplied with a
-terminating NULL.
+\membersection{wxList<T>::DeleteContents}\label{wxlistdeletecontents}
-\membersection{wxList::\destruct{wxList}}
+\func{void}{DeleteContents}{\param{bool}{ destroy}}
-\func{}{\destruct{wxList}}{\void}
+If {\it destroy} is {\tt true}, instructs the list to call {\it delete}
+on objects stored in the list whenever they are removed.
+The default is {\tt false}.
-Destroys the list. Also destroys any remaining nodes, but does not destroy
-client data held in the nodes.
+\membersection{wxList<T>::DeleteNode}\label{wxlistdeletenode}
-\membersection{wxList::Append}
+\func{bool}{DeleteNode}{\param{const compatibility\_iterator &}{iter}}
-\func{wxNode *}{Append}{\param{wxObject *}{object}}
+Deletes the given element refered to by {\tt iter} from the list,
+returning {\tt true} if successful.
-\func{wxNode *}{Append}{\param{long}{ key}, \param{wxObject *}{object}}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::DeleteObject}\label{wxlistdeleteobject}
-\func{wxNode *}{Append}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}, \param{wxObject *}{object}}
+\func{bool}{DeleteObject}{\param{T *}{object}}
-Appends a new {\bf wxNode} to the end of the list and puts a pointer to the
-\rtfsp{\it object} in the node. The last two forms store a key with the object for
-later retrieval using the key. The new node is returned in each case.
+Finds the given {\it object} and removes it from the list, returning
+{\tt true} if successful. The application must delete the actual object
+separately.
-The key string is copied and stored by the list implementation.
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Erase}\label{wxlisterase}
-\membersection{wxList::Clear}
+\func{void}{Erase}{\param{const compatibility\_iterator &}{iter}}
-\func{void}{Clear}{\void}
+Removes element refered to be {\tt iter}.
-Clears the list (but does not delete the client data stored with each node).
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Find}\label{wxlistfind}
-\membersection{wxList::DeleteContents}\label{wxlistdeletecontents}
+\constfunc{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator}{Find}{\param{T *}{ object}}
-\func{void}{DeleteContents}{\param{bool}{ destroy}}
+Returns the iterator refering to {\it object} or NULL if none found.
-If {\it destroy} is TRUE, instructs the list to call {\it delete} on the client contents of
-a node whenever the node is destroyed. The default is FALSE.
+\membersection{wxList<T>::GetCount}\label{wxlistgetcount}
-\membersection{wxList::DeleteNode}
+\constfunc{size\_t}{GetCount}{\void}
-\func{bool}{DeleteNode}{\param{wxNode *}{node}}
+Returns the number of elements in the list.
-Deletes the given node from the list, returning TRUE if successful.
+\membersection{wxList<T>::GetFirst}\label{wxlistgetfirst}
-\membersection{wxList::DeleteObject}
+\constfunc{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator}{GetFirst}{\void}
-\func{bool}{DeleteObject}{\param{wxObject *}{object}}
+Returns the first iterator in the list (NULL if the list is empty).
-Finds the given client {\it object} and deletes the appropriate node from the list, returning
-TRUE if successful. The application must delete the actual object separately.
+\membersection{wxList<T>::GetLast}\label{wxlistgetlast}
-\membersection{wxList::Find}
+\constfunc{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator}{GetLast}{\void}
-\func{wxNode *}{Find}{\param{long}{ key}}
+Returns the last iterator in the list (NULL if the list is empty).
-\func{wxNode *}{Find}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::IndexOf}\label{wxlistindexof}
-Returns the node whose stored key matches {\it key}. Use on a keyed list only.
+\constfunc{int}{IndexOf}{\param{T*}{ obj }}
-\membersection{wxList::First}
+Returns the index of {\it obj} within the list or {\tt wxNOT\_FOUND} if
+{\it obj} is not found in the list.
-\func{wxNode *}{First}{\void}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Insert}\label{wxlistinsert1}
-Returns the first node in the list (NULL if the list is empty).
+\func{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator}{Insert}{\param{T *}{object}}
-\membersection{wxList::IndexOf}
+Insert object at the front of list.
-\func{int}{IndexOf}{\param{wxObject*}{ obj }}
+\func{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator}{Insert}{\param{size\_t }{position}, \param{T *}{object}}
-Returns the index of {\it obj} within the list or NOT\_FOUND if {\it obj}
-is not found in the list.
+Insert object before {\it position}, i.e. the index of the new item in the
+list will be equal to {\it position}. {\it position} should be less than or
+equal to \helpref{GetCount}{wxlistgetcount}; if it is equal to it, this is the
+same as calling \helpref{Append}{wxlistappend}.
-\membersection{wxList::Insert}
+\func{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator}{Insert}{\param{compatibility\_iterator}{iter}, \param{T *}{object}}
-\func{wxNode *}{Insert}{\param{wxObject *}{object}}
+Inserts the object before the object refered to be {\it iter}.
-Insert object at front of list.
+\membersection{wxList<T>::IsEmpty}\label{wxlistisempty}
-\func{wxNode *}{Insert}{\param{wxNode *}{position}, \param{wxObject *}{object}}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsEmpty}{\void}
-Insert object before {\it position}.
+Returns {\tt true} if the list is empty, {\tt false} otherwise.
+% Use different label name to avoid clashing with wxListItem label
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Item}\label{wxlistitemfunc}
-\membersection{wxList::Last}
+\constfunc{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator}{Item}{\param{size\_t }{index}}
-\func{wxNode *}{Last}{\void}
+Returns the iterator refering to the object at the given
+{\tt index} in the list.
-Returns the last node in the list (NULL if the list is empty).
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Member}\label{wxlistmember}
-\membersection{wxList::Member}
+\constfunc{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator}{Member}{\param{T *}{ object}}
-\func{wxNode *}{Member}{\param{wxObject *}{object}}
+{\bf NB:} This function is deprecated, use \helpref{Find}{wxlistfind} instead.
-Returns the node associated with {\it object} if it is in the list, NULL otherwise.
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Nth}\label{wxlistnth}
-\membersection{wxList::Nth}
+\constfunc{wxList<T>::compatibility\_iterator}{Nth}{\param{int }{n}}
-\func{wxNode *}{Nth}{\param{int}{ n}}
+{\bf NB:} This function is deprecated, use \helpref{Item}{wxlistitemfunc} instead.
Returns the {\it nth} node in the list, indexing from zero (NULL if the list is empty
or the nth node could not be found).
-\membersection{wxList::Number}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Number}\label{wxlistnumber}
+
+\constfunc{int}{Number}{\void}
-\func{int}{Number}{\void}
+{\bf NB:} This function is deprecated, use \helpref{GetCount}{wxlistgetcount} instead.
Returns the number of elements in the list.
-\membersection{wxList::Sort}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::Sort}\label{wxlistsort}
\func{void}{Sort}{\param{wxSortCompareFunction}{ compfunc}}
typedef int (*wxSortCompareFunction)(const void *elem1, const void *elem2);
\end{verbatim}
-Allows the sorting of arbitrary lists by giving
-a function to compare two list elements. We use the system {\bf qsort} function
-for the actual sorting process. The sort function receives pointers to wxObject pointers (wxObject **),
-so be careful to dereference appropriately.
+Allows the sorting of arbitrary lists by giving a function to compare
+two list elements. We use the system {\bf qsort} function for the actual
+sorting process.
-Example:
-\begin{verbatim}
- int listcompare(const void *arg1, const void *arg2)
- {
- return(compare(**(wxString **)arg1, // use the wxString 'compare'
- **(wxString **)arg2)); // function
- }
-
- void main()
- {
- wxList list;
-
- list.Append(new wxString("DEF"));
- list.Append(new wxString("GHI"));
- list.Append(new wxString("ABC"));
- list.Sort(listcompare);
- }
-\end{verbatim}
+\membersection{wxList<T>::assign}\label{wxlistassign}
+
+\func{void}{assign}{\param{const\_iterator }{first}, \param{const const\_iterator\& }{last}}
+
+
+\func{void}{assign}{\param{size\_type }{n}, \param{const\_reference }{v = value\_type()}}
+
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::back}\label{wxlistback}
+
+\func{reference}{back}{\void}
+
+\constfunc{const\_reference}{back}{\void}
+
+Returns the last item of the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::begin}\label{wxlistbegin}
+
+\func{iterator}{begin}{\void}
+
+\constfunc{const\_iterator}{begin}{\void}
+
+Returns a (const) iterator pointing to the beginning of the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::clear}\label{wxlistclear}
+
+\func{void}{clear}{\void}
+
+Removes all items from the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::empty}\label{wxlistempty}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{empty}{\void}
+
+Returns {\it true} if the list is empty.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::end}\label{wxlistend}
+
+\func{iterator}{end}{\void}
+
+\constfunc{const\_iterator}{end}{\void}
+
+Returns a (const) iterator pointing at the end of the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::erase}\label{wxlisterase2}
+
+\func{iterator}{erase}{\param{const iterator\& }{it}}
+
+Erases the item pointed to by {\it it}.
+
+\func{iterator}{erase}{\param{const iterator\& }{first}, \param{const iterator\& }{last}}
+
+Erases the items from {\it first} to {\it last}.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::front}\label{wxlistfront}
+
+\func{reference}{front}{\void}
+
+\constfunc{const\_reference}{front}{\void}
+
+Returns the first item in the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::insert}\label{wxlistinsert}
+
+\func{iterator}{insert}{\param{const iterator\& }{it}, \param{const\_reference }{v = value\_type()}}
+
+\func{void}{insert}{\param{const iterator\& }{it}, \param{size\_type }{n}, \param{const\_reference }{v = value\_type()}}
+
+\func{void}{insert}{\param{const iterator\& }{it}, \param{const\_iterator }{first}, \param{const const\_iterator\& }{last}}
+
+Inserts an item (or several) at the given position.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::max\_size}\label{wxlistmaxsize}
+
+\constfunc{size\_type}{max\_size}{\void}
+
+Returns the largest possible size of the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::pop\_back}\label{wxlistpopback}
+
+\func{void}{pop\_back}{\void}
+
+Removes the last item from the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::pop\_front}\label{wxlistpopfront}
+
+\func{void}{pop\_front}{\void}
+
+Removes the first item from the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::push\_back}\label{wxlistpushback}
+
+\func{void}{push\_back}{\param{const\_reference }{v = value\_type()}}
+
+Adds an item to end of the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::push\_front}\label{wxlistpushfront}
+
+\func{void}{push\_front}{\param{const\_reference }{v = value\_type()}}
+
+Adds an item to the front of the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::rbegin}\label{wxlistrbegin}
+
+\func{reverse\_iterator}{rbegin}{\void}
+
+\constfunc{const\_reverse\_iterator}{rbegin}{\void}
+
+Returns a (const) reverse iterator pointing to the beginning of the
+reversed list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::remove}\label{wxlistremove}
+
+\func{void}{remove}{\param{const\_reference }{v}}
+
+Removes an item from the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::rend}\label{wxlistrend}
+
+\func{reverse\_iterator}{rend}{\void}
+
+\constfunc{const\_reverse\_iterator}{rend}{\void}
+
+Returns a (const) reverse iterator pointing to the end of the
+reversed list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::resize}\label{wxlistresize}
+
+\func{void}{resize}{\param{size\_type }{n}, \param{value\_type }{v = value\_type()}}
+
+Resizes the list. If the the list is enlarges items with
+the value {\it v} are appended to the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::reverse}\label{wxlistreverse}
+
+\func{void}{reverse}{\void}
+
+Reverses the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::size}\label{wxlistsize}
+
+\constfunc{size\_type}{size}{\void}
+
+Returns the size of the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList<T>::splice}\label{wxlistsplice}
+
+\func{void}{splice}{\param{const iterator\& }{it}, \param{wxList<T>\& }{l}}
+
+\func{void}{splice}{\param{const iterator\& }{it}, \param{wxList<T>\& }{l}, \param{const iterator\& }{first}}
+
+\func{void}{splice}{\param{const iterator\& }{it}, \param{wxList<T>\& }{l}, \param{const iterator\& }{first}, \param{const iterator\& }{last}}
+Moves part of the list into another list, starting from {\it first} and
+ending at {\it last} if specified.