fix tests for WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8, closes #13800

[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / dynarray.h

diff --git a/interface/wx/dynarray.h b/interface/wx/dynarray.h
index dc427b171d093f29ad36933a273f9ad510ea1f06..f9066994d6702ae14e234ba45570f3178c0cbe9e 100644 (file)
--- a/interface/wx/dynarray.h
+++ b/interface/wx/dynarray.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Purpose:     interface of wxArray<T>
 // Author:      wxWidgets team
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
-// Licence:     wxWindows license
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 /**
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     functions are inline, so they do not take @e any space at all.
 
     wxWidgets has three different kinds of array. All of them derive from
-    wxBaseArray class which works with untyped data and can not be used
+    wxBaseArray class which works with untyped data and cannot be used
     directly. The standard macros WX_DEFINE_ARRAY(), WX_DEFINE_SORTED_ARRAY()
     and WX_DEFINE_OBJARRAY() are used to define a new class deriving from it.
     The classes declared will be called in this documentation wxArray,
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     however dumb, C++ compiler in the world.
 
     Remember to include @<wx/arrimpl.cpp@> just before each
-    WX_DEFINE_OBJARRAY() ocurrence in your code, even if you have several in
+    WX_DEFINE_OBJARRAY() occurrence in your code, even if you have several in
     the same file.
 
     Things are much simpler for wxArray and wxSortedArray however: it is enough
@@ -197,11 +197,24 @@
     - WX_DEFINE_SORTED_USER_EXPORTED_ARRAY_INT()
 
 
+    @section array_predef Predefined array types
+
+    wxWidgets defines the following dynamic array types:
+    - ::wxArrayShort
+    - ::wxArrayInt
+    - ::wxArrayDouble
+    - ::wxArrayLong
+    - ::wxArrayPtrVoid
+
+    To use them you don't need any macro; you just need to include @c dynarray.h.
+
+
     @library{wxbase}
     @category{containers}
 
     @see @ref overview_container, wxList<T>, wxVector<T>
 */
+template <typename T>
 class wxArray<T>
 {
 public:
@@ -533,14 +546,20 @@ public:
 
         @code
         T *item = array[n];
+        array.Remove(item);
         delete item;
-        array.Remove(n);
         @endcode
 
         See also WX_CLEAR_ARRAY() macro which deletes all elements of a wxArray
         (supposed to contain pointers).
+
+        Notice that for sorted arrays this method uses binary search to find
+        the item so it doesn't necessarily remove the first matching item, but
+        the first one found by the binary search.
+
+        @see RemoveAt()
     */
-    Remove(T item);
+    void Remove(T item);
 
     /**
         Removes @a count elements starting at @a index from the array. When an
@@ -558,7 +577,7 @@ public:
         See also WX_CLEAR_ARRAY() macro which deletes all elements of a wxArray
         (supposed to contain pointers).
     */
-    RemoveAt(size_t index, size_t count = 1);
+    void RemoveAt(size_t index, size_t count = 1);
 
     //@}
 
@@ -583,15 +602,16 @@ public:
               another, identical, element is in the array.
     */
     int Index(T& item, bool searchFromEnd = false) const;
+
     /**
         This version of Index() is for wxSortedArray only.
 
-        Searches the element in the array, starting from either beginning or
-        the end depending on the value of @a searchFromEnd parameter.
+        Searches for the element in the array, using binary search.
+
         @c wxNOT_FOUND is returned if the element is not found, otherwise the
         index of the element is returned.
     */
-    const int Index(T& item) const;
+    int Index(T& item) const;
 
     /**
         Search for a place to insert @a item into the sorted array (binary
@@ -632,17 +652,17 @@ public:
 
 
 /**
-    This macro may be used to append all elements of the @a other array to the
-    @a array. The two arrays must be of the same type.
+    This macro may be used to append all elements of the @a wxArray_arrayToBeAppended
+    array to the @a wxArray_arrayToModify. The two arrays must be of the same type.
 */
-#define WX_APPEND_ARRAY(wxArray& array, wxArray& other)
+#define WX_APPEND_ARRAY(wxArray_arrayToModify, wxArray_arrayToBeAppended)
 
 /**
     This macro may be used to delete all elements of the array before emptying
-    it. It can not be used with wxObjArrays - but they will delete their
+    it. It cannot be used with wxObjArrays - but they will delete their
     elements anyway when you call Empty().
 */
-#define WX_CLEAR_ARRAY(wxArray& array)
+#define WX_CLEAR_ARRAY(wxArray_arrayToBeCleared)
 
 //@{
 /**
@@ -777,8 +797,18 @@ public:
 //@}
 
 /**
-    This macro may be used to prepend all elements of the @a other array to the
-    @a array. The two arrays must be of the same type.
+    This macro may be used to prepend all elements of the @a wxArray_arrayToBePrepended
+    array to the @a wxArray_arrayToModify. The two arrays must be of the same type.
 */
-#define WX_PREPEND_ARRAY(wxArray& array, wxArray& other)
+#define WX_PREPEND_ARRAY(wxArray_arrayToModify, wxArray_arrayToBePrepended)
 
+//@{
+/**
+    Predefined specialization of wxArray<T> for standard types.
+*/
+typedef wxArray<int> wxArrayInt;
+typedef wxArray<long> wxArrayLong;
+typedef wxArray<short> wxArrayShort;
+typedef wxArray<double> wxArrayDouble;
+typedef wxArray<void*> wxArrayPtrVoid;
+//@}