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
+See \helpref{wxHashMap}{wxhashmap}\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
+classes family may contain elements of any type and has much more strict 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).
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
+with {\it WX\_DECLARE\_LIST} and {\it WX\_DEFINE\_LIST} macros like this
(notice the similarity with WX\_DECLARE\_OBJARRAY and WX\_IMPLEMENT\_OBJARRAY
macros):
\wxheading{Example}
-{\small%
\begin{verbatim}
// this part might be in a header or source (.cpp) file
class MyListElement
// 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() )
...process the current element...
}
\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.
In the documentation of the list classes below, you should replace wxNode with
wxListName::Node and wxObject with the list element type (i.e. the first
\func{void}{Clear}{\void}
-Clears the list (but does not delete the client data stored with each node).
+Clears the list (but does not delete the client data stored with each node
+unless you called DeleteContents(TRUE), in which case it deletes data).
\membersection{wxList::DeleteContents}\label{wxlistdeletecontents}
\func{int}{IndexOf}{\param{wxObject*}{ obj }}
-Returns the index of {\it obj} within the list or NOT\_FOUND if {\it obj}
+Returns the index of {\it obj} within the list or wxNOT\_FOUND if {\it obj}
is not found in the list.
\membersection{wxList::Insert}\label{wxlistinsert}
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.
+for the actual sorting process.
+
+If you use untyped wxList the sort function receives pointers to wxObject
+pointers (wxObject **), so be careful to dereference appropriately - but,
+of course, a better solution is to use list of appropriate type defined with
+{\tt WX\_DECLARE\_LIST}.
Example:
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