X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/f3a65071987ac699afa1cf7edf909f5770244dba..5740d24a02d9dbc46cc62268a910f1a23e13003d:/docs/latex/wx/list.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/list.tex b/docs/latex/wx/list.tex
index 6e53b0e541..dc6ace118a 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/list.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/list.tex
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ 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
+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):
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ macros):
 
     // declare our list class: this macro declares and partly implements MyList
     // class (which derives from wxListBase)
-    WX_DECLARE_LIST(MyListElement, MyList)
+    WX_DECLARE_LIST(MyListElement, MyList);
 
     ...
 
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ macros):
     // 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() )
@@ -66,13 +66,21 @@ macros):
 
 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
+parameter of WX\_DECLARE\_LIST) for the template lists.
 
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
 
-{\bf WARNING: } the rest of documentation may be out-of-date.
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/list.h>
 
 \wxheading{Example}
 
@@ -80,21 +88,21 @@ 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);
+  wxWindow *win1 = new wxWindow(...);
+  wxWindow *win2 = new wxWindow(...);
 
   wxList SomeList;
-  SomeList.Append(point1);
-  SomeList.Append(point2);
+  SomeList.Append(win1);
+  SomeList.Append(win2);
 
   ...
 
   wxNode *node = SomeList.GetFirst();
   while (node)
   {
-    wxPoint *point = (wxPoint *)node->Data();
+    wxWindow *win = node->GetData();
     ...
-    node = node->Next();
+    node = node->GetNext();
   }
 \end{verbatim}
 
@@ -102,7 +110,7 @@ To delete nodes in a list as the list is being traversed, replace
 
 \begin{verbatim}
     ...
-    node = node->Next();
+    node = node->GetNext();
     ...
 \end{verbatim}
 
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ with
 
 \begin{verbatim}
     ...
-    delete point;
+    delete win;
     delete node;
     node = SomeList.GetFirst();
     ...
@@ -119,10 +127,6 @@ with
 See \helpref{wxNode}{wxnode} for members that retrieve the data associated with a node, and
 members for getting to the next or previous node.
 
-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.
-
 \wxheading{See also}
 
 \helpref{wxNode}{wxnode}, \helpref{wxStringList}{wxstringlist},
@@ -155,7 +159,7 @@ terminating NULL.
 Destroys the list.  Also destroys any remaining nodes, but does not destroy
 client data held in the nodes.
 
-\membersection{wxList::Append}
+\membersection{wxList::Append}\label{wxlistappend}
 
 \func{wxNode *}{Append}{\param{wxObject *}{object}}
 
@@ -169,11 +173,12 @@ later retrieval using the key. The new node is returned in each case.
 
 The key string is copied and stored by the list implementation.
 
-\membersection{wxList::Clear}
+\membersection{wxList::Clear}\label{wxlistclear}
 
 \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}
 
@@ -182,20 +187,20 @@ Clears the list (but does not delete the client data stored with each node).
 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::DeleteNode}
+\membersection{wxList::DeleteNode}\label{wxlistdeletenode}
 
 \func{bool}{DeleteNode}{\param{wxNode *}{node}}
 
 Deletes the given node from the list, returning TRUE if successful.
 
-\membersection{wxList::DeleteObject}
+\membersection{wxList::DeleteObject}\label{wxlistdeleteobject}
 
 \func{bool}{DeleteObject}{\param{wxObject *}{object}}
 
 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::Find}
+\membersection{wxList::Find}\label{wxlistfind}
 
 \func{wxNode *}{Find}{\param{long}{ key}}
 
@@ -203,56 +208,80 @@ TRUE if successful. The application must delete the actual object separately.
 
 Returns the node whose stored key matches {\it key}. Use on a keyed list only.
 
-\membersection{wxList::GetFirst}
+\membersection{wxList::GetCount}\label{wxlistgetcount}
+
+\constfunc{size\_t}{GetCount}{\void}
+
+Returns the number of elements in the list.
+
+\membersection{wxList::GetFirst}\label{wxlistgetfirst}
 
 \func{wxNode *}{GetFirst}{\void}
 
 Returns the first node in the list (NULL if the list is empty).
 
-\membersection{wxList::IndexOf}
+\membersection{wxList::GetLast}\label{wxlistgetlast}
+
+\func{wxNode *}{GetLast}{\void}
+
+Returns the last node in the list (NULL if the list is empty).
+
+\membersection{wxList::IndexOf}\label{wxlistindexof}
 
 \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 NOT\_FOUND if {\it obj} 
 is not found in the list.
 
-\membersection{wxList::Insert}
+\membersection{wxList::Insert}\label{wxlistinsert}
 
 \func{wxNode *}{Insert}{\param{wxObject *}{object}}
 
 Insert object at front of list.
 
-\func{wxNode *}{Insert}{\param{wxNode *}{position}, \param{wxObject *}{object}}
+\func{wxNode *}{Insert}{\param{size\_t }{position}, \param{wxObject *}{object}}
 
-Insert object before {\it position}.
+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}.
 
+\func{wxNode *}{Insert}{\param{wxNode *}{node}, \param{wxObject *}{object}}
 
-\membersection{wxList::GetLast}
+Inserts the object before the given {\it node}.
 
-\func{wxNode *}{GetLast}{\void}
+\membersection{wxList::Item}\label{wxlistitem}
 
-Returns the last node in the list (NULL if the list is empty).
+\constfunc{wxNode *}{Item}{\param{size\_t }{index}}
+
+Returns the node at given position in the list.
 
-\membersection{wxList::Member}
+\membersection{wxList::Member}\label{wxlistmember}
 
 \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::Nth}
+\membersection{wxList::Nth}\label{wxlistnth}
 
 \func{wxNode *}{Nth}{\param{int}{ n}}
 
+{\bf NB:} This function is deprecated, use \helpref{Item}{wxlistitem} 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::Number}\label{wxlistnumber}
 
 \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::Sort}\label{wxlistsort}
 
 \func{void}{Sort}{\param{wxSortCompareFunction}{ compfunc}}
 
@@ -263,8 +292,12 @@ Returns the number of elements in the list.
 
 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:
 
@@ -286,4 +319,3 @@ Example:
   }
 \end{verbatim}
 
-