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RWTPtrMultiSetIterator<T,C>

• Synopsis
• Standard C++ Library Dependent!
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#include<rw/tpmset.h>

RWTPtrMultiSet<T,C> set;
RWTPtrMultiSetIterator<T,C> itr(set);

RWTPtrMultiSetIterator is supplied with Tools 7 to provide an iterator interface to the new Standard Library based collections that has backward compatibility with the container iterators provided in Tools 6.

The order of iteration over an RWTPtrMultiSet is dependent upon the comparator object parameter C as applied to the values stored in the container.

The current item referenced by this iterator is undefined after construction or after a call to reset(). The iterator becomes valid after being advanced with either a preincrement or operator().

For both operator++ and operator(), iterating past the last element will return a value equivalent to boolean false. Continued increments will return a value equivalent to false until reset() is called.

None

#include<rw/tpmset.h>

#include<iostream.h>
#include<rw/cstring.h>

int main(){

   RWTPtrMultiSet<RWCString, less<RWCString> > a;
   RWTPtrMultiSetIterator<RWCString, less<RWCString> > itr(a);

   a.insert(new RWCString("John"));

   a.insert(new RWCString("Steve"));
   a.insert(new RWCString("Mark"));
   a.insert(new RWCString("Steve"));

   for(;itr();)

     cout << *itr.key() <<endl;

   return 0;

}

Program Output
John
Mark
Steve
Steve

RWTPtrMultiSetIterator<T,C>(const RWTPtrMultiSet<T,C>& m);

Creates an iterator for the multi-set m. The iterator begins in an undefined state and must be advanced before the first element will be accessible

T*
operator()();

Advances self to the next element, dereferences the resulting iterator and returns its value. If the iterator has advanced past the last item in the container, the element returned will be a nil pointer equivalent to boolean false.

RWBoolean
operator++();

Advances self to the next element. If the iterator has been reset or just created self will now reference the first element. If, before iteration, self referenced the last association in the multi-set, self will now point to an undefined value and a value equivalent to false will be returned. Otherwise, a value equivalent to true is returned. Note: no post-increment operator is provided.

RWTPtrMultiSet<T,C>*
container() const;

Returns a pointer to the collection being iterated over.

T*
key();

Returns the stored value referenced by self. Undefined if self is not referencing a value within the list.

void
reset();
void
reset(RWTPtrMultiSet<T,C>& h);

Resets the iterator so that after being advanced it will reference the first element of the collection. Using reset() with no argument will reset the iterator on the current container. Supplying a RWTPtrMultiSet with reset() will reset the iterator on that container.