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It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. 00050 */ 00051 00052 /** @file stl_iterator_base_types.h 00053 * This is an internal header file, included by other library headers. 00054 * You should not attempt to use it directly. 00055 * 00056 * This file contains all of the general iterator-related utility types, 00057 * such as iterator_traits and struct iterator. 00058 */ 00059 00060 #ifndef _STL_ITERATOR_BASE_TYPES_H 00061 #define _STL_ITERATOR_BASE_TYPES_H 1 00062 00063 #pragma GCC system_header 00064 00065 #include <bits/c++config.h> 00066 00067 _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(std) 00068 00069 /** 00070 * @defgroup iterators Iterators 00071 * These are empty types, used to distinguish different iterators. The 00072 * distinction is not made by what they contain, but simply by what they 00073 * are. Different underlying algorithms can then be used based on the 00074 * different operations supported by different iterator types. 00075 */ 00076 //@{ 00077 /// Marking input iterators. 00078 struct input_iterator_tag { }; 00079 00080 /// Marking output iterators. 00081 struct output_iterator_tag { }; 00082 00083 /// Forward iterators support a superset of input iterator operations. 00084 struct forward_iterator_tag : public input_iterator_tag { }; 00085 00086 /// Bidirectional iterators support a superset of forward iterator 00087 /// operations. 00088 struct bidirectional_iterator_tag : public forward_iterator_tag { }; 00089 00090 /// Random-access iterators support a superset of bidirectional 00091 /// iterator operations. 00092 struct random_access_iterator_tag : public bidirectional_iterator_tag { }; 00093 00094 00095 /** 00096 * @brief Common %iterator class. 00097 * 00098 * This class does nothing but define nested typedefs. %Iterator classes 00099 * can inherit from this class to save some work. The typedefs are then 00100 * used in specializations and overloading. 00101 * 00102 * In particular, there are no default implementations of requirements 00103 * such as @c operator++ and the like. (How could there be?) 00104 */ 00105 template<typename _Category, typename _Tp, typename _Distance = ptrdiff_t, 00106 typename _Pointer = _Tp*, typename _Reference = _Tp&> 00107 struct iterator 00108 { 00109 /// One of the @link iterator_tags tag types@endlink. 00110 typedef _Category iterator_category; 00111 /// The type "pointed to" by the iterator. 00112 typedef _Tp value_type; 00113 /// Distance between iterators is represented as this type. 00114 typedef _Distance difference_type; 00115 /// This type represents a pointer-to-value_type. 00116 typedef _Pointer pointer; 00117 /// This type represents a reference-to-value_type. 00118 typedef _Reference reference; 00119 }; 00120 00121 /** 00122 * @brief Traits class for iterators. 00123 * 00124 * This class does nothing but define nested typedefs. The general 00125 * version simply @a forwards the nested typedefs from the Iterator 00126 * argument. Specialized versions for pointers and pointers-to-const 00127 * provide tighter, more correct semantics. 00128 */ 00129 template<typename _Iterator> 00130 struct iterator_traits 00131 { 00132 typedef typename _Iterator::iterator_category iterator_category; 00133 typedef typename _Iterator::value_type value_type; 00134 typedef typename _Iterator::difference_type difference_type; 00135 typedef typename _Iterator::pointer pointer; 00136 typedef typename _Iterator::reference reference; 00137 }; 00138 00139 /// Partial specialization for pointer types. 00140 template<typename _Tp> 00141 struct iterator_traits<_Tp*> 00142 { 00143 typedef random_access_iterator_tag iterator_category; 00144 typedef _Tp value_type; 00145 typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type; 00146 typedef _Tp* pointer; 00147 typedef _Tp& reference; 00148 }; 00149 00150 /// Partial specialization for const pointer types. 00151 template<typename _Tp> 00152 struct iterator_traits<const _Tp*> 00153 { 00154 typedef random_access_iterator_tag iterator_category; 00155 typedef _Tp value_type; 00156 typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type; 00157 typedef const _Tp* pointer; 00158 typedef const _Tp& reference; 00159 }; 00160 00161 /** 00162 * This function is not a part of the C++ standard but is syntactic 00163 * sugar for internal library use only. 00164 */ 00165 template<typename _Iter> 00166 inline typename iterator_traits<_Iter>::iterator_category 00167 __iterator_category(const _Iter&) 00168 { return typename iterator_traits<_Iter>::iterator_category(); } 00169 00170 //@} 00171 00172 _GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE 00173 00174 #endif /* _STL_ITERATOR_BASE_TYPES_H */ 00175