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