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+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** TQPtrDict and TQPtrDictIterator class documentation
+**
+** Copyright (C) 1992-2008 Trolltech ASA. All rights reserved.
+**
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+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ TQPtrDict documentation
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/*!
+ \class TQPtrDict
+ \brief The TQPtrDict class is a template class that provides a dictionary based on void* keys.
+
+ \ingroup collection
+ \ingroup tools
+
+ \important autoDelete setAutoDelete
+
+ TQPtrDict is implemented as a template class. Define a template
+ instance TQPtrDict\<X\> to create a dictionary that operates on
+ pointers to X (X*).
+
+ A dictionary is a collection of key-value pairs. The key is a
+ void* used for insertion, removal and lookup. The value is a
+ pointer. Dictionaries provide very fast insertion and lookup.
+
+ Example:
+ \code
+ TQPtrDict<char> fields; // void* keys, char* values
+
+ QLineEdit *le1 = new QLineEdit( this );
+ le1->setText( "Simpson" );
+ QLineEdit *le2 = new QLineEdit( this );
+ le2->setText( "Homer" );
+ QLineEdit *le3 = new QLineEdit( this );
+ le3->setText( "45" );
+
+ fields.insert( le1, "Surname" );
+ fields.insert( le2, "Forename" );
+ fields.insert( le3, "Age" );
+
+ TQPtrDictIterator<char> it( fields );
+ for( ; it.current(); ++it )
+ cout << it.current() << endl;
+ cout << endl;
+
+ if ( fields[le1] ) // Prints "Surname: Simpson"
+ cout << fields[le1] << ": " << le1->text() << endl;
+ if ( fields[le2] ) // Prints "Forename: Homer"
+ cout << fields[le2] << ": " << le2->text() << endl;
+
+ fields.remove( le1 ); // Removes le1 from the dictionary
+ cout << le1->text() << endl; // Prints "Simpson"
+ \endcode
+ In this example we use a dictionary to add an extra property (a
+ char*) to the line edits we're using.
+
+ See QDict for full details, including the choice of dictionary
+ size, and how deletions are handled.
+
+ \sa TQPtrDictIterator, QDict, QAsciiDict, QIntDict,
+ \link collection.html Collection Classes\endlink
+*/
+
+
+/*!
+ \fn TQPtrDict::TQPtrDict( int size )
+
+ Constructs a dictionary using an internal hash array with the size
+ \a size.
+
+ Setting \a size to a suitably large prime number (equal to or
+ greater than the expected number of entries) makes the hash
+ distribution better and improves lookup performance.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn TQPtrDict::TQPtrDict( const TQPtrDict<type> &dict )
+
+ Constructs a copy of \a dict.
+
+ Each item in \a dict is inserted into this dictionary. Only the
+ pointers are copied (shallow copy).
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn TQPtrDict::~TQPtrDict()
+
+ Removes all items from the dictionary and destroys it.
+
+ All iterators that access this dictionary will be reset.
+
+ \sa setAutoDelete()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn TQPtrDict<type> &TQPtrDict::operator=(const TQPtrDict<type> &dict)
+
+ Assigns \a dict to this dictionary and returns a reference to this
+ dictionary.
+
+ This dictionary is first cleared and then each item in \a dict is
+ inserted into the dictionary. Only the pointers are copied
+ (shallow copy), unless newItem() has been reimplemented.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn uint TQPtrDict::count() const
+
+ Returns the number of items in the dictionary.
+
+ \sa isEmpty()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn uint TQPtrDict::size() const
+
+ Returns the size of the internal hash table (as specified in the
+ constructor).
+
+ \sa count()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void TQPtrDict::resize( uint newsize )
+
+ Changes the size of the hash table to \a newsize. The contents of
+ the dictionary are preserved, but all iterators on the dictionary
+ become invalid.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn bool TQPtrDict::isEmpty() const
+
+ Returns TRUE if the dictionary is empty; otherwise returns FALSE.
+
+ \sa count()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void TQPtrDict::insert( void *key, const type *item )
+
+ Inserts the \a key with the \a item into the dictionary.
+
+ Multiple items can have the same key, in which case only the last
+ item will be accessible using \l operator[]().
+
+ \a item may not be 0.
+
+ \sa replace()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void TQPtrDict::replace( void *key, const type *item )
+
+ If the dictionary has key \a key, this key's item is replaced with
+ \a item. If the dictionary doesn't contain key \a key, \a item is
+ inserted into the dictionary using key \a key.
+
+ \a item may not be 0.
+
+ Equivalent to
+ \code
+ TQPtrDict<ItemType> dict;
+ ...
+ if ( dict.find( key ) )
+ dict.remove( key );
+ dict.insert( key, item );
+ \endcode
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
+ recently inserted item will be replaced.
+
+ \sa insert()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn bool TQPtrDict::remove( void *key )
+
+ Removes the item associated with \a key from the dictionary.
+ Returns TRUE if successful, i.e. if \a key is in the dictionary;
+ otherwise returns FALSE.
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
+ recently inserted item will be removed.
+
+ The removed item is deleted if \link
+ TQPtrCollection::setAutoDelete() auto-deletion\endlink is enabled.
+
+ All dictionary iterators that refer to the removed item will be
+ set to point to the next item in the dictionary traversal order.
+
+ \sa take(), clear(), setAutoDelete()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *TQPtrDict::take( void *key )
+
+ Takes the item associated with \a key out of the dictionary
+ without deleting it (even if \link TQPtrCollection::setAutoDelete()
+ auto-deletion\endlink is enabled).
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
+ recently inserted item will be removed.
+
+ Returns a pointer to the item taken out, or 0 if the key does not
+ exist in the dictionary.
+
+ All dictionary iterators that refer to the taken item will be set
+ to point to the next item in the dictionary traversal order.
+
+ \sa remove(), clear(), setAutoDelete()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void TQPtrDict::clear()
+
+ Removes all items from the dictionary.
+
+ The removed items are deleted if \link
+ TQPtrCollection::setAutoDelete() auto-deletion\endlink is enabled.
+
+ All dictionary iterators that access this dictionary will be
+ reset.
+
+ \sa remove(), take(), setAutoDelete()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *TQPtrDict::find( void *key ) const
+
+ Returns the item associated with \a key, or 0 if the key does not
+ exist in the dictionary.
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
+ recently inserted item will be found.
+
+ Equivalent to operator[].
+
+ \sa operator[]()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *TQPtrDict::operator[]( void *key ) const
+
+ Returns the item associated with \a key, or 0 if the key does not
+ exist in the dictionary.
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
+ recently inserted item will be found.
+
+ Equivalent to the find() function.
+
+ \sa find()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void TQPtrDict::statistics() const
+
+ Debugging-only function that prints out the dictionary
+ distribution using tqDebug().
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn QDataStream& TQPtrDict::read( QDataStream &s, TQPtrCollection::Item &item )
+
+ Reads a dictionary item from the stream \a s and returns a
+ reference to the stream.
+
+ The default implementation sets \a item to 0.
+
+ \sa write()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn QDataStream& TQPtrDict::write( QDataStream &s, TQPtrCollection::Item ) const
+
+ Writes a dictionary item to the stream \a s and returns a
+ reference to the stream.
+
+ \sa read()
+*/
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ TQPtrDictIterator documentation
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/*!
+ \class TQPtrDictIterator tqptrdict.h
+ \brief The TQPtrDictIterator class provides an iterator for TQPtrDict collections.
+
+ \ingroup collection
+ \ingroup tools
+
+ TQPtrDictIterator is implemented as a template class. Define a
+ template instance TQPtrDictIterator\<X\> to create a dictionary
+ iterator that operates on TQPtrDict\<X\> (dictionary of X*).
+
+ Example:
+ \code
+ TQPtrDict<char> fields;
+
+ QLineEdit *le1 = new QLineEdit( this );
+ le1->setText( "Simpson" );
+ QLineEdit *le2 = new QLineEdit( this );
+ le2->setText( "Homer" );
+ QLineEdit *le3 = new QLineEdit( this );
+ le3->setText( "45" );
+
+ fields.insert( le1, "Surname" );
+ fields.insert( le2, "Forename" );
+ fields.insert( le3, "Age" );
+
+ TQPtrDictIterator<char> it( fields );
+ for( ; it.current(); ++it ) {
+ QLineEdit *le = (QLineEdit)it.currentKey();
+ cout << it.current() << ": " << le->text() << endl;
+ }
+ cout << endl;
+
+ // Output (random order):
+ // Forename: Homer
+ // Age: 45
+ // Surname: Simpson
+ \endcode
+ In the example we insert some line edits into a dictionary,
+ associating a string with each. We then iterate over the
+ dictionary printing the associated strings.
+
+ Multiple iterators may independently traverse the same dictionary.
+ A TQPtrDict knows about all the iterators that are operating on the
+ dictionary. When an item is removed from the dictionary, TQPtrDict
+ updates all iterators that refer the removed item to point to the
+ next item in the traversing order.
+
+ \sa TQPtrDict
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn TQPtrDictIterator::TQPtrDictIterator( const TQPtrDict<type> &dict )
+
+ Constructs an iterator for \a dict. The current iterator item is
+ set to point on the first item in the \a dict.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn TQPtrDictIterator::~TQPtrDictIterator()
+
+ Destroys the iterator.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn uint TQPtrDictIterator::count() const
+
+ Returns the number of items in the dictionary this iterator
+ operates on.
+
+ \sa isEmpty()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn bool TQPtrDictIterator::isEmpty() const
+
+ Returns TRUE if the dictionary is empty; otherwise returns FALSE.
+
+ \sa count()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *TQPtrDictIterator::toFirst()
+
+ Sets the current iterator item to point to the first item in the
+ dictionary and returns a pointer to the item. If the dictionary is
+ empty, it sets the current item to 0 and returns 0.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn TQPtrDictIterator::operator type *() const
+
+ Cast operator. Returns a pointer to the current iterator item.
+ Same as current().
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *TQPtrDictIterator::current() const
+
+ Returns a pointer to the current iterator item's value.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void *TQPtrDictIterator::currentKey() const
+
+ Returns the current iterator item's key.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *TQPtrDictIterator::operator()()
+
+ Makes the succeeding item current and returns the original current
+ item.
+
+ If the current iterator item was the last item in the dictionary
+ or if it was 0, 0 is returned.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *TQPtrDictIterator::operator++()
+
+ Prefix ++ makes the succeeding item current and returns the new
+ current item.
+
+ If the current iterator item was the last item in the dictionary
+ or if it was 0, 0 is returned.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *TQPtrDictIterator::operator+=( uint jump )
+
+ Sets the current item to the item \a jump positions after the
+ current item and returns a pointer to that item.
+
+ If that item is beyond the last item or if the dictionary is
+ empty, it sets the current item to 0 and returns 0.
+*/