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** Definition of TQGVector class
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#ifndef TQGVECTOR_H
#define TQGVECTOR_H

#ifndef QT_H
#include "ntqptrcollection.h"
#endif // QT_H


class Q_EXPORT TQGVector : public TQPtrCollection	// generic vector
{
friend class TQGList;				// needed by TQGList::toVector
public:
#ifndef TQT_NO_DATASTREAM
    TQDataStream &read( TQDataStream & );		// read vector from stream
    TQDataStream &write( TQDataStream & ) const;	// write vector to stream
#endif
    virtual int compareItems( Item, Item );

protected:
    TQGVector();					// create empty vector
    TQGVector( uint size );			// create vector with nullptrs
    TQGVector( const TQGVector &v );		// make copy of other vector
   ~TQGVector();

    TQGVector &operator=( const TQGVector &v );	// assign from other vector
    bool operator==( const TQGVector &v ) const;

    Item	 *data()    const	{ return vec; }
    uint  size()    const	{ return len; }
    uint  count()   const	{ return numItems; }

    bool  insert( uint index, Item );		// insert item at index
    bool  remove( uint index );			// remove item
    Item	  take( uint index );			// take out item

    void  clear();				// clear vector
    bool  resize( uint newsize );		// resize vector

    bool  fill( Item, int flen );		// resize and fill vector

    void  sort();				// sort vector
    int	  bsearch( Item ) const;			// binary search (when sorted)

    int	  findRef( Item, uint index ) const;	// find exact item in vector
    int	  find( Item, uint index ) const;	// find equal item in vector
    uint  containsRef( Item ) const;		// get number of exact matches
    uint  contains( Item ) const;		// get number of equal matches

    Item	  at( uint index ) const		// return indexed item
    {
#if defined(QT_CHECK_RANGE)
	if ( index >= len )
	    warningIndexRange( index );
#endif
	return vec[index];
    }

    bool insertExpand( uint index, Item );	// insert, expand if necessary

    void toList( TQGList * ) const;		// put items in list

#ifndef TQT_NO_DATASTREAM
    virtual TQDataStream &read( TQDataStream &, Item & );
    virtual TQDataStream &write( TQDataStream &, Item ) const;
#endif
private:
    Item	 *vec;
    uint  len;
    uint  numItems;

    static void warningIndexRange( uint );
};


/*****************************************************************************
  TQGVector stream functions
 *****************************************************************************/

#ifndef TQT_NO_DATASTREAM
Q_EXPORT TQDataStream &operator>>( TQDataStream &, TQGVector & );
Q_EXPORT TQDataStream &operator<<( TQDataStream &, const TQGVector & );
#endif

#endif // TQGVECTOR_H