C++ concepts: Container
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A Container is an object used to store other objects and taking care of the management of the memory used by the objects it contains.
Requirements
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Ccontainer type; -
Telement type; -
a,bobjects of typeC.
Types
| name | type | notes |
|---|---|---|
value_type |
T | Eraseable
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reference |
T& | |
const_reference |
const T& | |
iterator |
iterator pointing to T | ForwardIteratorconvertible to const_iterator
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const_iterator |
const iterator pointing to T | ForwardIterator
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difference_type |
signed integer | must be the same as iterator_traits::difference_type for iterator and const_iterator
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size_type |
unsigned integer | large enough to represent all positive values of difference_type
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Methods and operators
| expression | return type | semantics | conditions | complexity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C() | C | creates an empty container | Post: C().empty() == true | Constant | |
| C(a) | C | creates a copy of a |
Pre: T must be CopyInsertablePost: a == C(a) |
Linear | |
| a = b | C& | destroys or move-assigns all elements of a from elements of b |
Post: a == b | Linear | |
| (&a)->~C() | void | destroys all elements of a and frees all memory |
Linear | ||
| a.begin() | (const_)iterator | Iterator to the first element of a |
Constant | ||
| a.end() | (const_)iterator | Iterator to one past the last element of a |
Constant | ||
| a.cbegin()(since C++11) | const_iterator | const_cast<const C&>(a).begin() | Constant | ||
| a.cend()(since C++11) | const_iterator | const_cast<const C&>(a).end() | Constant | ||
| a == b | convertible to bool | std::equal(a.begin(), a.end(), b.begin(), b.end())(since C++14) | Pre: T must be EqualityComparable |
Constant[1] if a.size() != b.size(), linear otherwise
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| a != b | convertible to bool | !(a == b) | Linear | ||
| a.swap(b) | void | exchanges the values of a and b |
Constant[2][3] | ||
| swap(a, b) | void | a.swap(b) | Constant[2] | ||
| a.size() | size_type | distance(a.begin(), a.end()) | Constant[3] | ||
| a.max_size() | size_type | b.size() where b is the largest possible container |
Constant[3] | ||
| a.empty() | convertible to bool | a.begin() == a.end() | Constant | ||
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Given
in the expressions i == j, i != j, i < j, i <= j, i >= j, i > j, i - j, either or both may be replaced by an object of the container's |
(since C++14) |
Container data races
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