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It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. 50 */ 51 52/** @file stl_iterator_base_types.h 53 * This is an internal header file, included by other library headers. 54 * You should not attempt to use it directly. 55 * 56 * This file contains all of the general iterator-related utility types, 57 * such as iterator_traits and struct iterator. 58 */ 59 60#ifndef _STL_ITERATOR_BASE_TYPES_H 61#define _STL_ITERATOR_BASE_TYPES_H 1 62 63#pragma GCC system_header 64 65#include <bits/c++config.h> 66#include <cstddef> 67 68_GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(std) 69 70 /** 71 * @defgroup iterators Iterators 72 * These are empty types, used to distinguish different iterators. The 73 * distinction is not made by what they contain, but simply by what they 74 * are. Different underlying algorithms can then be used based on the 75 * different operations supported by different iterator types. 76 */ 77 //@{ 78 /// Marking input iterators. 79 struct input_iterator_tag { }; 80 /// Marking output iterators. 81 struct output_iterator_tag { }; 82 /// Forward iterators support a superset of input iterator operations. 83 struct forward_iterator_tag : public input_iterator_tag { }; 84 /// Bidirectional iterators support a superset of forward iterator 85 /// operations. 86 struct bidirectional_iterator_tag : public forward_iterator_tag { }; 87 /// Random-access iterators support a superset of bidirectional iterator 88 /// operations. 89 struct random_access_iterator_tag : public bidirectional_iterator_tag { }; 90 91 92 /** 93 * @brief Common %iterator class. 94 * 95 * This class does nothing but define nested typedefs. %Iterator classes 96 * can inherit from this class to save some work. The typedefs are then 97 * used in specializations and overloading. 98 * 99 * In particular, there are no default implementations of requirements 100 * such as @c operator++ and the like. (How could there be?) 101 */ 102 template<typename _Category, typename _Tp, typename _Distance = ptrdiff_t, 103 typename _Pointer = _Tp*, typename _Reference = _Tp&> 104 struct iterator 105 { 106 /// One of the @link iterator_tags tag types@endlink. 107 typedef _Category iterator_category; 108 /// The type "pointed to" by the iterator. 109 typedef _Tp value_type; 110 /// Distance between iterators is represented as this type. 111 typedef _Distance difference_type; 112 /// This type represents a pointer-to-value_type. 113 typedef _Pointer pointer; 114 /// This type represents a reference-to-value_type. 115 typedef _Reference reference; 116 }; 117 118 /** 119 * This class does nothing but define nested typedefs. The general 120 * version simply "forwards" the nested typedefs from the Iterator 121 * argument. Specialized versions for pointers and pointers-to-const 122 * provide tighter, more correct semantics. 123 */ 124 template<typename _Iterator> 125 struct iterator_traits 126 { 127 typedef typename _Iterator::iterator_category iterator_category; 128 typedef typename _Iterator::value_type value_type; 129 typedef typename _Iterator::difference_type difference_type; 130 typedef typename _Iterator::pointer pointer; 131 typedef typename _Iterator::reference reference; 132 }; 133 134 template<typename _Tp> 135 struct iterator_traits<_Tp*> 136 { 137 typedef random_access_iterator_tag iterator_category; 138 typedef _Tp value_type; 139 typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type; 140 typedef _Tp* pointer; 141 typedef _Tp& reference; 142 }; 143 144 template<typename _Tp> 145 struct iterator_traits<const _Tp*> 146 { 147 typedef random_access_iterator_tag iterator_category; 148 typedef _Tp value_type; 149 typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type; 150 typedef const _Tp* pointer; 151 typedef const _Tp& reference; 152 }; 153 154 /** 155 * This function is not a part of the C++ standard but is syntactic 156 * sugar for internal library use only. 157 */ 158 template<typename _Iter> 159 inline typename iterator_traits<_Iter>::iterator_category 160 __iterator_category(const _Iter&) 161 { return typename iterator_traits<_Iter>::iterator_category(); } 162 163 //@} 164 165_GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE 166 167#endif /* _STL_ITERATOR_BASE_TYPES_H */ 168 169