boost/libs/icl/doc/customization.qbk

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[section Customization]

[section Intervals]

The *icl* provides the possibility of customizing user defined interval class templates
and class types with static interval borders to be used with interval containers. 

There is a template __itv_tr__, that has to be instatiated for the user defined
interval type, in order to provide associated types and basic functions.
Bound types of the interval are assigned by specializing the template 
`interval_bound_type`.

[table
[[Customize]        [Name]             [Description]]
[[associated types] [`interval_type`]  [interval type of the partial specialisation for the user defined type] ]
[[]                 [`domain_type`]    [the domain or element type of the interval]                            ]
[[]                 [`domain_compare`] [the ordering on the elements]                                          ]
[[basic functions]  [`construct(const domain_type&, const domain_type&)`] [construct an interval]              ]
[[]                 [`lower(const interval_type&)`]                       [select the interval's lower bound]  ]
[[]                 [`upper(const interval_type&)`]                       [select the interval's upper bound]  ]
[[interval bounds]  [`interval_bound_type<interval_type>{...}`] [specialize meta function `interval_bound_type`
                                                                 to assign one of the 4 bound types to the user defined interval. ]  ]
]

How to do the customization in detail is shown in example 
[link boost_icl.examples.custom_interval custom interval].

[endsect][/ Intervals]

[endsect][/ Customization]