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<h1 class="title"><img alt="Boost" src="boost.png" /> Pointer Container Library</h1>
<div class="section">
<h1><a id="class-ptr-deque" name="class-ptr-deque">Class <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ptr_deque</span></tt></a></h1>
<p>A <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ptr_deque&lt;T&gt;</span></tt> is a pointer container that uses an underlying <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">std:deque&lt;void*&gt;</span></tt>
to store the pointers.</p>
<p><strong>Hierarchy:</strong></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference" href="reversible_ptr_container.html">reversible_ptr_container</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference" href="ptr_sequence_adapter.html">ptr_sequence_adapter</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference" href="ptr_vector.html">ptr_vector</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="ptr_list.html">ptr_list</a></li>
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ptr_deque</span></tt></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="ptr_array.html">ptr_array</a></li>
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</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Navigate:</strong></p>
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<li><a class="reference" href="ptr_container.html">home</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="reference.html">reference</a></li>
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<p><strong>Synopsis:</strong></p>
<pre class="literal-block">
namespace boost
{      

    template
    &lt; 
        class T, 
        class CloneAllocator = heap_clone_allocator
        class Allocator      = std::allocator&lt;void*&gt;
    &gt;
    class ptr_deque : public ptr_sequence_adapter
                             &lt;
                                T,
                                std::deque&lt;void*,Allocator&gt;,
                                CloneAllocator
                             &gt;
    {

    public: // <a class="reference" href="#element-access">element access</a>
        T&amp;        operator[]( size_type n );
        const T&amp;  operator[]( size_type n ) const;
        T&amp;        at( size_type n );
        const T&amp;  at( size_type n ) const;

    public: // <a class="reference" href="#modifiers">modifiers</a>
        void      push_front( T* x );
        template&lt; class U &gt;
        void      push_front( std::auto_ptr&lt;U&gt; x );
        auto_type pop_front();

    public: // <a class="reference" href="#pointer-container-requirements">pointer container requirements</a>
       auto_type replace( size_type idx, T* x );
       template&lt; class U &gt;
       auto_type replace( size_type idx, std::auto_ptr&lt;U&gt; x );    
       bool      is_null( size_type idx ) const;   

    };

} // namespace 'boost'  
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<h1><a id="semantics" name="semantics">Semantics</a></h1>
<div class="section">
<h2><a id="semantics-modifiers" name="semantics-modifiers"><span id="modifiers"></span>Semantics: modifiers</a></h2>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">void</span> <span class="pre">push_front(</span> <span class="pre">T*</span> <span class="pre">x</span> <span class="pre">);</span></tt></p>
<blockquote>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Requirements: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x</span> <span class="pre">!=</span> <span class="pre">0</span></tt></li>
<li>Effects: Inserts the pointer into container and takes ownership of it</li>
<li>Throws: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bad_pointer</span></tt> if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x</span> <span class="pre">==</span> <span class="pre">0</span></tt></li>
<li>Exception safety: Strong guarantee</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">template&lt;</span> <span class="pre">class</span> <span class="pre">U</span> <span class="pre">&gt;</span> <span class="pre">void</span> <span class="pre">push_front(</span> <span class="pre">std::auto_ptr&lt;U&gt;</span> <span class="pre">x</span> <span class="pre">);</span></tt></p>
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<li>Requirements:<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">not</span> <span class="pre">empty()</span></tt></li>
<li>Effects: Removes the first element in the container</li>
<li>Postconditions: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">size()</span></tt> is one less</li>
<li>Throws: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bad_ptr_container_operation</span></tt> if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">empty()</span> <span class="pre">==</span> <span class="pre">true</span></tt></li>
<li>Exception safety: Strong guarantee</li>
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</blockquote>
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<h2><a id="semantics-element-access" name="semantics-element-access"><span id="element-access"></span>Semantics: element access</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">T&amp;</span> <span class="pre">operator[](</span> <span class="pre">size_type</span> <span class="pre">n</span> <span class="pre">);</span></tt></p>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">T&amp;</span> <span class="pre">operator[](</span> <span class="pre">size_type</span> <span class="pre">n</span> <span class="pre">)</span> <span class="pre">const;</span></tt></p>
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<li>Requirements: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">n</span> <span class="pre">&lt;</span> <span class="pre">size()</span></tt></li>
<li>Effects: Returns a reference to the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">n</span></tt>'th element</li>
<li>Throws: Nothing</li>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">T&amp;</span> <span class="pre">at(</span> <span class="pre">size_type</span> <span class="pre">n</span> <span class="pre">);</span></tt></p>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">T&amp;</span> <span class="pre">at(</span> <span class="pre">size_type</span> <span class="pre">n</span> <span class="pre">)</span> <span class="pre">const;</span></tt></p>
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<ul class="simple">
<li>Requirements: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">n</span> <span class="pre">&lt;</span> <span class="pre">size()</span></tt></li>
<li>Effects: Returns a reference to the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">n</span></tt>'th element</li>
<li>Throws: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bad_index</span></tt> if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">n</span> <span class="pre">&gt;=size()</span></tt></li>
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<h2><a id="semantics-pointer-container-requirements" name="semantics-pointer-container-requirements"><span id="pointer-container-requirements"></span>Semantics: pointer container requirements</a></h2>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">auto_type</span> <span class="pre">replace(</span> <span class="pre">size_type</span> <span class="pre">idx,</span> <span class="pre">T*</span> <span class="pre">x</span> <span class="pre">);</span></tt></p>
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<li>Effects: returns the object indexed by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">idx</span></tt> and replaces it with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt>.</li>
<li>Throws: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bad_index</span></tt> if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">idx</span> <span class="pre">&gt;=</span> <span class="pre">size()</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bad_pointer</span></tt> if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x</span> <span class="pre">==</span> <span class="pre">0</span></tt>.</li>
<li>Exception safety: Strong guarantee</li>
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<ul class="simple">
<li>Effects: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">return</span> <span class="pre">replace(</span> <span class="pre">idx,</span> <span class="pre">x.release()</span> <span class="pre">);</span></tt></li>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bool</span> <span class="pre">is_null(</span> <span class="pre">size_type</span> <span class="pre">idx</span> <span class="pre">)</span> <span class="pre">const;</span></tt></p>
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<li>Requirements: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">idx</span> <span class="pre">&lt;</span> <span class="pre">size()</span></tt></li>
<li>Effects: returns whether the pointer at index <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">idx</span></tt> is null</li>
<li>Exception safety: Nothrow guarantee</li>
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