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<h1 class="title">The Boost.Iterator Library <a class="reference" href="../../../index.htm"><img alt="Boost" src="../../../boost.png" /></a></h1>
<h1 class="title">The Boost.Iterator Library <a class="reference external" href="../../../index.htm"><img alt="Boost" src="../../../boost.png" /></a></h1>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Authors:</th><td class="field-body">David Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, Thomas Witt</td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Contact:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="mailto:dave&#64;boost-consulting.com">dave&#64;boost-consulting.com</a>, <a class="reference" href="mailto:jsiek&#64;osl.iu.edu">jsiek&#64;osl.iu.edu</a>, <a class="reference" href="mailto:witt&#64;styleadvisor.com">witt&#64;styleadvisor.com</a></td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">organizations:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a>, Indiana University <a class="reference" href="http://www.osl.iu.edu">Open Systems
Lab</a>, <a class="reference" href="http://www.styleadvisor.com">Zephyr Associates, Inc.</a></td>
<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">organizations:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a>, Indiana University <a class="reference external" href="http://www.osl.iu.edu">Open Systems
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Abstract:</th><td class="field-body">The Boost Iterator Library contains two parts. The first
is a system of <a class="reference" href="../../../more/generic_programming.html#concept">concepts</a> which extend the C++ standard
is a system of <a class="reference external" href="../../../more/generic_programming.html#concept">concepts</a> which extend the C++ standard
iterator requirements. The second is a framework of
components for building iterators based on these
extended concepts and includes several useful iterator
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<p class="topic-title first"><a id="table-of-contents" name="table-of-contents"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></a></p>
<div class="contents topic" id="table-of-contents">
<p class="topic-title first"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference" href="#new-style-iterators" id="id22" name="id22">New-Style Iterators</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#iterator-facade-and-adaptor" id="id23" name="id23">Iterator Facade and Adaptor</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#specialized-adaptors" id="id24" name="id24">Specialized Adaptors</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#iterator-utilities" id="id25" name="id25">Iterator Utilities</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference" href="#traits" id="id26" name="id26">Traits</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#testing-and-concept-checking" id="id27" name="id27">Testing and Concept Checking</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#new-style-iterators" id="id22">New-Style Iterators</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#iterator-facade-and-adaptor" id="id23">Iterator Facade and Adaptor</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#specialized-adaptors" id="id24">Specialized Adaptors</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#iterator-utilities" id="id25">Iterator Utilities</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#traits" id="id26">Traits</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#testing-and-concept-checking" id="id27">Testing and Concept Checking</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#upgrading-from-the-old-boost-iterator-adaptor-library" id="id28" name="id28">Upgrading from the old Boost Iterator Adaptor Library</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#history" id="id29" name="id29">History</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#upgrading-from-the-old-boost-iterator-adaptor-library" id="id28">Upgrading from the old Boost Iterator Adaptor Library</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#history" id="id29">History</a></li>
</ul>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id22" id="new-style-iterators" name="new-style-iterators">New-Style Iterators</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="new-style-iterators">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id22">New-Style Iterators</a></h1>
<p>The iterator categories defined in C++98 are extremely limiting
because they bind together two orthogonal concepts: traversal and
element access. For example, because a random access iterator is
@ -361,17 +80,17 @@ it is impossible to capture the capabilities of
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">vector&lt;bool&gt;::iterator</span></tt> using the C++98 categories. This is the
infamous &quot;<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">vector&lt;bool&gt;</span></tt> is not a container, and its iterators
aren't random access iterators&quot;, debacle about which Herb Sutter
wrote two papers for the standards comittee (<a class="reference" href="http://www.gotw.ca/publications/N1185.pdf">n1185</a> and <a class="reference" href="http://www.gotw.ca/publications/N1211.pdf">n1211</a>),
and a <a class="reference" href="http://www.gotw.ca/gotw/050.htm">Guru of the Week</a>. New-style iterators go well beyond
wrote two papers for the standards comittee (<a class="reference external" href="http://www.gotw.ca/publications/N1185.pdf">n1185</a> and <a class="reference external" href="http://www.gotw.ca/publications/N1211.pdf">n1211</a>),
and a <a class="reference external" href="http://www.gotw.ca/gotw/050.htm">Guru of the Week</a>. New-style iterators go well beyond
patching up <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">vector&lt;bool&gt;</span></tt>, though: there are lots of other
iterators already in use which can't be adequately represented by
the existing concepts. For details about the new iterator
concepts, see our</p>
<blockquote>
<a class="reference" href="new-iter-concepts.html">Standard Proposal For New-Style Iterators</a> (<a class="reference" href="new-iter-concepts.pdf">PDF</a>)</blockquote>
<a class="reference external" href="new-iter-concepts.html">Standard Proposal For New-Style Iterators</a> (<a class="reference external" href="new-iter-concepts.pdf">PDF</a>)</blockquote>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id23" id="iterator-facade-and-adaptor" name="iterator-facade-and-adaptor">Iterator Facade and Adaptor</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="iterator-facade-and-adaptor">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id23">Iterator Facade and Adaptor</a></h1>
<p>Writing standard-conforming iterators is tricky, but the need comes
up often. In order to ease the implementation of new iterators,
the Boost.Iterator library provides the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_facade</span></tt> class template,
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<p>The documentation for these two classes can be found at the following
web pages:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference" href="iterator_facade.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_facade</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="iterator_facade.pdf">PDF</a>)</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="iterator_adaptor.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_adaptor</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="iterator_adaptor.pdf">PDF</a>)</li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="iterator_facade.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_facade</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference external" href="iterator_facade.pdf">PDF</a>)</li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="iterator_adaptor.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_adaptor</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference external" href="iterator_adaptor.pdf">PDF</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p>Both <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_facade</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_adaptor</span></tt> as well as many of the <a class="reference" href="#specialized-adaptors">specialized
<p>Both <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_facade</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_adaptor</span></tt> as well as many of the <a class="reference internal" href="#specialized-adaptors">specialized
adaptors</a> mentioned below have been proposed for standardization,
and accepted into the first C++ technical report; see our</p>
<blockquote>
<a class="reference" href="facade-and-adaptor.html">Standard Proposal For Iterator Facade and Adaptor</a> (<a class="reference" href="facade-and-adaptor.pdf">PDF</a>)</blockquote>
<a class="reference external" href="facade-and-adaptor.html">Standard Proposal For Iterator Facade and Adaptor</a> (<a class="reference external" href="facade-and-adaptor.pdf">PDF</a>)</blockquote>
<p>for more details.</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id24" id="specialized-adaptors" name="specialized-adaptors">Specialized Adaptors</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="specialized-adaptors">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id24">Specialized Adaptors</a></h1>
<p>The iterator library supplies a useful suite of standard-conforming
iterator templates based on the Boost <a class="reference" href="#iterator-facade-and-adaptor">iterator facade and adaptor</a>.</p>
iterator templates based on the Boost <a class="reference internal" href="#iterator-facade-and-adaptor">iterator facade and adaptor</a>.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference" href="counting_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">counting_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="counting_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over a sequence of consecutive values.
<li><a class="reference external" href="counting_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">counting_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference external" href="counting_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over a sequence of consecutive values.
Implements a &quot;lazy sequence&quot;</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="filter_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filter_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="filter_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over the subset of elements of some
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sequence which satisfy a given predicate</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="function_output_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">function_output_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="function_output_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an output iterator wrapping a unary function
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iterator, it is passed as a parameter to the function object.</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="indirect_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="indirect_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over the objects <em>pointed-to</em> by the
<li><a class="reference external" href="indirect_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference external" href="indirect_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over the objects <em>pointed-to</em> by the
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<li><a class="reference" href="permutation_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">permutation_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="permutation_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over the elements of some random-access
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sequence, rearranged according to some sequence of integer indices.</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="reverse_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">reverse_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="reverse_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator which traverses the elements of some
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bidirectional sequence in reverse. Corrects many of the
shortcomings of C++98's <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">std::reverse_iterator</span></tt>.</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="../../utility/shared_container_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shared_container_iterator</span></tt></a>: an iterator over elements of a container whose
lifetime is maintained by a <a class="reference" href="../../smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shared_ptr</span></tt></a> stored in the iterator.</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="transform_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">transform_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="transform_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over elements which are the result of
<li><a class="reference external" href="../../utility/shared_container_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shared_container_iterator</span></tt></a>: an iterator over elements of a container whose
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<li><a class="reference external" href="transform_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">transform_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference external" href="transform_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over elements which are the result of
applying some functional transformation to the elements of an
underlying sequence. This component also replaces the old
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">projection_iterator_adaptor</span></tt>.</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="zip_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zip_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="zip_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over tuples of the elements at corresponding
<li><a class="reference external" href="zip_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zip_iterator</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference external" href="zip_iterator.pdf">PDF</a>): an iterator over tuples of the elements at corresponding
positions of heterogeneous underlying iterators.</li>
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<div class="section">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id25" id="iterator-utilities" name="iterator-utilities">Iterator Utilities</a></h1>
<div class="section">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id26" id="traits" name="traits">Traits</a></h2>
<div class="section" id="iterator-utilities">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id25">Iterator Utilities</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="traits">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id26">Traits</a></h2>
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<li><a class="reference" href="pointee.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee.hpp</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="pointee.pdf">PDF</a>): Provides the capability to deduce the referent types
<li><a class="reference external" href="pointee.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee.hpp</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference external" href="pointee.pdf">PDF</a>): Provides the capability to deduce the referent types
of pointers, smart pointers and iterators in generic code. Used
in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt>.</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="iterator_traits.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits.hpp</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="iterator_traits.pdf">PDF</a>): Provides <a class="reference" href="../../mpl/doc/index.html">MPL</a>-compatible metafunctions which
<li><a class="reference external" href="iterator_traits.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits.hpp</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference external" href="iterator_traits.pdf">PDF</a>): Provides <a class="reference external" href="../../mpl/doc/index.html">MPL</a>-compatible metafunctions which
retrieve an iterator's traits. Also corrects for the deficiencies
of broken implementations of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">std::iterator_traits</span></tt>.</li>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27">Testing and Concept Checking</a></h2>
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<li><a class="reference" href="iterator_concepts.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_concepts.hpp</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="iterator_concepts.pdf">PDF</a>): Concept checking classes for the new iterator concepts.</li>
<li><a class="reference" href="iterator_archetypes.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_archetypes.hpp</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference" href="iterator_archetypes.pdf">PDF</a>): Concept archetype classes for the new iterators concepts.</li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="iterator_concepts.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_concepts.hpp</span></tt></a> (<a class="reference external" href="iterator_concepts.pdf">PDF</a>): Concept checking classes for the new iterator concepts.</li>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id28" id="upgrading-from-the-old-boost-iterator-adaptor-library" name="upgrading-from-the-old-boost-iterator-adaptor-library">Upgrading from the old Boost Iterator Adaptor Library</a></h1>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id28">Upgrading from the old Boost Iterator Adaptor Library</a></h1>
<p id="upgrading">If you have been using the old Boost Iterator Adaptor library to
implement iterators, you probably wrote a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Policies</span></tt> class which
captures the core operations of your iterator. In the new library
design, you'll move those same core operations into the body of the
iterator class itself. If you were writing a family of iterators,
you probably wrote a <a class="reference" href="../../../more/generic_programming.html#type_generator">type generator</a> to build the
you probably wrote a <a class="reference external" href="../../../more/generic_programming.html#type_generator">type generator</a> to build the
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_adaptor</span></tt> specialization you needed; in the new library
design you don't need a type generator (though may want to keep it
around as a compatibility aid for older code) because, due to the
use of the Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP) <a class="citation-reference" href="#cop95" id="id21" name="id21">[Cop95]</a>,
use of the Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP) <a class="citation-reference" href="#cop95" id="id21">[Cop95]</a>,
you can now define the iterator class yourself and acquire
functionality through inheritance from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_facade</span></tt> or
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_adaptor</span></tt>. As a result, you also get much finer control
@ -475,8 +194,8 @@ template argument, if explicitly specified) is a true reference
type, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">transform_iterator</span></tt> will behave like
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">projection_iterator</span></tt> used to.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id29" id="history" name="history">History</a></h1>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id29">History</a></h1>
<p>In 2000 Dave Abrahams was writing an iterator for a container of
pointers, which would access the pointed-to elements when
dereferenced. Naturally, being a library writer, he decided to
@ -504,7 +223,7 @@ library you see today.</p>
<table class="docutils citation" frame="void" id="cop95" rules="none">
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id21" name="cop95">[Cop95]</a></td><td>[Coplien, 1995] Coplien, J., Curiously Recurring Template
<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id21">[Cop95]</a></td><td>[Coplien, 1995] Coplien, J., Curiously Recurring Template
Patterns, C++ Report, February 1995, pp. 24-27.</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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LocalWords: incrementable xxx min prev inplace png oldeqnew AccessTag struct
LocalWords: TraversalTag typename lvalues DWA Hmm JGS -->
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