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Define a template instance QArray\ to create an array that contains X items. QArray stores the array elements directly in the array. It can only deal with simple types, i.e. C++ types, structs and classes that have no constructors, destructors or virtual functions. QArray uses bitwise operations to copy and compare array elements. The QVector collection class is also a kind of array. Like most \link collection.html collection classes\endlink, it has pointers to the contained items. QArray uses explicit \link shclass.html sharing\endlink with a reference count. If more than one array share common data, and one array is modified, all arrays will be modified. The benefit of sharing is that a program does not need to duplicate data when it is not required, which results in less memory usage and less copying of data. Example: \code #include #include QArray fib( int num ) // returns fibonacci array { ASSERT( num > 2 ); QArray f( num ); // array of ints f[0] = f[1] = 1; // initialize first two numbers for ( int i=2; i a = fib( 6 ); // get 6 first fibonaccis int i; for ( i=0; i a(1); a[0].i = 5; a[0].c = 't'; MyStruct x; x.i = '5'; x.c = 't'; int i = a.find( x ); // May return -1 if the pad bytes differ \endcode To workaround this, make sure that you use a struct where sizeof() returns the same as the sum of the sizes of the members, either by changing the types of the struct members or by adding dummy members. \sa \link shclass.html Shared Classes\endlink */ /*! \fn QArray::QArray() Constructs a null array. \sa isNull() */ /*! \fn QArray::QArray( int size ) Constructs an array with room for \e size elements. Makes a null array if \e size == 0. Note that the elements are not initialized. \sa resize(), isNull() */ /*! \fn QArray::QArray( const QArray &a ) Constructs a shallow copy of \e a. \sa assign() */ /*! \fn QArray::QArray( int, int ) Constructs an array without allocating array space. The arguments should be (0, 0). Use at own risk. */ /*! \fn QArray::~QArray() Dereferences the array data and deletes it if this was the last reference. */ /*! \fn QArray &QArray::operator=( const QArray &a ) Assigns a shallow copy of \e a to this array and returns a reference to this array. Equivalent to assign( a ). */ /*! \fn type *QArray::data() const Returns a pointer to the actual array data. The array is a null array if data() == 0 (null pointer). \sa isNull() */ /*! \fn uint QArray::nrefs() const Returns the reference count for the shared array data. This reference count is always greater than zero. */ /*! \fn uint QArray::size() const Returns the size of the array (max number of elements). The array is a null array if size() == 0. \sa isNull(), resize() */ /*! \fn uint QArray::count() const Returns the same as size(). \sa size() */ /*! \fn bool QArray::isEmpty() const Returns TRUE if the array is empty, i.e. size() == 0, otherwise FALSE. isEmpty() is equivalent with isNull() for QArray. Note that this is not the case for QCString::isEmpty(). */ /*! \fn bool QArray::isNull() const Returns TRUE if the array is null, otherwise FALSE. A null array has size() == 0 and data() == 0. */ /*! \fn bool QArray::resize( uint size ) Resizes (expands or shrinks) the array to \e size elements. The array becomes a null array if \e size == 0. Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE if the memory cannot be allocated. New elements will not be initialized. \sa size() */ /*! \fn bool QArray::truncate( uint pos ) Truncates the array at position \e pos. Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE if the memory cannot be allocated. Equivalent to resize(\e pos). \sa resize() */ /*! \fn bool QArray::fill( const type &v, int size ) Fills the array with the value \e v. If \e size is specified as different from -1, then the array will be resized before filled. Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE if the memory cannot be allocated (only when \e size != -1). \sa resize() */ /*! \fn void QArray::detach() Detaches this array from shared array data, i.e. makes a private, deep copy of the data. Copying will only be performed if the \link nrefs() reference count\endlink is greater than one. \sa copy() */ /*! \fn QArray QArray::copy() const Returns a deep copy of this array. \sa detach(), duplicate() */ /*! \fn QArray &QArray::assign( const QArray &a ) Shallow copy. Dereferences the current array and references the data contained in \e a instead. Returns a reference to this array. \sa operator=() */ /*! \fn QArray &QArray::assign( const type *data, uint size ) Shallow copy. Dereferences the current array and references the array data \e data, which contains \e size elements. Returns a reference to this array. Do not delete \e data later, QArray takes care of that. */ /*! \fn QArray &QArray::duplicate( const QArray &a ) Deep copy. Dereferences the current array and obtains a copy of the data contained in \e a instead. Returns a reference to this array. \sa copy() */ /*! \fn QArray &QArray::duplicate( const type *data, uint size ) Deep copy. Dereferences the current array and obtains a copy of the array data \e data instead. Returns a reference to this array. \sa copy() */ /*! \fn QArray &QArray::setRawData( const type *data, uint size ) Sets raw data and returns a reference to the array. Dereferences the current array and sets the new array data to \e data and the new array size to \e size. Do not attempt to resize or re-assign the array data when raw data has been set. Call resetRawData(d,len) to reset the array. Setting raw data is useful because it sets QArray data without allocating memory or copying data. Example I (intended use): \code static char bindata[] = { 231, 1, 44, ... }; QByteArray a; a.setRawData( bindata, sizeof(bindata) ); // a points to bindata QDataStream s( a, IO_ReadOnly ); // open on a's data s >> ; // read raw bindata a.resetRawData( bindata, sizeof(bindata) ); // finished \endcode Example II (you don't want to do this): \code static char bindata[] = { 231, 1, 44, ... }; QByteArray a, b; a.setRawData( bindata, sizeof(bindata) ); // a points to bindata a.resize( 8 ); // will crash b = a; // will crash a[2] = 123; // might crash // forget to resetRawData - will crash \endcode \warning If you do not call resetRawData(), QArray will attempt to deallocate or reallocate the raw data, which might not be too good. Be careful. \sa resetRawData() */ /*! \fn void QArray::resetRawData( const type *data, uint size ) Resets raw data that was set using setRawData(). The arguments must be the data and length that were passed to setRawData(). This is for consistency checking. \sa setRawData() */ /*! \fn int QArray::find( const type &v, uint index ) const Finds the first occurrence of \e v, starting at position \e index. Returns the position of \e v, or -1 if \e v could not be found. \sa contains() */ /*! \fn int QArray::contains( const type &v ) const Returns the number of times \e v occurs in the array. \sa find() */ /*! \fn void QArray::sort() Sorts the array elements in ascending order, using bitwise comparison (memcmp()). \sa bsearch() */ /*! \fn int QArray::bsearch( const type &v ) const In a sorted array, finds the first occurrence of \e v using binary search. For a sorted array, this is generally much faster than find(), which does a linear search. Returns the position of \e v, or -1 if \e v could not be found. \sa sort(), find() */ /*! \fn type &QArray::operator[]( int index ) const Returns a reference to the element at position \e index in the array. This can be used to both read and set an element. Equivalent to at(). \sa at() */ /*! \fn type &QArray::at( uint index ) const Returns a reference to the element at position \e index in the array. This can be used to both read and set an element. \sa operator[]() */ /*! \fn QArray::operator const type *() const Cast operator. Returns a pointer to the array. \sa data() */ /*! \fn bool QArray::operator==( const QArray &a ) const Returns TRUE if this array is equal to \e a, otherwise FALSE. The two arrays are bitwise compared. \sa operator!=() */ /*! \fn bool QArray::operator!=( const QArray &a ) const Returns TRUE if this array is different from \e a, otherwise FALSE. The two arrays are bitwise compared. \sa operator==() */ /*! \fn Iterator QArray::begin() Returns an iterator pointing at the beginning of this array. This iterator can be used as the iterators of QValueList and QMap for example. In fact it does not only behave like a usual pointer: It is a pointer. */ /*! \fn Iterator QArray::end() Returns an iterator pointing behind the last element of this array. This iterator can be used as the iterators of QValueList and QMap for example. In fact it does not only behave like a usual pointer: It is a pointer. */ /*! \fn ConstIterator QArray::begin() const Returns a const iterator pointing at the beginning of this array. This iterator can be used as the iterators of QValueList and QMap for example. In fact it does not only behave like a usual pointer: It is a pointer. */ /*! \fn ConstIterator QArray::end() const Returns a const iterator pointing behind the last element of this array. This iterator can be used as the iterators of QValueList and QMap for example. In fact it does not only behave like a usual pointer: It is a pointer. */ /***************************************************************************** QByteArray documentation *****************************************************************************/ /*! \class QByteArray qcstring.h \brief The QByteArray class provides an array of bytes. \inherit QArray \ingroup tools The QByteArray class provides an explicitly shared array of bytes. It is useful for manipulating memory areas with custom data. QByteArray is implemented as QArray. See the QArray documentation for further information. */