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+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: Qt Software Information (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
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+****************************************************************************/
+
+/*!
+ \class Q3AsciiDict
+ \brief The Q3AsciiDict class is a template class that provides a dictionary based on char* keys.
+ \compat
+
+ Q3AsciiDict is implemented as a template class. Define a template
+ instance Q3AsciiDict\<X\> to create a dictionary that operates on
+ pointers to X (X*).
+
+ A dictionary is a collection of key-value pairs. The key is a
+ char* used for insertion, removal and lookup. The value is a
+ pointer. Dictionaries provide very fast insertion and lookup.
+
+ Q3AsciiDict cannot handle Unicode keys; use the Q3Dict template
+ instead, which uses QString keys. A Q3Dict has the same
+ performace as a Q3AsciiDict.
+
+ Example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_q3asciidict.qdoc 0
+ In this example we use a dictionary to keep track of the line
+ edits we're using. We insert each line edit into the dictionary
+ with a unique name and then access the line edits via the
+ dictionary. See Q3PtrDict, Q3IntDict and Q3Dict.
+
+ See Q3Dict for full details, including the choice of dictionary
+ size, and how deletions are handled.
+
+ \sa Q3AsciiDictIterator, Q3Dict, Q3IntDict, Q3PtrDict
+*/
+
+
+/*!
+ \fn Q3AsciiDict::Q3AsciiDict( int size, bool caseSensitive, bool copyKeys )
+
+ Constructs a dictionary optimized for less than \a size entries.
+
+ We recommend setting \a size to a suitably large prime number (a
+ bit larger than the expected number of entries). This makes the
+ hash distribution better and will improve lookup performance.
+
+ When \a caseSensitive is TRUE (the default) Q3AsciiDict treats
+ "abc" and "Abc" as different keys; when it is FALSE "abc" and
+ "Abc" are the same. Case-insensitive comparison only considers the
+ 26 letters in US-ASCII.
+
+ If \a copyKeys is TRUE (the default), the dictionary copies keys
+ using strcpy(); if it is FALSE, the dictionary just copies the
+ pointers.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn Q3AsciiDict::Q3AsciiDict( const Q3AsciiDict<type> &dict )
+
+ Constructs a copy of \a dict.
+
+ Each item in \a dict is inserted into this dictionary. Only the
+ pointers are copied (shallow copy).
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn Q3AsciiDict::~Q3AsciiDict()
+
+ Removes all items from the dictionary and destroys it.
+
+ The items are deleted if auto-delete is enabled.
+
+ All iterators that access this dictionary will be reset.
+
+ \sa setAutoDelete()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn Q3AsciiDict<type> &Q3AsciiDict::operator=(const Q3AsciiDict<type> &dict)
+
+ Assigns \a dict to this dictionary and returns a reference to this
+ dictionary.
+
+ This dictionary is first cleared and then each item in \a dict is
+ inserted into this dictionary. Only the pointers are copied
+ (shallow copy) unless newItem() has been reimplemented().
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn uint Q3AsciiDict::count() const
+
+ Returns the number of items in the dictionary.
+
+ \sa isEmpty()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn uint Q3AsciiDict::size() const
+
+ Returns the size of the internal hash array (as specified in the
+ constructor).
+
+ \sa count()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void Q3AsciiDict::resize( uint newsize )
+
+ Changes the size of the hashtable to \a newsize. The contents of
+ the dictionary are preserved but all iterators on the dictionary
+ become invalid.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn bool Q3AsciiDict::isEmpty() const
+
+ Returns TRUE if the dictionary is empty, i.e. count() == 0;
+ otherwise it returns FALSE.
+
+ \sa count()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void Q3AsciiDict::insert( const char *key, const type *item )
+
+ Inserts the \a key with the \a item into the dictionary.
+
+ Multiple items can have the same key, in which case only the last
+ item will be accessible using \l operator[]().
+
+ \a item may not be 0.
+
+ \sa replace()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void Q3AsciiDict::replace( const char *key, const type *item )
+
+ Replaces an item that has a key equal to \a key with \a item.
+
+ If the item does not already exist, it will be inserted.
+
+ \a item may not be 0.
+
+ Equivalent to:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_q3asciidict.qdoc 1
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
+ recently inserted item will be replaced.
+
+ \sa insert()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn bool Q3AsciiDict::remove( const char *key )
+
+ Removes the item associated with \a key from the dictionary.
+ Returns TRUE if successful, i.e. if the key existed in the
+ dictionary; otherwise returns FALSE.
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
+ recently inserted item will be removed.
+
+ The removed item is deleted if \link
+ Q3PtrCollection::setAutoDelete() auto-deletion\endlink is enabled.
+
+ All dictionary iterators that refer to the removed item will be
+ set to point to the next item in the dictionary traversal order.
+
+ \sa take(), clear(), setAutoDelete()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *Q3AsciiDict::take( const char *key )
+
+ Takes the item associated with \a key out of the dictionary
+ without deleting it (even if \link Q3PtrCollection::setAutoDelete()
+ auto-deletion\endlink is enabled).
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
+ recently inserted item will be taken.
+
+ Returns a pointer to the item taken out, or 0 if the key does not
+ exist in the dictionary.
+
+ All dictionary iterators that refer to the taken item will be set
+ to point to the next item in the dictionary traversal order.
+
+ \sa remove(), clear(), setAutoDelete()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void Q3AsciiDict::clear()
+
+ Removes all items from the dictionary.
+
+ The removed items are deleted if \link
+ Q3PtrCollection::setAutoDelete() auto-deletion\endlink is enabled.
+
+ All dictionary iterators that operate on dictionary are reset.
+
+ \sa remove(), take(), setAutoDelete()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *Q3AsciiDict::find( const char *key ) const
+
+ Returns the item associated with \a key, or 0 if the key does not
+ exist in the dictionary.
+
+ This function uses an internal hashing algorithm to optimize
+ lookup.
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the item that
+ was most recently inserted will be found.
+
+ Equivalent to the [] operator.
+
+ \sa operator[]()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *Q3AsciiDict::operator[]( const char *key ) const
+
+ Returns the item associated with \a key, or 0 if the key does
+ not exist in the dictionary.
+
+ This function uses an internal hashing algorithm to optimize
+ lookup.
+
+ If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the item that
+ was most recently inserted will be found.
+
+ Equivalent to the find() function.
+
+ \sa find()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void Q3AsciiDict::statistics() const
+
+ Debugging-only function that prints out the dictionary
+ distribution using qDebug().
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn QDataStream& Q3AsciiDict::read( QDataStream &s,
+ Q3PtrCollection::Item &item )
+
+ Reads a dictionary item from the stream \a s and returns a
+ reference to the stream.
+
+ The default implementation sets \a item to 0.
+
+ \sa write()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn QDataStream& Q3AsciiDict::write(QDataStream &s, Q3PtrCollection::Item item) const
+
+ Writes a dictionary \a item to the stream \a s and returns a
+ reference to the stream.
+
+ \sa read()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \class Q3AsciiDictIterator
+ \brief The Q3AsciiDictIterator class provides an iterator for Q3AsciiDict collections.
+ \compat
+
+ Q3AsciiDictIterator is implemented as a template class. Define a
+ template instance Q3AsciiDictIterator\<X\> to create a dictionary
+ iterator that operates on Q3AsciiDict\<X\> (dictionary of X*).
+
+ Example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_q3asciidict.qdoc 2
+ In the example we insert some line edits into a dictionary, then
+ iterate over the dictionary printing the strings associated with
+ those line edits.
+
+ Note that the traversal order is arbitrary; you are not guaranteed
+ any particular order.
+
+ Multiple iterators may independently traverse the same dictionary.
+ A Q3AsciiDict knows about all the iterators that are operating on
+ the dictionary. When an item is removed from the dictionary,
+ Q3AsciiDict updates all the iterators that are referring to the
+ removed item to point to the next item in the (arbitrary)
+ traversal order.
+
+ \sa Q3AsciiDict
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn Q3AsciiDictIterator::Q3AsciiDictIterator( const Q3AsciiDict<type> &dict )
+
+ Constructs an iterator for \a dict. The current iterator item is
+ set to point on the first item in the \a dict.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn Q3AsciiDictIterator::~Q3AsciiDictIterator()
+
+ Destroys the iterator.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn uint Q3AsciiDictIterator::count() const
+
+ Returns the number of items in the dictionary this iterator
+ operates over.
+
+ \sa isEmpty()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn bool Q3AsciiDictIterator::isEmpty() const
+
+ Returns TRUE if the dictionary is empty, i.e. count() == 0,
+ otherwise returns FALSE.
+
+ \sa count()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *Q3AsciiDictIterator::toFirst()
+
+ Sets the current iterator item to point to the first item in the
+ dictionary and returns a pointer to the item. If the dictionary is
+ empty it sets the current item to 0 and returns 0.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn Q3AsciiDictIterator::operator type *() const
+
+ Cast operator. Returns a pointer to the current iterator item.
+ Same as current().
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *Q3AsciiDictIterator::current() const
+
+ Returns a pointer to the current iterator item.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn const char *Q3AsciiDictIterator::currentKey() const
+
+ Returns a pointer to the key for the current iterator item.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *Q3AsciiDictIterator::operator()()
+
+ Makes the succeeding item current and returns the original current
+ item.
+
+ If the current iterator item was the last item in the dictionary
+ or if it was 0, 0 is returned.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *Q3AsciiDictIterator::operator++()
+
+ Prefix ++ makes the succeeding item current and returns the new
+ current item.
+
+ If the current iterator item was the last item in the dictionary
+ or if it was 0, 0 is returned.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn type *Q3AsciiDictIterator::operator+=( uint jump )
+
+ Sets the current item to the item \a jump positions after the
+ current item, and returns a pointer to that item.
+
+ If that item is beyond the last item or if the dictionary is
+ empty, it sets the current item to 0 and returns 0.
+*/