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The constant 24 in the original function was replaced with 23 to produce fewer collisions on input such as "a", "aa", "aaa", "aaaa", ... */ static uint hash(const uchar *p, int n) { uint h = 0; uint g; while (n--) { h = (h << 4) + *p++; if ((g = (h & 0xf0000000)) != 0) h ^= g >> 23; h &= ~g; } return h; } static uint hash(const QChar *p, int n) { uint h = 0; uint g; while (n--) { h = (h << 4) + (*p++).unicode(); if ((g = (h & 0xf0000000)) != 0) h ^= g >> 23; h &= ~g; } return h; } uint qHash(const QByteArray &key) { return hash(reinterpret_cast(key.constData()), key.size()); } uint qHash(const QString &key) { return hash(key.unicode(), key.size()); } uint qHash(const QStringRef &key) { return hash(key.unicode(), key.size()); } uint qHash(const QBitArray &bitArray) { int m = bitArray.d.size() - 1; uint result = hash(reinterpret_cast(bitArray.d.constData()), qMax(0, m)); // deal with the last 0 to 7 bits manually, because we can't trust that // the padding is initialized to 0 in bitArray.d int n = bitArray.size(); if (n & 0x7) result = ((result << 4) + bitArray.d.at(m)) & ((1 << n) - 1); return result; } /* The prime_deltas array is a table of selected prime values, even though it doesn't look like one. The primes we are using are 1, 2, 5, 11, 17, 37, 67, 131, 257, ..., i.e. primes in the immediate surrounding of a power of two. The primeForNumBits() function returns the prime associated to a power of two. For example, primeForNumBits(8) returns 257. */ static const uchar prime_deltas[] = { 0, 0, 1, 3, 1, 5, 3, 3, 1, 9, 7, 5, 3, 9, 25, 3, 1, 21, 3, 21, 7, 15, 9, 5, 3, 29, 15, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }; static inline int primeForNumBits(int numBits) { return (1 << numBits) + prime_deltas[numBits]; } /* Returns the smallest integer n such that primeForNumBits(n) >= hint. */ static int countBits(int hint) { int numBits = 0; int bits = hint; while (bits > 1) { bits >>= 1; numBits++; } if (numBits >= (int)sizeof(prime_deltas)) { numBits = sizeof(prime_deltas) - 1; } else if (primeForNumBits(numBits) < hint) { ++numBits; } return numBits; } /* A QHash has initially around pow(2, MinNumBits) buckets. For example, if MinNumBits is 4, it has 17 buckets. */ const int MinNumBits = 4; QHashData QHashData::shared_null = { 0, 0, Q_BASIC_ATOMIC_INITIALIZER(1), 0, 0, MinNumBits, 0, 0, true, false, 0 }; void *QHashData::allocateNode() { return allocateNode(0); } void *QHashData::allocateNode(int nodeAlign) { void *ptr = strictAlignment ? qMallocAligned(nodeSize, nodeAlign) : qMalloc(nodeSize); Q_CHECK_PTR(ptr); return ptr; } void QHashData::freeNode(void *node) { if (strictAlignment) qFreeAligned(node); else qFree(node); } QHashData *QHashData::detach_helper(void (*node_duplicate)(Node *, void *), int nodeSize) { return detach_helper2( node_duplicate, 0, nodeSize, 0 ); } QHashData *QHashData::detach_helper2(void (*node_duplicate)(Node *, void *), void (*node_delete)(Node *), int nodeSize, int nodeAlign) { union { QHashData *d; Node *e; }; d = new QHashData; d->fakeNext = 0; d->buckets = 0; d->ref = 1; d->size = size; d->nodeSize = nodeSize; d->userNumBits = userNumBits; d->numBits = numBits; d->numBuckets = numBuckets; d->sharable = true; d->strictAlignment = nodeAlign > 8; d->reserved = 0; if (numBuckets) { QT_TRY { d->buckets = new Node *[numBuckets]; } QT_CATCH(...) { // restore a consistent state for d d->numBuckets = 0; // roll back d->free_helper(node_delete); QT_RETHROW; } Node *this_e = reinterpret_cast(this); for (int i = 0; i < numBuckets; ++i) { Node **nextNode = &d->buckets[i]; Node *oldNode = buckets[i]; while (oldNode != this_e) { QT_TRY { Node *dup = static_cast(allocateNode(nodeAlign)); QT_TRY { node_duplicate(oldNode, dup); } QT_CATCH(...) { freeNode( dup ); QT_RETHROW; } dup->h = oldNode->h; *nextNode = dup; nextNode = &dup->next; oldNode = oldNode->next; } QT_CATCH(...) { // restore a consistent state for d *nextNode = e; d->numBuckets = i+1; // roll back d->free_helper(node_delete); QT_RETHROW; } } *nextNode = e; } } return d; } void QHashData::free_helper(void (*node_delete)(Node *)) { if (node_delete) { Node *this_e = reinterpret_cast(this); Node **bucket = reinterpret_cast(this->buckets); int n = numBuckets; while (n--) { Node *cur = *bucket++; while (cur != this_e) { Node *next = cur->next; node_delete(cur); freeNode(cur); cur = next; } } } delete [] buckets; delete this; } QHashData::Node *QHashData::nextNode(Node *node) { union { Node *next; Node *e; QHashData *d; }; next = node->next; Q_ASSERT_X(next, "QHash", "Iterating beyond end()"); if (next->next) return next; int start = (node->h % d->numBuckets) + 1; Node **bucket = d->buckets + start; int n = d->numBuckets - start; while (n--) { if (*bucket != e) return *bucket; ++bucket; } return e; } QHashData::Node *QHashData::previousNode(Node *node) { union { Node *e; QHashData *d; }; e = node; while (e->next) e = e->next; int start; if (node == e) start = d->numBuckets - 1; else start = node->h % d->numBuckets; Node *sentinel = node; Node **bucket = d->buckets + start; while (start >= 0) { if (*bucket != sentinel) { Node *prev = *bucket; while (prev->next != sentinel) prev = prev->next; return prev; } sentinel = e; --bucket; --start; } Q_ASSERT_X(start >= 0, "QHash", "Iterating backward beyond begin()"); return e; } /* If hint is negative, -hint gives the approximate number of buckets that should be used for the hash table. If hint is nonnegative, (1 << hint) gives the approximate number of buckets that should be used. */ void QHashData::rehash(int hint) { if (hint < 0) { hint = countBits(-hint); if (hint < MinNumBits) hint = MinNumBits; userNumBits = hint; while (primeForNumBits(hint) < (size >> 1)) ++hint; } else if (hint < MinNumBits) { hint = MinNumBits; } if (numBits != hint) { Node *e = reinterpret_cast(this); Node **oldBuckets = buckets; int oldNumBuckets = numBuckets; int nb = primeForNumBits(hint); buckets = new Node *[nb]; numBits = hint; numBuckets = nb; for (int i = 0; i < numBuckets; ++i) buckets[i] = e; for (int i = 0; i < oldNumBuckets; ++i) { Node *firstNode = oldBuckets[i]; while (firstNode != e) { uint h = firstNode->h; Node *lastNode = firstNode; while (lastNode->next != e && lastNode->next->h == h) lastNode = lastNode->next; Node *afterLastNode = lastNode->next; Node **beforeFirstNode = &buckets[h % numBuckets]; while (*beforeFirstNode != e) beforeFirstNode = &(*beforeFirstNode)->next; lastNode->next = *beforeFirstNode; *beforeFirstNode = firstNode; firstNode = afterLastNode; } } delete [] oldBuckets; } } void QHashData::destroyAndFree() { free_helper(0); } #ifdef QT_QHASH_DEBUG void QHashData::dump() { qDebug("Hash data (ref = %d, size = %d, nodeSize = %d, userNumBits = %d, numBits = %d, numBuckets = %d)", int(ref), size, nodeSize, userNumBits, numBits, numBuckets); qDebug(" %p (fakeNode = %p)", this, fakeNext); for (int i = 0; i < numBuckets; ++i) { QString line; Node *n = buckets[i]; if (n != reinterpret_cast(this)) { line.sprintf("%d:", i); while (n != reinterpret_cast(this)) { line += QString().sprintf(" -> [%p]", n); if (!n) { line += " (CORRUPT)"; break; } n = n->next; } qDebug(qPrintable(line)); } } } void QHashData::checkSanity() { if (fakeNext) qFatal("Fake next isn't 0"); for (int i = 0; i < numBuckets; ++i) { Node *n = buckets[i]; Node *p = n; if (!n) qFatal("%d: Bucket entry is 0", i); if (n != reinterpret_cast(this)) { while (n != reinterpret_cast(this)) { if (!n->next) qFatal("%d: Next of %p is 0, should be %p", i, n, this); n = n->next; } } } } #endif /*! \fn uint qHash(const QPair &key) \since 4.3 \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. Types \c T1 and \c T2 must be supported by qHash(). */ /*! \fn uint qHash(char key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(uchar key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(signed char key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(ushort key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(short key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(uint key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(int key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(ulong key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(long key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(quint64 key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(qint64 key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(QChar key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(const QByteArray &key) \fn uint qHash(const QBitArray &key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(const QString &key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \fn uint qHash(const T *key) \relates QHash Returns the hash value for the \a key. */ /*! \class QHash \brief The QHash class is a template class that provides a hash-table-based dictionary. \ingroup tools \ingroup shared \reentrant QHash\ is one of Qt's generic \l{container classes}. It stores (key, value) pairs and provides very fast lookup of the value associated with a key. QHash provides very similar functionality to QMap. The differences are: \list \i QHash provides faster lookups than QMap. (See \l{Algorithmic Complexity} for details.) \i When iterating over a QMap, the items are always sorted by key. With QHash, the items are arbitrarily ordered. \i The key type of a QMap must provide operator<(). The key type of a QHash must provide operator==() and a global hash function called qHash() (see the related non-member functions). \endlist Here's an example QHash with QString keys and \c int values: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 0 To insert a (key, value) pair into the hash, you can use operator[](): \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 1 This inserts the following three (key, value) pairs into the QHash: ("one", 1), ("three", 3), and ("seven", 7). Another way to insert items into the hash is to use insert(): \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 2 To look up a value, use operator[]() or value(): \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 3 If there is no item with the specified key in the hash, these functions return a \l{default-constructed value}. If you want to check whether the hash contains a particular key, use contains(): \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 4 There is also a value() overload that uses its second argument as a default value if there is no item with the specified key: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 5 In general, we recommend that you use contains() and value() rather than operator[]() for looking up a key in a hash. The reason is that operator[]() silently inserts an item into the hash if no item exists with the same key (unless the hash is const). For example, the following code snippet will create 1000 items in memory: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 6 To avoid this problem, replace \c hash[i] with \c hash.value(i) in the code above. If you want to navigate through all the (key, value) pairs stored in a QHash, you can use an iterator. QHash provides both \l{Java-style iterators} (QHashIterator and QMutableHashIterator) and \l{STL-style iterators} (QHash::const_iterator and QHash::iterator). Here's how to iterate over a QHash using a Java-style iterator: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 7 Here's the same code, but using an STL-style iterator: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 8 QHash is unordered, so an iterator's sequence cannot be assumed to be predictable. If ordering by key is required, use a QMap. Normally, a QHash allows only one value per key. If you call insert() with a key that already exists in the QHash, the previous value is erased. For example: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 9 However, you can store multiple values per key by using insertMulti() instead of insert() (or using the convenience subclass QMultiHash). If you want to retrieve all the values for a single key, you can use values(const Key &key), which returns a QList: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 10 The items that share the same key are available from most recently to least recently inserted. A more efficient approach is to call find() to get the iterator for the first item with a key and iterate from there: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 11 If you only need to extract the values from a hash (not the keys), you can also use \l{foreach}: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 12 Items can be removed from the hash in several ways. One way is to call remove(); this will remove any item with the given key. Another way is to use QMutableHashIterator::remove(). In addition, you can clear the entire hash using clear(). QHash's key and value data types must be \l{assignable data types}. You cannot, for example, store a QWidget as a value; instead, store a QWidget *. In addition, QHash's key type must provide operator==(), and there must also be a global qHash() function that returns a hash value for an argument of the key's type. Here's a list of the C++ and Qt types that can serve as keys in a QHash: any integer type (char, unsigned long, etc.), any pointer type, QChar, QString, and QByteArray. For all of these, the \c header defines a qHash() function that computes an adequate hash value. If you want to use other types as the key, make sure that you provide operator==() and a qHash() implementation. Example: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 13 The qHash() function computes a numeric value based on a key. It can use any algorithm imaginable, as long as it always returns the same value if given the same argument. In other words, if \c{e1 == e2}, then \c{qHash(e1) == qHash(e2)} must hold as well. However, to obtain good performance, the qHash() function should attempt to return different hash values for different keys to the largest extent possible. In the example above, we've relied on Qt's global qHash(const QString &) to give us a hash value for the employee's name, and XOR'ed this with the day they were born to help produce unique hashes for people with the same name. Internally, QHash uses a hash table to perform lookups. Unlike Qt 3's \c QDict class, which needed to be initialized with a prime number, QHash's hash table automatically grows and shrinks to provide fast lookups without wasting too much memory. You can still control the size of the hash table by calling reserve() if you already know approximately how many items the QHash will contain, but this isn't necessary to obtain good performance. You can also call capacity() to retrieve the hash table's size. \sa QHashIterator, QMutableHashIterator, QMap, QSet */ /*! \fn QHash::QHash() Constructs an empty hash. \sa clear() */ /*! \fn QHash::QHash(const QHash &other) Constructs a copy of \a other. This operation occurs in \l{constant time}, because QHash is \l{implicitly shared}. This makes returning a QHash from a function very fast. If a shared instance is modified, it will be copied (copy-on-write), and this takes \l{linear time}. \sa operator=() */ /*! \fn QHash::~QHash() Destroys the hash. References to the values in the hash and all iterators of this hash become invalid. */ /*! \fn QHash &QHash::operator=(const QHash &other) Assigns \a other to this hash and returns a reference to this hash. */ /*! \fn bool QHash::operator==(const QHash &other) const Returns true if \a other is equal to this hash; otherwise returns false. Two hashes are considered equal if they contain the same (key, value) pairs. This function requires the value type to implement \c operator==(). \sa operator!=() */ /*! \fn bool QHash::operator!=(const QHash &other) const Returns true if \a other is not equal to this hash; otherwise returns false. Two hashes are considered equal if they contain the same (key, value) pairs. This function requires the value type to implement \c operator==(). \sa operator==() */ /*! \fn int QHash::size() const Returns the number of items in the hash. \sa isEmpty(), count() */ /*! \fn bool QHash::isEmpty() const Returns true if the hash contains no items; otherwise returns false. \sa size() */ /*! \fn int QHash::capacity() const Returns the number of buckets in the QHash's internal hash table. The sole purpose of this function is to provide a means of fine tuning QHash's memory usage. In general, you will rarely ever need to call this function. If you want to know how many items are in the hash, call size(). \sa reserve(), squeeze() */ /*! \fn void QHash::reserve(int size) Ensures that the QHash's internal hash table consists of at least \a size buckets. This function is useful for code that needs to build a huge hash and wants to avoid repeated reallocation. For example: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 14 Ideally, \a size should be slightly more than the maximum number of items expected in the hash. \a size doesn't have to be prime, because QHash will use a prime number internally anyway. If \a size is an underestimate, the worst that will happen is that the QHash will be a bit slower. In general, you will rarely ever need to call this function. QHash's internal hash table automatically shrinks or grows to provide good performance without wasting too much memory. \sa squeeze(), capacity() */ /*! \fn void QHash::squeeze() Reduces the size of the QHash's internal hash table to save memory. The sole purpose of this function is to provide a means of fine tuning QHash's memory usage. In general, you will rarely ever need to call this function. \sa reserve(), capacity() */ /*! \fn void QHash::detach() \internal Detaches this hash from any other hashes with which it may share data. \sa isDetached() */ /*! \fn bool QHash::isDetached() const \internal Returns true if the hash's internal data isn't shared with any other hash object; otherwise returns false. \sa detach() */ /*! \fn void QHash::setSharable(bool sharable) \internal */ /*! \fn void QHash::clear() Removes all items from the hash. \sa remove() */ /*! \fn int QHash::remove(const Key &key) Removes all the items that have the \a key from the hash. Returns the number of items removed which is usually 1 but will be 0 if the key isn't in the hash, or greater than 1 if insertMulti() has been used with the \a key. \sa clear(), take(), QMultiHash::remove() */ /*! \fn T QHash::take(const Key &key) Removes the item with the \a key from the hash and returns the value associated with it. If the item does not exist in the hash, the function simply returns a \l{default-constructed value}. If there are multiple items for \a key in the hash, only the most recently inserted one is removed. If you don't use the return value, remove() is more efficient. \sa remove() */ /*! \fn bool QHash::contains(const Key &key) const Returns true if the hash contains an item with the \a key; otherwise returns false. \sa count(), QMultiHash::contains() */ /*! \fn const T QHash::value(const Key &key) const Returns the value associated with the \a key. If the hash contains no item with the \a key, the function returns a \l{default-constructed value}. If there are multiple items for the \a key in the hash, the value of the most recently inserted one is returned. \sa key(), values(), contains(), operator[]() */ /*! \fn const T QHash::value(const Key &key, const T &defaultValue) const \overload If the hash contains no item with the given \a key, the function returns \a defaultValue. */ /*! \fn T &QHash::operator[](const Key &key) Returns the value associated with the \a key as a modifiable reference. If the hash contains no item with the \a key, the function inserts a \l{default-constructed value} into the hash with the \a key, and returns a reference to it. If the hash contains multiple items with the \a key, this function returns a reference to the most recently inserted value. \sa insert(), value() */ /*! \fn const T QHash::operator[](const Key &key) const \overload Same as value(). */ /*! \fn QList QHash::uniqueKeys() const \since 4.2 Returns a list containing all the keys in the map. Keys that occur multiple times in the map (because items were inserted with insertMulti(), or unite() was used) occur only once in the returned list. \sa keys(), values() */ /*! \fn QList QHash::keys() const Returns a list containing all the keys in the hash, in an arbitrary order. Keys that occur multiple times in the hash (because items were inserted with insertMulti(), or unite() was used) also occur multiple times in the list. To obtain a list of unique keys, where each key from the map only occurs once, use uniqueKeys(). The order is guaranteed to be the same as that used by values(). \sa uniqueKeys(), values(), key() */ /*! \fn QList QHash::keys(const T &value) const \overload Returns a list containing all the keys associated with value \a value, in an arbitrary order. This function can be slow (\l{linear time}), because QHash's internal data structure is optimized for fast lookup by key, not by value. */ /*! \fn QList QHash::values() const Returns a list containing all the values in the hash, in an arbitrary order. If a key is associated multiple values, all of its values will be in the list, and not just the most recently inserted one. The order is guaranteed to be the same as that used by keys(). \sa keys(), value() */ /*! \fn QList QHash::values(const Key &key) const \overload Returns a list of all the values associated with the \a key, from the most recently inserted to the least recently inserted. \sa count(), insertMulti() */ /*! \fn Key QHash::key(const T &value) const Returns the first key mapped to \a value. If the hash contains no item with the \a value, the function returns a \link {default-constructed value} default-constructed key \endlink. This function can be slow (\l{linear time}), because QHash's internal data structure is optimized for fast lookup by key, not by value. \sa value(), keys() */ /*! \fn Key QHash::key(const T &value, const Key &defaultKey) const \since 4.3 \overload Returns the first key mapped to \a value, or \a defaultKey if the hash contains no item mapped to \a value. This function can be slow (\l{linear time}), because QHash's internal data structure is optimized for fast lookup by key, not by value. */ /*! \fn int QHash::count(const Key &key) const Returns the number of items associated with the \a key. \sa contains(), insertMulti() */ /*! \fn int QHash::count() const \overload Same as size(). */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::begin() Returns an \l{STL-style iterator} pointing to the first item in the hash. \sa constBegin(), end() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator QHash::begin() const \overload */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator QHash::constBegin() const Returns a const \l{STL-style iterator} pointing to the first item in the hash. \sa begin(), constEnd() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::end() Returns an \l{STL-style iterator} pointing to the imaginary item after the last item in the hash. \sa begin(), constEnd() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator QHash::end() const \overload */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator QHash::constEnd() const Returns a const \l{STL-style iterator} pointing to the imaginary item after the last item in the hash. \sa constBegin(), end() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::erase(iterator pos) Removes the (key, value) pair associated with the iterator \a pos from the hash, and returns an iterator to the next item in the hash. Unlike remove() and take(), this function never causes QHash to rehash its internal data structure. This means that it can safely be called while iterating, and won't affect the order of items in the hash. For example: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 15 \sa remove(), take(), find() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::find(const Key &key) Returns an iterator pointing to the item with the \a key in the hash. If the hash contains no item with the \a key, the function returns end(). If the hash contains multiple items with the \a key, this function returns an iterator that points to the most recently inserted value. The other values are accessible by incrementing the iterator. For example, here's some code that iterates over all the items with the same key: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 16 \sa value(), values(), QMultiHash::find() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator QHash::find(const Key &key) const \overload */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::constFind(const Key &key) const \since 4.1 Returns an iterator pointing to the item with the \a key in the hash. If the hash contains no item with the \a key, the function returns constEnd(). \sa find(), QMultiHash::constFind() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::insert(const Key &key, const T &value) Inserts a new item with the \a key and a value of \a value. If there is already an item with the \a key, that item's value is replaced with \a value. If there are multiple items with the \a key, the most recently inserted item's value is replaced with \a value. \sa insertMulti() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::insertMulti(const Key &key, const T &value) Inserts a new item with the \a key and a value of \a value. If there is already an item with the same key in the hash, this function will simply create a new one. (This behavior is different from insert(), which overwrites the value of an existing item.) \sa insert(), values() */ /*! \fn QHash &QHash::unite(const QHash &other) Inserts all the items in the \a other hash into this hash. If a key is common to both hashes, the resulting hash will contain the key multiple times. \sa insertMulti() */ /*! \fn bool QHash::empty() const This function is provided for STL compatibility. It is equivalent to isEmpty(), returning true if the hash is empty; otherwise returns false. */ /*! \typedef QHash::ConstIterator Qt-style synonym for QHash::const_iterator. */ /*! \typedef QHash::Iterator Qt-style synonym for QHash::iterator. */ /*! \typedef QHash::difference_type Typedef for ptrdiff_t. Provided for STL compatibility. */ /*! \typedef QHash::key_type Typedef for Key. Provided for STL compatibility. */ /*! \typedef QHash::mapped_type Typedef for T. Provided for STL compatibility. */ /*! \typedef QHash::size_type Typedef for int. Provided for STL compatibility. */ /*! \typedef QHash::iterator::difference_type \internal */ /*! \typedef QHash::iterator::iterator_category \internal */ /*! \typedef QHash::iterator::pointer \internal */ /*! \typedef QHash::iterator::reference \internal */ /*! \typedef QHash::iterator::value_type \internal */ /*! \typedef QHash::const_iterator::difference_type \internal */ /*! \typedef QHash::const_iterator::iterator_category \internal */ /*! \typedef QHash::const_iterator::pointer \internal */ /*! \typedef QHash::const_iterator::reference \internal */ /*! \typedef QHash::const_iterator::value_type \internal */ /*! \class QHash::iterator \brief The QHash::iterator class provides an STL-style non-const iterator for QHash and QMultiHash. QHash features both \l{STL-style iterators} and \l{Java-style iterators}. The STL-style iterators are more low-level and more cumbersome to use; on the other hand, they are slightly faster and, for developers who already know STL, have the advantage of familiarity. QHash\::iterator allows you to iterate over a QHash (or QMultiHash) and to modify the value (but not the key) associated with a particular key. If you want to iterate over a const QHash, you should use QHash::const_iterator. It is generally good practice to use QHash::const_iterator on a non-const QHash as well, unless you need to change the QHash through the iterator. Const iterators are slightly faster, and can improve code readability. The default QHash::iterator constructor creates an uninitialized iterator. You must initialize it using a QHash function like QHash::begin(), QHash::end(), or QHash::find() before you can start iterating. Here's a typical loop that prints all the (key, value) pairs stored in a hash: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 17 Unlike QMap, which orders its items by key, QHash stores its items in an arbitrary order. The only guarantee is that items that share the same key (because they were inserted using QHash::insertMulti()) will appear consecutively, from the most recently to the least recently inserted value. Let's see a few examples of things we can do with a QHash::iterator that we cannot do with a QHash::const_iterator. Here's an example that increments every value stored in the QHash by 2: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 18 Here's an example that removes all the items whose key is a string that starts with an underscore character: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 19 The call to QHash::erase() removes the item pointed to by the iterator from the hash, and returns an iterator to the next item. Here's another way of removing an item while iterating: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 20 It might be tempting to write code like this: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 21 However, this will potentially crash in \c{++i}, because \c i is a dangling iterator after the call to erase(). Multiple iterators can be used on the same hash. However, be aware that any modification performed directly on the QHash has the potential of dramatically changing the order in which the items are stored in the hash, as they might cause QHash to rehash its internal data structure. There is one notable exception: QHash::erase(). This function can safely be called while iterating, and won't affect the order of items in the hash. If you need to keep iterators over a long period of time, we recommend that you use QMap rather than QHash. \sa QHash::const_iterator, QMutableHashIterator */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator::operator Node *() const \internal */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator::iterator() Constructs an uninitialized iterator. Functions like key(), value(), and operator++() must not be called on an uninitialized iterator. Use operator=() to assign a value to it before using it. \sa QHash::begin() QHash::end() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator::iterator(void *node) \internal */ /*! \fn const Key &QHash::iterator::key() const Returns the current item's key as a const reference. There is no direct way of changing an item's key through an iterator, although it can be done by calling QHash::erase() followed by QHash::insert() or QHash::insertMulti(). \sa value() */ /*! \fn T &QHash::iterator::value() const Returns a modifiable reference to the current item's value. You can change the value of an item by using value() on the left side of an assignment, for example: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 22 \sa key(), operator*() */ /*! \fn T &QHash::iterator::operator*() const Returns a modifiable reference to the current item's value. Same as value(). \sa key() */ /*! \fn T *QHash::iterator::operator->() const Returns a pointer to the current item's value. \sa value() */ /*! \fn bool QHash::iterator::operator==(const iterator &other) const \fn bool QHash::iterator::operator==(const const_iterator &other) const Returns true if \a other points to the same item as this iterator; otherwise returns false. \sa operator!=() */ /*! \fn bool QHash::iterator::operator!=(const iterator &other) const \fn bool QHash::iterator::operator!=(const const_iterator &other) const Returns true if \a other points to a different item than this iterator; otherwise returns false. \sa operator==() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator &QHash::iterator::operator++() The prefix ++ operator (\c{++i}) advances the iterator to the next item in the hash and returns an iterator to the new current item. Calling this function on QHash::end() leads to undefined results. \sa operator--() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::iterator::operator++(int) \overload The postfix ++ operator (\c{i++}) advances the iterator to the next item in the hash and returns an iterator to the previously current item. */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator &QHash::iterator::operator--() The prefix -- operator (\c{--i}) makes the preceding item current and returns an iterator pointing to the new current item. Calling this function on QHash::begin() leads to undefined results. \sa operator++() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::iterator::operator--(int) \overload The postfix -- operator (\c{i--}) makes the preceding item current and returns an iterator pointing to the previously current item. */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::iterator::operator+(int j) const Returns an iterator to the item at \a j positions forward from this iterator. (If \a j is negative, the iterator goes backward.) This operation can be slow for large \a j values. \sa operator-() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator QHash::iterator::operator-(int j) const Returns an iterator to the item at \a j positions backward from this iterator. (If \a j is negative, the iterator goes forward.) This operation can be slow for large \a j values. \sa operator+() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator &QHash::iterator::operator+=(int j) Advances the iterator by \a j items. (If \a j is negative, the iterator goes backward.) \sa operator-=(), operator+() */ /*! \fn QHash::iterator &QHash::iterator::operator-=(int j) Makes the iterator go back by \a j items. (If \a j is negative, the iterator goes forward.) \sa operator+=(), operator-() */ /*! \class QHash::const_iterator \brief The QHash::const_iterator class provides an STL-style const iterator for QHash and QMultiHash. QHash features both \l{STL-style iterators} and \l{Java-style iterators}. The STL-style iterators are more low-level and more cumbersome to use; on the other hand, they are slightly faster and, for developers who already know STL, have the advantage of familiarity. QHash\::const_iterator allows you to iterate over a QHash (or a QMultiHash). If you want to modify the QHash as you iterate over it, you must use QHash::iterator instead. It is generally good practice to use QHash::const_iterator on a non-const QHash as well, unless you need to change the QHash through the iterator. Const iterators are slightly faster, and can improve code readability. The default QHash::const_iterator constructor creates an uninitialized iterator. You must initialize it using a QHash function like QHash::constBegin(), QHash::constEnd(), or QHash::find() before you can start iterating. Here's a typical loop that prints all the (key, value) pairs stored in a hash: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 23 Unlike QMap, which orders its items by key, QHash stores its items in an arbitrary order. The only guarantee is that items that share the same key (because they were inserted using QHash::insertMulti()) will appear consecutively, from the most recently to the least recently inserted value. Multiple iterators can be used on the same hash. However, be aware that any modification performed directly on the QHash has the potential of dramatically changing the order in which the items are stored in the hash, as they might cause QHash to rehash its internal data structure. If you need to keep iterators over a long period of time, we recommend that you use QMap rather than QHash. \sa QHash::iterator, QHashIterator */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator::operator Node *() const \internal */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator::const_iterator() Constructs an uninitialized iterator. Functions like key(), value(), and operator++() must not be called on an uninitialized iterator. Use operator=() to assign a value to it before using it. \sa QHash::constBegin() QHash::constEnd() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator::const_iterator(void *node) \internal */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator::const_iterator(const iterator &other) Constructs a copy of \a other. */ /*! \fn const Key &QHash::const_iterator::key() const Returns the current item's key. \sa value() */ /*! \fn const T &QHash::const_iterator::value() const Returns the current item's value. \sa key(), operator*() */ /*! \fn const T &QHash::const_iterator::operator*() const Returns the current item's value. Same as value(). \sa key() */ /*! \fn const T *QHash::const_iterator::operator->() const Returns a pointer to the current item's value. \sa value() */ /*! \fn bool QHash::const_iterator::operator==(const const_iterator &other) const Returns true if \a other points to the same item as this iterator; otherwise returns false. \sa operator!=() */ /*! \fn bool QHash::const_iterator::operator!=(const const_iterator &other) const Returns true if \a other points to a different item than this iterator; otherwise returns false. \sa operator==() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator &QHash::const_iterator::operator++() The prefix ++ operator (\c{++i}) advances the iterator to the next item in the hash and returns an iterator to the new current item. Calling this function on QHash::end() leads to undefined results. \sa operator--() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator QHash::const_iterator::operator++(int) \overload The postfix ++ operator (\c{i++}) advances the iterator to the next item in the hash and returns an iterator to the previously current item. */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator &QHash::const_iterator::operator--() The prefix -- operator (\c{--i}) makes the preceding item current and returns an iterator pointing to the new current item. Calling this function on QHash::begin() leads to undefined results. \sa operator++() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator QHash::const_iterator::operator--(int) \overload The postfix -- operator (\c{i--}) makes the preceding item current and returns an iterator pointing to the previously current item. */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator QHash::const_iterator::operator+(int j) const Returns an iterator to the item at \a j positions forward from this iterator. (If \a j is negative, the iterator goes backward.) This operation can be slow for large \a j values. \sa operator-() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator QHash::const_iterator::operator-(int j) const Returns an iterator to the item at \a j positions backward from this iterator. (If \a j is negative, the iterator goes forward.) This operation can be slow for large \a j values. \sa operator+() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator &QHash::const_iterator::operator+=(int j) Advances the iterator by \a j items. (If \a j is negative, the iterator goes backward.) This operation can be slow for large \a j values. \sa operator-=(), operator+() */ /*! \fn QHash::const_iterator &QHash::const_iterator::operator-=(int j) Makes the iterator go back by \a j items. (If \a j is negative, the iterator goes forward.) This operation can be slow for large \a j values. \sa operator+=(), operator-() */ /*! \fn QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const QHash& hash) \relates QHash Writes the hash \a hash to stream \a out. This function requires the key and value types to implement \c operator<<(). \sa {Format of the QDataStream operators} */ /*! \fn QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, QHash &hash) \relates QHash Reads a hash from stream \a in into \a hash. This function requires the key and value types to implement \c operator>>(). \sa {Format of the QDataStream operators} */ /*! \class QMultiHash \brief The QMultiHash class is a convenience QHash subclass that provides multi-valued hashes. \ingroup tools \ingroup shared \reentrant QMultiHash\ is one of Qt's generic \l{container classes}. It inherits QHash and extends it with a few convenience functions that make it more suitable than QHash for storing multi-valued hashes. A multi-valued hash is a hash that allows multiple values with the same key; QHash normally doesn't allow that, unless you call QHash::insertMulti(). Because QMultiHash inherits QHash, all of QHash's functionality also applies to QMultiHash. For example, you can use isEmpty() to test whether the hash is empty, and you can traverse a QMultiHash using QHash's iterator classes (for example, QHashIterator). But in addition, it provides an insert() function that corresponds to QHash::insertMulti(), and a replace() function that corresponds to QHash::insert(). It also provides convenient operator+() and operator+=(). Example: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 24 Unlike QHash, QMultiHash provides no operator[]. Use value() or replace() if you want to access the most recently inserted item with a certain key. If you want to retrieve all the values for a single key, you can use values(const Key &key), which returns a QList: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 25 The items that share the same key are available from most recently to least recently inserted. A more efficient approach is to call find() to get the STL-style iterator for the first item with a key and iterate from there: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp 26 QMultiHash's key and value data types must be \l{assignable data types}. You cannot, for example, store a QWidget as a value; instead, store a QWidget *. In addition, QMultiHash's key type must provide operator==(), and there must also be a global qHash() function that returns a hash value for an argument of the key's type. See the QHash documentation for details. \sa QHash, QHashIterator, QMutableHashIterator, QMultiMap */ /*! \fn QMultiHash::QMultiHash() Constructs an empty hash. */ /*! \fn QMultiHash::QMultiHash(const QHash &other) Constructs a copy of \a other (which can be a QHash or a QMultiHash). \sa operator=() */ /*! \fn QMultiHash::iterator QMultiHash::replace(const Key &key, const T &value) Inserts a new item with the \a key and a value of \a value. If there is already an item with the \a key, that item's value is replaced with \a value. If there are multiple items with the \a key, the most recently inserted item's value is replaced with \a value. \sa insert() */ /*! \fn QMultiHash::iterator QMultiHash::insert(const Key &key, const T &value) Inserts a new item with the \a key and a value of \a value. If there is already an item with the same key in the hash, this function will simply create a new one. (This behavior is different from replace(), which overwrites the value of an existing item.) \sa replace() */ /*! \fn QMultiHash &QMultiHash::operator+=(const QMultiHash &other) Inserts all the items in the \a other hash into this hash and returns a reference to this hash. \sa insert() */ /*! \fn QMultiHash QMultiHash::operator+(const QMultiHash &other) const Returns a hash that contains all the items in this hash in addition to all the items in \a other. If a key is common to both hashes, the resulting hash will contain the key multiple times. \sa operator+=() */ /*! \fn bool QMultiHash::contains(const Key &key, const T &value) const \since 4.3 Returns true if the hash contains an item with the \a key and \a value; otherwise returns false. \sa QHash::contains() */ /*! \fn bool QMultiHash::contains(const Key &key) const \overload \sa QHash::contains() */ /*! \fn int QMultiHash::remove(const Key &key, const T &value) \since 4.3 Removes all the items that have the \a key and the value \a value from the hash. Returns the number of items removed. \sa QHash::remove() */ /*! \fn int QMultiHash::remove(const Key &key) \overload \sa QHash::remove() */ /*! \fn int QMultiHash::count(const Key &key, const T &value) const \since 4.3 Returns the number of items with the \a key and \a value. \sa QHash::count() */ /*! \fn int QMultiHash::count(const Key &key) const \overload \sa QHash::count() */ /*! \fn int QMultiHash::count() const \overload \sa QHash::count() */ /*! \fn typename QHash::iterator QMultiHash::find(const Key &key, const T &value) \since 4.3 Returns an iterator pointing to the item with the \a key and \a value. If the hash contains no such item, the function returns end(). If the hash contains multiple items with the \a key and \a value, the iterator returned points to the most recently inserted item. \sa QHash::find() */ /*! \fn typename QHash::iterator QMultiHash::find(const Key &key) \overload \sa QHash::find() */ /*! \fn typename QHash::const_iterator QMultiHash::find(const Key &key, const T &value) const \since 4.3 \overload */ /*! \fn typename QHash::const_iterator QMultiHash::find(const Key &key) const \overload \sa QHash::find() */ /*! \fn typename QHash::const_iterator QMultiHash::constFind(const Key &key, const T &value) const \since 4.3 Returns an iterator pointing to the item with the \a key and the \a value in the hash. If the hash contains no such item, the function returns constEnd(). \sa QHash::constFind() */ /*! \fn typename QHash::const_iterator QMultiHash::constFind(const Key &key) const \overload \sa QHash::constFind() */ QT_END_NAMESPACE