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     4 ** Implementation of base class for all collection classes
       
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    37 
       
    38 #include "qcollection.h"
       
    39 
       
    40 // NOT REVISED
       
    41 /*!
       
    42   \class QCollection qcollection.h
       
    43   \brief The QCollection class is the base class of all Qt collections.
       
    44 
       
    45   \ingroup collection
       
    46   \ingroup tools
       
    47 
       
    48   The QCollection class is an abstract base class for the Qt \link
       
    49   collection.html collection classes\endlink QDict, QList etc. via QGDict,
       
    50   QGList etc.
       
    51 
       
    52   A QCollection knows only about the number of objects in the
       
    53   collection and the deletion strategy (see setAutoDelete()).
       
    54 
       
    55   A collection is implemented using the \c Item (generic collection
       
    56   item) type, which is a \c void*.  The template classes that create
       
    57   the real collections cast the \c Item to the required type.
       
    58 
       
    59   \sa \link collection.html Collection Classes\endlink
       
    60 */
       
    61 
       
    62 
       
    63 /*! \enum QCollection::Item
       
    64 
       
    65   This type is the generic "item" in a QCollection.
       
    66 */
       
    67 
       
    68 
       
    69 /*!
       
    70   \fn QCollection::QCollection()
       
    71 
       
    72   Constructs a collection. The constructor is protected because
       
    73   QCollection is an abstract class.
       
    74 */
       
    75 
       
    76 /*!
       
    77   \fn QCollection::QCollection( const QCollection & source )
       
    78 
       
    79   Constructs a copy of \a source with autoDelete() set to FALSE. The
       
    80   constructor is protected because QCollection is an abstract class.
       
    81 
       
    82   Note that if \a source has autoDelete turned on, copying it is a
       
    83   good way to get memory leaks, reading freed memory, or both.
       
    84 */
       
    85 
       
    86 /*!
       
    87   \fn QCollection::~QCollection()
       
    88   Destroys the collection. The destructor is protected because QCollection
       
    89   is an abstract class.
       
    90 */
       
    91 
       
    92 
       
    93 /*!
       
    94   \fn bool QCollection::autoDelete() const
       
    95   Returns the setting of the auto-delete option (default is FALSE).
       
    96   \sa setAutoDelete()
       
    97 */
       
    98 
       
    99 /*!
       
   100   \fn void QCollection::setAutoDelete( bool enable )
       
   101 
       
   102   Sets the auto-delete option of the collection.
       
   103 
       
   104   Enabling auto-delete (\e enable is TRUE) will delete objects that
       
   105   are removed from the collection.  This can be useful if the
       
   106   collection has the only reference to the objects.  (Note that the
       
   107   object can still be copied using the copy constructor - copying such
       
   108   objects is a good way to get memory leaks, reading freed memory or
       
   109   both.)
       
   110 
       
   111   Disabling auto-delete (\e enable is FALSE) will \e not delete objects
       
   112   that are removed from the collection.	 This is useful if the objects
       
   113   are part of many collections.
       
   114 
       
   115   The default setting is FALSE.
       
   116 
       
   117   \sa autoDelete()
       
   118 */
       
   119 
       
   120 
       
   121 /*!
       
   122   \fn virtual uint QCollection::count() const
       
   123   Returns the number of objects in the collection.
       
   124 */
       
   125 
       
   126 /*!
       
   127   \fn virtual void QCollection::clear()
       
   128   Removes all objects from the collection.  The objects will be deleted
       
   129   if auto-delete has been enabled.
       
   130   \sa setAutoDelete()
       
   131 */
       
   132 
       
   133 
       
   134 /*!
       
   135   Virtual function that creates a copy of an object that is about to
       
   136   be inserted into the collection.
       
   137 
       
   138   The default implementation returns the \e d pointer, i.e. no copy
       
   139   is made.
       
   140 
       
   141   This function is seldom reimplemented in the collection template
       
   142   classes. It is not common practice to make a copy of something
       
   143   that is being inserted.
       
   144 
       
   145   \sa deleteItem()
       
   146 */
       
   147 
       
   148 QCollection::Item QCollection::newItem( Item d )
       
   149 {
       
   150     return d;					// just return reference
       
   151 }
       
   152 
       
   153 /*!
       
   154   Virtual function that deletes an item that is about to be removed from
       
   155   the collection.
       
   156 
       
   157   The default implementation deletes \e d pointer if and only if
       
   158   auto-delete has been enabled.
       
   159 
       
   160   This function is always reimplemented in the collection template
       
   161   classes.
       
   162 
       
   163   \warning If you reimplement this function you must also reimplement
       
   164   the destructor and call the virtual function clear() from your
       
   165   destructor.  This is due to the way virtual functions and
       
   166   destructors work in C++: virtual functions in derived classes cannot
       
   167   be called from a destructor.  If you do not do this your
       
   168   deleteItem() function will not be called when the container is
       
   169   destructed.
       
   170 
       
   171   \sa newItem(), setAutoDelete()
       
   172 */
       
   173 
       
   174 void QCollection::deleteItem( Item d )
       
   175 {
       
   176     if ( del_item )
       
   177 #if defined(Q_DELETING_VOID_UNDEFINED)
       
   178 	delete (char *)d;			// default operation
       
   179 #else
       
   180 	delete d;				// default operation
       
   181 #endif
       
   182 }