Re: Returning map from map of maps without any copy
On 12/ 3/11 08:08 PM, ittium wrote:
Group,
I have a class that contains (STL) map of maps. This Class has a getMap
function that return one map out of the map of maps. I need to avoid
copies while extracting the map. There are two approaches
1. I pass a "map" reference in getMap function, the getMap method
extract appropriate map and put it in the passed map reference. It seems
copy will be made while doing
map=Extracted Map; //map is reference parameter in getMap function
2. Second option is to return a reference from the getMap function
(please ignore dangling pointer issue since this class is likely to live
forever). My doubt is
- Can I return a iterator->second as reference
- If I can return it, how can caller save it (without making a copy).
Please note that maps to be returned are big and copying them is going
to be a big overhead.'
Is there a better solution to handle this.
One way is to return a proxy object to a map. Some like this:
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
typedef std::map<int,int> Inner;
typedef std::map<int,Inner> Outer;
struct Container
{
Outer map;
struct OuterProxy
{
const int index;
Outer& mine;
OuterProxy( Outer& outer, int n ) : mine(outer), index(n) {}
int operator[]( int n ) { return mine[index][n]; }
};
OuterProxy operator[]( int n ) { return OuterProxy( map, n ); }
};
int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
Container container;
Inner inner;
inner[42] = 21;
container.map[2] = inner;
std::cout << container[2][42] << std::endl;
return 0;
}
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