Re: problem storing different iterators in a container

From:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:41:38 +0100
Message-ID:
<13tqc9920j73t61@corp.supernews.com>
* Lutz Altmann:

Hi there :)

I'm trying to write a functor-class, which supports the de-
multiplexing of data from one
input-container to two or multiple output containers (de-
interleaving).

For example:

vec1 = [1 5 2 6 3 7]

#demultiplex vec1 -> result1,result2

result1 = [1 2 3]
result2 = [5 6 7]

The idea is, to provide a functor-class , which makes the de-
multiplexing very easy to use:
It should be possible to do soemthing like this:

snip<


DemuxFunctor func;
func.addChannel(output_iter);
func.addChannel(output_iter2);
..
..
for_each(input_vec.begin(),input_vec.end(),func);

snip<


It should be possible to "register" iterators to which the functor
writes the output-data.

here is my draft :

#include <vector>
#include <iterator>

using namespace std;

template<typename T>
class DemuxFunctor : public unary_function<void,T>
{

public:

    DemuxFunctor():m_current(0){}

    void operator()(const T& arg)
    {
        // add arg to one of the iterators
        *(m_outchannels(m_current)) = arg;
        // step ahead
        (m_outchannels(m_current))++;

        if (m_current >= m_outchannels.size())
        {
            m_current = 0;
        }
        else
        {
            m_current++;
        }

    }

    template<typename X>
    void addChannel(insert_iterator<X>& iter)
    {
        m_outchannels.push_back(iter);
    }

private:

   // PROBLEM : how to declare this vector !!!
    vector<insert_iterator&> m_outchannels;..

    unsigned int m_current;

};

The Problem is, that i have to save the (registered) iterators in a
data-structure - but because
different kinds of iterators (vectors,lists..) should be possible i
dont know how to declare the
iterator-vector .. is there a solution?!
Maybe you also have some princible comments to the design.


The simplest seems to be to use run-time polymorphism.

   std::vector< boost::shared_ptr< AbstractOutputIterator > > m_outchannels;

where AbstractOutputIterator has a templated derived class, template parameter
being the concrete iterator type in question.

This is so common a technique that I'm almost sure it must have a design pattern
name.

Cheers, & hth.,

- Alf

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