Re: Put a stl container in private or public?
On 2007-08-29 02:32, Goran wrote:
Hi all,
I'm asking me how to save a std::vector or std::set in my object?
Should I put it in private or public? And if in private... how looks
like the public methods to access the elements in the container?
My first attempt was to put them in private and build some public
methods...
[...]
public:
void AddObj(const Obj_t * aObj);
Ask yourself if you need to store pointers to the objects or if you can
use copies of them instead.
void EraseObj(unsigned int aPosition);
When using a set the concept of position is a bit vague, since an
object's position can change when other objects are inserted.
public:
unsigned int GetObjQuantum() const;
Obj_t GetObj(unsigned int aPosition) const;
private:
std::set<Obj_t *> * itsObjs;
Usually there's no need to make this a pointer, use a normal instance.
I don't feel happy with solution above but I still don't know a better
way.
If you just want a class to be a container, use one of the standard
containers, don't wrap it. If not you usually only need to implement a
few functions, like add, remove, and get, and then your design looks
quite good.
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