SYNOPSIS

#include <bobcat/hash>

DESCRIPTION

The FBB:Hash group of template classes offer hashing-based mapping. Various variants are available, all based on the facilities offered by the unordered_map.

The hash-map offered in the unordered_map container has a fairly complex construction interface, and Hash is an attempt to simplify this part of its interface. In practice, hashing uses a textual key, which may be std::string or char * based, and the keys may be used either case sensitively or case insensitively. Hash merely requires its users to specify the map's value type, while the key may be a char const * or std::string, used case sensitively or case insensitively.

NAMESPACE

FBB
All constructors, members, operators and manipulators, mentioned in this man-page, are defined in the namespace FBB.

INHERITS FROM

std::unordered_map, using various instantiations.

TYPE

All variants define value_type as the corresponding unordered_map value_type. In practice a value_type defines a std::pair<Key, Value>, where Key represents the hash's key-type and Value represents the hash's value type.

CONSTRUCTORS

Variants of the FBB::Hash container are available for char const * or std::string keys, used case sensitively or case insensitively. All variants support default, copy, and move construction, support construction from initializer lists and support construction from iterators defining a half-open range of value_type values.

The following variants are available (showing their default constructors). Value refers to the value type stored in the hash table.

• HashCharPtr<Value>():
  this hash table uses case sensitive char const * keys;
• HashCharCasePtr<Value>():
  this hash table uses case insensitive char const * keys;
• HashString<Value>():
  this hash table uses case sensitive std::string keys;
• HashStringCase<Value>():
  this hash table uses case insensitive std::string keys;

OVERLOADED OPERATOR

In addition to the index operator inherited from unordered_map the overloaded copy and move assignment operators are available for all Hash containers.

MEMBER FUNCTIONS

All members of the unordered_map container are available, as Hash inherits from this template class.

EXAMPLE

    #include <iostream>
    #include <bobcat/hash>
    
    using namespace std;
    using namespace FBB;
    
    pair<char const *, size_t> ap[] =
    {
        pair<char const *, size_t>("one", 1),
        pair<char const *, size_t>("two", 2),
    };
    
    int main()
    {
        HashCharPtr<size_t> hcp;
        HashCharPtr<size_t> hcp2(ap, ap + 2);
        HashCharPtr<size_t> hcp3(hcp2);
        hcp = hcp2;
    
        cout << hcp2["one"] << endl;
    }
        

FILES

bobcat/hash - defines the class interface

DISTRIBUTION FILES

• bobcat_4.02.00-x.dsc: detached signature;
• bobcat_4.02.00-x.tar.gz: source archive;
• bobcat_4.02.00-x_i386.changes: change log;
• libbobcat1_4.02.00-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries;
• libbobcat1-dev_4.02.00-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries, headers and manual pages;
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/bobcat: public archive location;

BOBCAT

Bobcat is an acronym of `Brokken's Own Base Classes And Templates'.

COPYRIGHT

This is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

AUTHOR

Frank B. Brokken ([email protected]).