Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T > Class Template Reference

Description

template<class T>
class Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >

An edge from a parent to a child.

An edge is the inter-node link between a parent node and a child node. The ChildEdge type is only allowed for data members of a Node and is how the node defines which data members participate as edges in the tree.

To create a node and define that it points to two child nodes, one must declare the two child pointers using the ChildEdge type, and then initialize the parent end of the edges during construction, as follows:

class Parent: public Tree::Node {
public:
    Tree::ChildEdge<ChildType1> first;  // ChildType1 is userdefined, derived from Tree::Node
    Tree::ChildEdge<ChildType2> second; // ditto for ChildType2

    Parent()
        : first(this), second(this) {}
};

It is also possible to give non-null values to the child ends of the edges during construction:

Parent::Parent(const std::shared_ptr<ChildType1> &c1)
    : first(this, c1), second(this, std::make_shared<ChildType2>()) {}

The ChildEdge members are used as if they were pointers:

auto parent = std::make_shared<Parent>();
assert(parent->first == nullptr);

auto child = std::make_shared<ChildType1>();
parent->first = child;
assert(parent->first == child);
assert(child->parent == parent);

Definition at line 205 of file Tree.h.

#include <Tree.h>

Public Member Functions
	ChildEdge (Node *container)
	Points to no child. More...
	ChildEdge (Node *container, const std::shared_ptr< T > &child)
	Constructor that points to a child. More...
	ChildEdge (const ChildEdge &)=delete
ChildEdge &	operator= (const std::shared_ptr< T > &child)
	Point to a child node. More...
void	reset ()
	Cause this edge to point to no child. More...
std::shared_ptr< T >	operator-> () const
	Obtain shared pointer. More...
T &	operator* () const
	Obtain pointed-to node. More...
	operator bool () const
	Conversion to bool. More...
std::shared_ptr< T >	shared () const
	Pointer to the child. More...
	operator std::shared_ptr< T > () const
	Implicit conversion to shared pointer. More...

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<class T >

Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::ChildEdge ( Node *  container )

explicit

Points to no child.

Definition at line 925 of file Tree.h.

template<class T >

Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::ChildEdge	(	Node *	container,
		const std::shared_ptr< T > &	child
	)

Constructor that points to a child.

Definition at line 931 of file Tree.h.

Member Function Documentation

template<class T >

ChildEdge& Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::operator= ( const std::shared_ptr< T > &  child )

inline

Point to a child node.

Definition at line 220 of file Tree.h.

template<class T >

void Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::reset ( )

inline

Cause this edge to point to no child.

Definition at line 226 of file Tree.h.

template<class T >

std::shared_ptr<T> Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::operator-> ( ) const

inline

Obtain shared pointer.

Definition at line 231 of file Tree.h.

References Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::shared().

template<class T >

T& Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::operator* ( ) const

inline

Obtain pointed-to node.

Definition at line 236 of file Tree.h.

References Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::shared().

template<class T >

Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::operator bool ( ) const

inlineexplicit

Conversion to bool.

Definition at line 242 of file Tree.h.

References Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::shared().

template<class T >

std::shared_ptr< T > Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::shared

(

)

const

Pointer to the child.

Definition at line 938 of file Tree.h.

References Sawyer::Tree::Node::children.

Referenced by Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::operator bool(), Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::operator std::shared_ptr< T >(), Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::operator*(), and Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::operator->().

template<class T >

Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::operator std::shared_ptr< T > ( ) const

inline

Implicit conversion to shared pointer.

Definition at line 250 of file Tree.h.

References Sawyer::Tree::ChildEdge< T >::shared().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Tree.h