kicad/include/dlist.h

/*
 * This program source code file is part of KICAD, a free EDA CAD application.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2008 SoftPLC Corporation, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@softplc.com>
 * Copyright (C) 1992-2008 Kicad Developers, see change_log.txt for contributors.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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 *
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 */


#ifndef DLIST_H_
#define DLIST_H_


class EDA_BaseStruct;


/**
 * Class DHEAD
 * is only for use by template class DLIST, use that instead.
 */
class DHEAD
{
protected:
    EDA_BaseStruct*     first;          ///< first element in list, or NULL if list empty
    EDA_BaseStruct*     last;           ///< last elment in list, or NULL if empty
    unsigned            count;          ///< how many elements are in the list
    bool                meOwner;        ///< I must delete the objects I hold in my destructor

    /**
     * Constructor DHEAD
     * is protected so that a DHEAD can only be instantiated from within a
     * DLIST template.
     */
    DHEAD() :
        first(0),
        last(0),
        count(0),
        meOwner(true)
    {
    }

    ~DHEAD();

    /**
     * Function append
     * adds \a aNewElement to the end of the list.
     */
    void append( EDA_BaseStruct* aNewElement );

    /**
     * Function insert
     * puts aNewElement just in front of aElementAfterMe in the list sequence.
     * If aElementAfterMe is NULL, then simply Append()
     */
    void insert( EDA_BaseStruct* aNewElement, EDA_BaseStruct* aElementAfterMe );

    /**
     * Function insert
     * puts aNewElement in front of list sequence.
     */
    void insert( EDA_BaseStruct* aNewElement )
    {
        insert( aNewElement, first );
    }

    /**
     * Function remove
     * removes \a aElement from the list, but does not delete it.
     */
    void remove( EDA_BaseStruct* aElement );


public:

    /**
     * Function DestructAll
     * deletes all items on the list and leaves the list empty.
     */
    void DestructAll();

    /**
     * Function SetOwnership
     * controls whether the list owns the objects and is responsible for
     * deleteing their memory at time of this object's destruction.
     */
    void SetOwnership( bool Iown ) { meOwner = Iown; }


    /**
     * Function GetCount
     * returns the number of elements in the list.
     */
    unsigned GetCount() { return count; }
};


/**
 * Class DLIST
 * is the head of a doubly linked list.  It contains pointers to the first
 * and last elements in a doubly linked list.  The elements in the list must
 * be of class T or derived from T, and T must be derived from EDA_BaseStruct.
 * @see DHEAD for additional public functions.
 */
template <class T>
class DLIST : public DHEAD
{
public:

    /**
     * operator T*
     * is a casting operator that returns \a first casted to a T*
     */
    operator T* () const { return GetFirst(); }

    /**
     * Function GetFirst
     * returns the first T* in the list, or NULL if the list is empty.
     */
    T*  GetFirst() const { return (T*) first; }

    /**
     * Function GetLast
     * returns the last T* in the list, or NULL if the list is empty.
     */
    T*  GetLast() const { return (T*) last; }


    /**
     * Function Append
     * adds \a aNewElement to the end of the list.
     */
    void Append( T* aNewElement )
    {
        append( aNewElement );
    }

    /**
     * Function Insert
     * puts aNewElement just in front of aElementAfterMe in the list sequence.
     * If aElementAfterMe is NULL, then simply Append()
     */
    void Insert( T* aNewElement, T* aElementAfterMe )
    {
        insert( aNewElement, aElementAfterMe );
    }

    /**
     * Function Insert
     * puts aNewElement in front of list sequence.
     */
    void Insert( T* aNewElement )
    {
        insert( aNewElement );
    }

    /**
     * Function Remove
     * removes \a aElement from the list, but does not delete it.
     * @return T* - the removed element, so you can easily delete it upon return.
     */
    T* Remove( T* aElement )
    {
        remove( aElement );
        return aElement;
    }

};

#endif      // DLIST_H_