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      1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 // Derived from google3/util/gtl/stl_util.h
      6 
      7 #ifndef BASE_STL_UTIL_H_
      8 #define BASE_STL_UTIL_H_
      9 
     10 #include <algorithm>
     11 #include <functional>
     12 #include <iterator>
     13 #include <string>
     14 #include <vector>
     15 
     16 #include "base/logging.h"
     17 
     18 // Clears internal memory of an STL object.
     19 // STL clear()/reserve(0) does not always free internal memory allocated
     20 // This function uses swap/destructor to ensure the internal memory is freed.
     21 template<class T>
     22 void STLClearObject(T* obj) {
     23   T tmp;
     24   tmp.swap(*obj);
     25   // Sometimes "T tmp" allocates objects with memory (arena implementation?).
     26   // Hence using additional reserve(0) even if it doesn't always work.
     27   obj->reserve(0);
     28 }
     29 
     30 // For a range within a container of pointers, calls delete (non-array version)
     31 // on these pointers.
     32 // NOTE: for these three functions, we could just implement a DeleteObject
     33 // functor and then call for_each() on the range and functor, but this
     34 // requires us to pull in all of algorithm.h, which seems expensive.
     35 // For hash_[multi]set, it is important that this deletes behind the iterator
     36 // because the hash_set may call the hash function on the iterator when it is
     37 // advanced, which could result in the hash function trying to deference a
     38 // stale pointer.
     39 template <class ForwardIterator>
     40 void STLDeleteContainerPointers(ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end) {
     41   while (begin != end) {
     42     ForwardIterator temp = begin;
     43     ++begin;
     44     delete *temp;
     45   }
     46 }
     47 
     48 // For a range within a container of pairs, calls delete (non-array version) on
     49 // BOTH items in the pairs.
     50 // NOTE: Like STLDeleteContainerPointers, it is important that this deletes
     51 // behind the iterator because if both the key and value are deleted, the
     52 // container may call the hash function on the iterator when it is advanced,
     53 // which could result in the hash function trying to dereference a stale
     54 // pointer.
     55 template <class ForwardIterator>
     56 void STLDeleteContainerPairPointers(ForwardIterator begin,
     57                                     ForwardIterator end) {
     58   while (begin != end) {
     59     ForwardIterator temp = begin;
     60     ++begin;
     61     delete temp->first;
     62     delete temp->second;
     63   }
     64 }
     65 
     66 // For a range within a container of pairs, calls delete (non-array version) on
     67 // the FIRST item in the pairs.
     68 // NOTE: Like STLDeleteContainerPointers, deleting behind the iterator.
     69 template <class ForwardIterator>
     70 void STLDeleteContainerPairFirstPointers(ForwardIterator begin,
     71                                          ForwardIterator end) {
     72   while (begin != end) {
     73     ForwardIterator temp = begin;
     74     ++begin;
     75     delete temp->first;
     76   }
     77 }
     78 
     79 // For a range within a container of pairs, calls delete.
     80 // NOTE: Like STLDeleteContainerPointers, deleting behind the iterator.
     81 // Deleting the value does not always invalidate the iterator, but it may
     82 // do so if the key is a pointer into the value object.
     83 template <class ForwardIterator>
     84 void STLDeleteContainerPairSecondPointers(ForwardIterator begin,
     85                                           ForwardIterator end) {
     86   while (begin != end) {
     87     ForwardIterator temp = begin;
     88     ++begin;
     89     delete temp->second;
     90   }
     91 }
     92 
     93 // To treat a possibly-empty vector as an array, use these functions.
     94 // If you know the array will never be empty, you can use &*v.begin()
     95 // directly, but that is undefined behaviour if |v| is empty.
     96 template<typename T>
     97 inline T* vector_as_array(std::vector<T>* v) {
     98   return v->empty() ? NULL : &*v->begin();
     99 }
    100 
    101 template<typename T>
    102 inline const T* vector_as_array(const std::vector<T>* v) {
    103   return v->empty() ? NULL : &*v->begin();
    104 }
    105 
    106 // Return a mutable char* pointing to a string's internal buffer,
    107 // which may not be null-terminated. Writing through this pointer will
    108 // modify the string.
    109 //
    110 // string_as_array(&str)[i] is valid for 0 <= i < str.size() until the
    111 // next call to a string method that invalidates iterators.
    112 //
    113 // As of 2006-04, there is no standard-blessed way of getting a
    114 // mutable reference to a string's internal buffer. However, issue 530
    115 // (http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/lwg-active.html#530)
    116 // proposes this as the method. According to Matt Austern, this should
    117 // already work on all current implementations.
    118 inline char* string_as_array(std::string* str) {
    119   // DO NOT USE const_cast<char*>(str->data())
    120   return str->empty() ? NULL : &*str->begin();
    121 }
    122 
    123 // The following functions are useful for cleaning up STL containers whose
    124 // elements point to allocated memory.
    125 
    126 // STLDeleteElements() deletes all the elements in an STL container and clears
    127 // the container.  This function is suitable for use with a vector, set,
    128 // hash_set, or any other STL container which defines sensible begin(), end(),
    129 // and clear() methods.
    130 //
    131 // If container is NULL, this function is a no-op.
    132 //
    133 // As an alternative to calling STLDeleteElements() directly, consider
    134 // STLElementDeleter (defined below), which ensures that your container's
    135 // elements are deleted when the STLElementDeleter goes out of scope.
    136 template <class T>
    137 void STLDeleteElements(T* container) {
    138   if (!container)
    139     return;
    140   STLDeleteContainerPointers(container->begin(), container->end());
    141   container->clear();
    142 }
    143 
    144 // Given an STL container consisting of (key, value) pairs, STLDeleteValues
    145 // deletes all the "value" components and clears the container.  Does nothing
    146 // in the case it's given a NULL pointer.
    147 template <class T>
    148 void STLDeleteValues(T* container) {
    149   if (!container)
    150     return;
    151   for (typename T::iterator i(container->begin()); i != container->end(); ++i)
    152     delete i->second;
    153   container->clear();
    154 }
    155 
    156 
    157 // The following classes provide a convenient way to delete all elements or
    158 // values from STL containers when they goes out of scope.  This greatly
    159 // simplifies code that creates temporary objects and has multiple return
    160 // statements.  Example:
    161 //
    162 // vector<MyProto *> tmp_proto;
    163 // STLElementDeleter<vector<MyProto *> > d(&tmp_proto);
    164 // if (...) return false;
    165 // ...
    166 // return success;
    167 
    168 // Given a pointer to an STL container this class will delete all the element
    169 // pointers when it goes out of scope.
    170 template<class T>
    171 class STLElementDeleter {
    172  public:
    173   STLElementDeleter<T>(T* container) : container_(container) {}
    174   ~STLElementDeleter<T>() { STLDeleteElements(container_); }
    175 
    176  private:
    177   T* container_;
    178 };
    179 
    180 // Given a pointer to an STL container this class will delete all the value
    181 // pointers when it goes out of scope.
    182 template<class T>
    183 class STLValueDeleter {
    184  public:
    185   STLValueDeleter<T>(T* container) : container_(container) {}
    186   ~STLValueDeleter<T>() { STLDeleteValues(container_); }
    187 
    188  private:
    189   T* container_;
    190 };
    191 
    192 // Test to see if a set, map, hash_set or hash_map contains a particular key.
    193 // Returns true if the key is in the collection.
    194 template <typename Collection, typename Key>
    195 bool ContainsKey(const Collection& collection, const Key& key) {
    196   return collection.find(key) != collection.end();
    197 }
    198 
    199 namespace base {
    200 
    201 // Returns true if the container is sorted.
    202 template <typename Container>
    203 bool STLIsSorted(const Container& cont) {
    204   // Note: Use reverse iterator on container to ensure we only require
    205   // value_type to implement operator<.
    206   return std::adjacent_find(cont.rbegin(), cont.rend(),
    207                             std::less<typename Container::value_type>())
    208       == cont.rend();
    209 }
    210 
    211 // Returns a new ResultType containing the difference of two sorted containers.
    212 template <typename ResultType, typename Arg1, typename Arg2>
    213 ResultType STLSetDifference(const Arg1& a1, const Arg2& a2) {
    214   DCHECK(STLIsSorted(a1));
    215   DCHECK(STLIsSorted(a2));
    216   ResultType difference;
    217   std::set_difference(a1.begin(), a1.end(),
    218                       a2.begin(), a2.end(),
    219                       std::inserter(difference, difference.end()));
    220   return difference;
    221 }
    222 
    223 // Returns a new ResultType containing the union of two sorted containers.
    224 template <typename ResultType, typename Arg1, typename Arg2>
    225 ResultType STLSetUnion(const Arg1& a1, const Arg2& a2) {
    226   DCHECK(STLIsSorted(a1));
    227   DCHECK(STLIsSorted(a2));
    228   ResultType result;
    229   std::set_union(a1.begin(), a1.end(),
    230                  a2.begin(), a2.end(),
    231                  std::inserter(result, result.end()));
    232   return result;
    233 }
    234 
    235 // Returns a new ResultType containing the intersection of two sorted
    236 // containers.
    237 template <typename ResultType, typename Arg1, typename Arg2>
    238 ResultType STLSetIntersection(const Arg1& a1, const Arg2& a2) {
    239   DCHECK(STLIsSorted(a1));
    240   DCHECK(STLIsSorted(a2));
    241   ResultType result;
    242   std::set_intersection(a1.begin(), a1.end(),
    243                         a2.begin(), a2.end(),
    244                         std::inserter(result, result.end()));
    245   return result;
    246 }
    247 
    248 // Returns true if the sorted container |a1| contains all elements of the sorted
    249 // container |a2|.
    250 template <typename Arg1, typename Arg2>
    251 bool STLIncludes(const Arg1& a1, const Arg2& a2) {
    252   DCHECK(STLIsSorted(a1));
    253   DCHECK(STLIsSorted(a2));
    254   return std::includes(a1.begin(), a1.end(),
    255                        a2.begin(), a2.end());
    256 }
    257 
    258 }  // namespace base
    259 
    260 #endif  // BASE_STL_UTIL_H_
    261