C++ examples for template:template class
Implementing a Stride Iterator, You have a contiguous series of numbers and you want to iterate through the elements n at a time.
#include <iterator> #include <cassert> template<class Iter_T> class MyIterator/*from www .ja v a 2s.c o m*/ { public: // public typedefs typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter_T>::value_type value_type; typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter_T>::reference reference; typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter_T>::difference_type difference_type; typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter_T>::pointer pointer; typedef std::random_access_iterator_tag iterator_category; typedef MyIterator self; // constructors MyIterator() : m(NULL), step(0) { }; MyIterator(const self& x) : m(x.m), step(x.step) { } MyIterator(Iter_T x, difference_type n) : m(x), step(n) { } // operators self& operator++() { m += step; return *this; } self operator++(int) { self tmp = *this; m += step; return tmp; } self& operator+=(difference_type x) { m += x * step; return *this; } self& operator--() { m -= step; return *this; } self operator--(int) { self tmp = *this; m -= step; return tmp; } self& operator-=(difference_type x) { m -= x * step; return *this; } reference operator[](difference_type n) { return m[n * step]; } reference operator*() { return *m; } // friend operators friend bool operator==(const self& x, const self& y) { assert(x.step == y.step); return x.m == y.m; } friend bool operator!=(const self& x, const self& y) { assert(x.step == y.step); return x.m != y.m; } friend bool operator<(const self& x, const self& y) { assert(x.step == y.step); return x.m < y.m; } friend difference_type operator-(const self& x, const self& y) { assert(x.step == y.step); return (x.m - y.m) / x.step; } friend self operator+(const self& x, difference_type y) { assert(x.step == y.step); return x += y * x.step; } friend self operator+(difference_type x, const self& y) { assert(x.step == y.step); return y += x * x.step; } private: Iter_T m; difference_type step; }; #include <algorithm> #include <iterator> #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { int a[] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 }; MyIterator<int*> first(a, 2); MyIterator<int*> last(a + 8, 2); copy(first, last, ostream_iterator<int>(cout, "\n")); }