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Hi,

I have a general question about iterators

suppose I have a class

class MyClass
{
public:
....
private:
PtrList m_ptrlist<somerecordtype>;
}

PtrList<T> is a class taht has an iterator implemented .. so i could
do:
m_ptrlist::iterator it = m_ptrlist.begin() .. and iterate / modify
items etc.

but suppose i want MyClass to be able to iterate over this list and
present that iteration interface to the user . what is the correct
way to do this?

Thanks!!

"Talha" <> wrote...
> Hi,
>
> I have a general question about iterators
>
> suppose I have a class
>
> class MyClass
> {
> public:
> ....
> private:
> PtrList m_ptrlist<somerecordtype>;

Huh? Didn't you mean

PtrList<somerecordtype> m_ptrlist;

???

> }
;
>
> PtrList<T> is a class taht has an iterator implemented .. so i could
> do:
> m_ptrlist::iterator it = m_ptrlist.begin() .. and iterate / modify
> items etc.

No, you couldn't. 'm_ptrlist' is not a type nor is it a namespace.
You have to do

PtrList<somerecordtype>::iterator it = ...

> but suppose i want MyClass to be able to iterate over this list and
> present that iteration interface to the user . what is the correct
> way to do this?

There probably more than one correct way. You could define your own
type (MyClass::iterator, for example) by typedef'ing the PtrList's
one:

class MyClass {
...
typedef PtrList<somerecordtype>::iterator iterator;
};

and then provide your own 'begin', and 'end' member functions that
would return the right iterators:

class MyClass {
...
iterator begin() { return m_ptrlist.begin(); }
iterator end() { return m_ptrlist.end(); }
};

That ought to do it...

Victor