Lets say for example I have the following vector:
vector<Component*> mComponents;
and a function print() inside of class Component that prints the objects name.
How do I loop/iterate through the vector to access the print function in each object.
Say I have an object and 10 pointers to it in several other objects of varying class types. if the object gets deleted, those pointers have to be set to null. normally I would interconnect the object's class with the classes which have pointers to it so that it can notify them it is being deleted, and they can set their pointers to null. but this also has the burden that the classes must also notify the object when THEY are deleted since the object will need a pointer to them as well. That way the object doesn't call dereference a dangling pointer when it destructs and attempts to notify the others.
Auto pointers and shared pointers are not what I'm looking for - auto pointers delete their object when they destruct, and shared pointers do the same when no more shared pointers are pointing to it. What I'm looking for is a slick method for setting all pointers to an object to null when the object destructs.
Is there a point in dynamically creating a pointer during runtime only to dereference it? (if that is the right term, as in *pointer, depoint it?)
In this case should I perhaps store pointers instead of references?
Inventory.cpp
Code:
bool Inventory::addItem(InventoryItem& item) {
addItemAmount(item);
if (item.getAmount() > 0) {
if (hasEmptySlot()) {
addNewItem(*item.clone());
return true;
[Code] ....
Also I was wondering, is there some sort of built-in cloning functionality or do I have to write the clone functions myself? When creating new instances I see that I can either pass the constructor properties or a reference to an object of the same type.
For instance:
Code:
new InventoryItem(index, name....);
new InventoryItem(const InventoryItem&);
Is the second one casting?
I am new to smart pointers and have a question.If you push a smart pointer onto a vector and then some where later pop it back off it will delete the memory right?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have something like this:
class A {
};
class B : public A {
};
class C : public A {
};
B*b1;
B*b2;
C*c1;
C*c2;
vector<A*>vec;
int main() {
vec.push_back(b1);
vec.push_back(b2);
[Code] ....
And it don't works at all. all i get (when playing with variations of this stuff until it compiles correctlly) is a memory leak.
For example, let say i have b1 address = 1234
I will effectively free the memory at 1234, but for a strange reason, the memory leak is elsewhere, for example, at 2345, and the memory value at this address is equal to... 1234, the address of the pointer i wanted to delete.
Currently I am implementing the A* algorithm in C++. I have chosen to use a hybrid of a '2D vector grid' and two 1D pointer vectors to specific places in the '2D vector grid'. I have chosen to do it this way, so I can access the nodes using coordinates and also for iterating over the appropriate nodes(rather than the whole '2D vector grid').
In the below examples I have not included the full code because I deemed it irrelevant to the question.
vector <int> CInGame::AStarAlgorithm(vector<vector<bool>>& resistanceMap, int startX, int startY, int targetX, int targetY, int cutOff) {
vector <int> returnVec;
vector <vector<CNode>> twoDimNodes;
vector <CNode*> openSet;
vector <CNode*> closedSet;
[code].....
The error is:
_BLOCK_TYPE_IS_VALID(pHead->nBlockUse)
do I need to free the pointers or is it done automatically? If not then how would I do this?
I made a vector of pointers and the problem is that I have trouble deleting the pointers in the vector. I used to simply do vector.clear() or vector.erase() however it does not clear the actual memory. And I tried something like this:
std::vector<Foo*> Vector;
std::vector<Foo*>::iterator i;
for (i = Vector.begin(); i < Vector.end(); i++)
delete *i;
If I have a Vector of pointers, how can I iterate through that vector, to access the name function of each object in the vector? There seems to be a problem with my implementation, the output returns only random symbols.
Implementation of the name() function in Drug.cpp:
//name() is a function returning the name in the parent class
string Drug::name() {
string out = "Drug: ";
out += mName + " [ ";
//The problem is with this loop
for (int k = 0; k < mComponents.size(); k++)
[Code] .....
I have a vector of pointers inside a seperate Exam class.
vector <Question* > question_list
The Question class is my base class in which I have derived sub classes for the different types of questions (MultipleChoice, LongAnswer, etc.). I am using my vector to hold the different types of questions.
in each of those classes I have virtual "write" functions in both the base and the derived classes, that write to a file differing for each type of question.
My problem now is calling the write function from a Exam function. I've tried several methods, such as:
for (size_t i = 0; i < question_list.size(); i++) {
question_list[i].write(testfile.c_str());
}
but it comes with two errors: "error C2228:left of '.write' must have class/struct/union" along with "IntelliSense: expression must have class type"
I have made a write function for the exam class as well but am not sure what it should include since the Exam class is not a derived class of the Question class.
I need to create a vector of pointers and hold the book objects in it. then i have a virtual function in my books which is a pure virtual in LibraryItems. When i try to add the books object in my code, i understand that since the scope runs out there is no object that is added. so when i run print it gives me an error.
#include<iostream>
#include "books.h"
#include "library.h"
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
vector<LibraryItems* >libraryInfo;
[Code] .....
Im creating a program for a race. The Race class has a vector of results and each element of that vector is a pointer to a result. The Result class has a Time and a pointer to a Participant. So in each race there are various results and it is a result for each participant.The Time is a class that has hours, minutes and seconds. How can I sort the vector of results from the result of the participant with the fastest time to the result of the participant with the slowest time?My code is like this:
//.h file:
class Time {
unsigned int hours;
unsigned int minutes;
unsigned int seconds;
[code]....
What am I missing to get my code to work?
Im creating a program for a race. The Race class has a vector of results and each element of that vector is a pointer to a result. The Result class has a Time and a pointer to a Participant. So in each race there are various results and it is a result for each participant. The Time is a class that has hours, minutes and seconds. How can I sort the vector of results from the result of the participant with the fastest time to the result of the participant with the slowest time?
Im getting some errors in my code. I put the error as comments in the code. Each error is after the line where it occurs. My code is like this:
//.h file:
class Time
{
unsigned int hours;
[Code]....
Is it possible to create a temporary
std::list of pointers
I would like to pass a temporary
std::list
to the constructor of a class to initialize its own one.
For example, using a
std::vector
:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
void func(const std::vector<int*>& myVec) {
for(int i=0; i<myVec.size(); ++i){
[code]....
Can we do this? What are other possible problems in addition the ones I have just mentioned above?
I have a vector (structures) in a struct (instances). I make a declaration of this struct called instance. The vector is a 3-layer vector of pointers, like so:
vector < vector < vector<scene::IAnimatedMeshSceneNode*> > > structures; (The type is from Irrlicht 3D). I have 3 nested "for" loops which looks similar to the following:
for (int a = 0; a < instance.structures.size(); a++) { /*note:vector size previously set*/
for (int b = 0; b < instance.structures[a].size(); b++){
for (int c = 0; c < instance.structures[a][b].size(); c++) {
if (1) { //checking value of variable not included in snippet
(instance.structures)[a][b][c] = smgr->addAnimatedMeshSceneNode(fl);
(instance.structures)[a][b][c]->setPosition(renderPos);
}
}
}
}
The problem is in these two lines, I think:
(instance.structures)[a][b][c] = smgr->addAnimatedMeshSceneNode(fl);
(instance.structures)[a][b][c]->setPosition(renderPos);
These are currently referencing the pointers, it seems. The program compiles but crashes at this point. I need them to reference the values of the pointers. Problem is, I don't know where to put the dereference operator (*). Where should it go?
Using SFML, I had a Board class which held multiple vectors of all of my object types in the game, and then it also held a vector of pointers to the memory addresses of these object instances, like this
class Board{
//...
std::vector<AbstractObject*> GetAllLevelObjects(){ return allLevelObjects; }
//so these are used to hold my object instances for each level
[Code]....
When looping through this vector and drawing the sprites of the objects, I get the runtime error 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00277000. I solved this error by storing the vector of pointers in the class that holds my Board instance, but I'm wondering why only this solution worked? Why couldn't I just have my vector of pointers in the same class that the instances of those objects were in?
This code work perfectly, as follows.
Code #A:
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
typedef std::vector <void *> gr_vector_void_star;
gr_vector_void_star output_items;
[Code] .....
Output of above code #A:
char * sentence = "Angel";
for (int i=0; i < 5; i++)
{ out[i] = sentence[i]; } // error: invalid conversion from 'char' to 'char*' [-fpermissive]
It fails to compile with error message "invalid conversion from 'char' to 'char*'".
I'm new to C++ especially vectors.. I've a question regarding sorting of object in a vector.. My object consists of x,y and civ. so I would like to know how do I sort the value of the civ in an descending order but at the same time retaining the value of x and y attached to it..
original
X: 4 Y: 5 CIV: 10
X: 3 Y: 2 CIV: 30
X: 3 Y: 3 CIV: 05
sorted
X: 3 Y: 2 CIV: 30
X: 4 Y: 5 CIV: 10
X: 3 Y: 3 CIV: 05
missionplan.cpp
void MissionPlan::topfives() {
stable_sort (topfive.begin(), topfive.end());
pointtwoD = topfive.at(i);
pointtwoD.displayPointdata();
}
I am erasing a object from the vector. I want to know that do i need to delete the object before I call the erase method or calling the vector erase method is suffice. See the following example.
Class A {
int val;
};
Class B {
vector<A *> vectorA;
void AddA(int val) {
A *a = new A;
a->val = val;
vectorA.push_back(a);
[Code] ....
I don't know which DeleteVectorEntry to use which makes sure that there is no memory leak in my program.
I have a class called Question:
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
class Question {
string title;
vector<Thing*> posAns;
vector<Thing*> negAns;
[Code] ....
error: no instance of overloaded function 'std::vector::push_back()' matches the arguments list
argument types are (const Thing *)
object type is: std:: vector<Thing *, std::allocator<Thing *>>
So it cannot be constant, what if I just leave it non-constant? Will it be safe?
I'm working on collision detection for a game in SFML. I successfully designed a Spatial Partition grid to speed up the collision test, in the following of this tutorial: [URL] ....
But now I have an issue with one aspect of it: Going through a vector of objects and testing all the OTHER objects in the vector against said object. The author puts it into psueudocode here:
For each tick of the clock
For every object in the game
Get all the other objects in the same grid square
For each other object in the same grid square
I have trouble with the last line, because in iterating through a vector I am not sure how to skip over the current object. Here is my own code (a couple of sysntax errors but this is a c++ question not an SFML question):
//for every moveable object
for(int i = 0; i < rects_.size(); i++){
std::vector<sf::RectangleShape> posibleObjects_; //this will be a vector of WorldObjects in a real game
//for every object in that object's gridsquare
for(int j = 0; j < rects_.size(); j++){
if(rects_[i].intersects(rects_[j])){
//collision
} } }
The problem is, a collision will always be reported because somewhere in the vector the object will eventually check against itself which is always a true collision. What is the correct way to do this?
Here's my code so far:
case DELETE_TITLE:
std::cout << "Game to remove from list: ";
std::cin.ignore();
getline(std::cin, gameTitle);
for (iter = gameList.begin(); iter != gameList.end(); ++iter) {
[code]....
It deletes the text from the string but not the index it self.
It deletes the text but when I print the list of game titles it has it there blank. I want it to completely remove the object from the vector from where it was deleted
I want to make a class, named generation, having a vector<chromosome> type data member.
chromosome is also class name.
chromosome has a 'route' as data member, which type is class TArrayI defined in ROOT package.
the size of route is to be fixed according to parameters of generation class object.
class chromosome{
public: chromosome(){;}
....
protected:
TArrayI route;
};
class generation{
public: generation(int PopSize=300, int numCity = 36){
.........
}
vector<chromosome> Population;
};
I want each element, chromosome of Population, to have a numCity size of route.
I have this class I have been working with,
Code:
// objects to hold results, row id, and name
class result_holder {
public:
// initialize class members
result_holder() : row_id(0), row_value(0.0), row_name("") { }
[Code] ....
There are cases where I need to find an object based on the value of row_id and delete the object from the vector row_results. I could find the proper object by looping through the vector and testing against each member.
Code:
// id I am looking for
unsigned int id_to_delete = 12;
for(i=0; i<row_results.size(); i++) {
if(id_to_delete == row_results[i].row_id) {
delete row_results[i];
}
}
I have used find before to find the position in a vector with a specific value, but I don't know how to use find to locate a specific value for an object member.
Also, is delete what I need to get rid of the object or should I be using erase as in,
Code:
// id I am looking for
unsigned int id_to_delete = 12;
for(i=0; i<row_results.size(); i++) {
if(id_to_delete == row_results[i].row_id) {
row_results.erase(row_results.begin()+i);
}
}
I'm working on a grocery store inventory project. One part is to have a shopping cart, where customers can put in up to 20 items. Because there can be up to 20 shopping carts at one time, I want to use a vector inside the cart object to represent all the individual food items.
Here's my code,
Header:
#ifndef CART_H
#define CART_H
#include <vector>
class Cart {
public:
Cart();
Cart(std::vector< int >, std::vector< int >)
[Code] ....
I know what are pointer's and how to use them but there is one point i am not able to understand. Below is the example code
I understand everything in the below code except 1 thing why i am using pointer to base class object in vector int the main() Function?
Code:
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
// base class
[Code] ...
Here is the lines of code i want to understand.
Code:
vector<Employee*> employees;
employees.push_back(&emp1);
employees.push_back(&mgr1);
I know if i will not use the pointer base class function "virtual double grossPay" will be called for both base class object and derived class object and when i will use pointer with reference to the object because base class function is virtual it will look for same function in derived class and if available it will execute it.
I want to write a loop to check for prime numbers. So I'm going to check only numbers ending with 1,3,7,9.
So I need a loop that will increment with 2,4,2,2 and again 2,4,2,2...
What king of loop is best, a 'for loop' or a 'while' with switches in it or something else?
Basically I need to increment three times with 2 and then with 4, three times with 2 and then with 4...