casa::Stack< elem > Class Template Reference

This class, Stack<t>, defines an implementation of a stack using the doubly linked list primitive, Link<t>. More...

#include <Stack.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Stack ()
	This creates an empty stack.
	Stack (const Stack< elem > &other)
	Create a stack by making a copy of other.
Stack< elem > &	operator= (const Stack< elem > &other)
	Create a stack which is a copy of other.
	~Stack ()
void	push (const elem &e)
	Add an element to the top of the stack.
void	pop ()
	Remove the top element from the top of the stack.
elem	popVal ()
	Remove the top element from the top of the stack, and return it.
elem &	top ()
	Retreive the top element on the stack.
const elem &	top () const
Bool	empty () const
	Check to see if the stack is empty.
Private Attributes
Link< elem > *	topOfStack
	Pointer to the top of the stack.

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Detailed Description

template<class elem>
class casa::Stack< elem >

This class, Stack<t>, defines an implementation of a stack using the doubly linked list primitive, Link<t>.

It has the standard push and pop operations.

A Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) data structure.

Review Status

Reviewed By:

Gareth Hunt

Date Reviewed:

94Jan06

Test programs:

tQueue

Synopsis

A Stack as implemented here is a simple container which can grow with time, and which returns its elements (only) in the inverse order which they are inserted. That is, the fundamental operations are to push (add) an element onto the top of the stack and to pop (remove) an element from the top of the stack. As a result, the last element placed on the stack will be the first element removed.

Example

        Stack<int> one,two;
        int count = 0;
        one.push(1);                       // add
        one.push(2);                       // add
        one.push(3);                       // add
        one.push(4);                       // add
        while ( !one.empty() ) {
            cout << one.top() << " ";      // top element
            two.push(one.top());           // push = add
            one.pop();                     // remove top element
        }
        cout << endl;
        while ( !two.empty() ) {
            one.push(two.top());
            cout << two.popVal() << " ";   // remove and return top
        }
        while ( !one.empty() )
            count += one.popVal();
        cout << endl << count << endl;;

This results in the following output:

            4 3 2 1 
            1 2 3 4 
            10
    

Example

Presently, this implementation is rather simple. It is built directly upon the Link class.

Motivation

A simple stack was needed for the (now deprecated) CanDelete class.

To Do

• It is conceivable that an iterator might be useful for this class.
• If this class is ever heavily used, a more space efficient implementation may be necessary.

Definition at line 101 of file Stack.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<class elem>

casa::Stack< elem >::Stack

(

)

[inline]

This creates an empty stack.

Definition at line 110 of file Stack.h.

template<class elem>

casa::Stack< elem >::Stack

(

const Stack< elem > &

other

)

Create a stack by making a copy of other.

template<class elem>

casa::Stack< elem >::~Stack

(

)

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Member Function Documentation

template<class elem>

Bool casa::Stack< elem >::empty

(

)

const [inline]

Check to see if the stack is empty.

Definition at line 171 of file Stack.h.

template<class elem>

Stack<elem>& casa::Stack< elem >::operator=

(

const Stack< elem > &

other

)

Create a stack which is a copy of other.

template<class elem>

void casa::Stack< elem >::pop

(

)

[inline]

Remove the top element from the top of the stack.

Definition at line 132 of file Stack.h.

template<class elem>

elem casa::Stack< elem >::popVal

(

)

[inline]

Remove the top element from the top of the stack, and return it.

Definition at line 143 of file Stack.h.

template<class elem>

void casa::Stack< elem >::push

(

const elem &

e

)

[inline]

Add an element to the top of the stack.

Definition at line 127 of file Stack.h.

template<class elem>

elem& casa::Stack< elem >::top

(

)

[inline]

Retreive the top element on the stack.

Definition at line 157 of file Stack.h.

template<class elem>

const elem& casa::Stack< elem >::top

(

)

const [inline]

Definition at line 162 of file Stack.h.

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Member Data Documentation

template<class elem>

Link<elem>* casa::Stack< elem >::topOfStack [private]

Pointer to the top of the stack.

Definition at line 104 of file Stack.h.

Referenced by casa::Stack< VisBuffer * >::empty(), casa::Stack< VisBuffer * >::pop(), casa::Stack< VisBuffer * >::popVal(), casa::Stack< VisBuffer * >::push(), and casa::Stack< VisBuffer * >::top().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• casacore/casa/Containers/Stack.h