utab wrote:[color=blue]
> Dear all, I am confused at some point on the initialization of static
> map member of a class. The class I have designed id something like
> this.
>
> class Class_name{
> public:
>
> private:
> .
> .
> void Test_Field(const string &, const string &)throw();
> void Compute_Coordinates(double p)throw(); // p is the
> geometrical parameter
> static map<string,vector<string> > FIELDS; // Initialization
> Outside of Class Declaration
> };
>
> // Initialization of Static Map Member
> Mesh_Gen::(FIELDS["G"].push_back("G"));
> Mesh_Gen::(FIELDS["G"].push_back("I"));
> Mesh_Gen::(FIELDS["G"].push_back("C"));
> Mesh_Gen::(FIELDS["G"].push_back("X"));
>
> I tried something like this one but did not compile.
>
> If you try to initialize a simple static member you can do that with
>
> type Class_name::variable_name=value // Outside the decleration of the
> class
>
> Is there a way to that with std::map?[/color]
below is one approach --^-->
regards
Andy Little
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
/*
If you have the boost distro from
http://www.boost.org
use the Boost.Assign library for iniltialising
multiple values of a vector
*/
#ifdef HAVE_BOOST
#include <boost/assign.hpp>
#endif
/*
class_name_map as a singleton
looks after its own initialisation
*/
class class_name_map{
// only for use of Class_name
friend class Class_name;
class_name_map()
{
if (! this->is_initialised ){
this->initialise();
this->is_initialised =true;
}
}
void initialise()
{
#ifdef HAVE_BOOST
using namespace boost::assign;
this->fields["G"] += "G","I","C","X";
#else
this->fields["G"].push_back("G");
this->fields["G"].push_back("I");
this->fields["G"].push_back("C");
this->fields["G"].push_back("X") ;
#endif
}
static std::map< std::string, std::vector< std::string> > fields;
static bool is_initialised;
};
class Class_name : class_name_map {
public:
// function added just for testing
std::vector< std::string> const & operator [] (std::string const &
in)const
{
return this->fields[in];
}
};
// definitions required in a cpp file
bool class_name_map::is_initialised = false;
std::map< std::string, std::vector< std::string> >
class_name_map::fields
= std::map< std::string, std::vector< std::string> >();
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
//test it works
Class_name c;
for (int i = 0;i < 4;++i){
std::cout << c["G"][i] <<'\n';
}
}
