class MapElement

Defined in: C4Map.h

Objects inherit from the MapElement class so that they can be stored in a map.

Definition

template <class type> class MapElement : public MapElementBase

Member Functions

`MapElement::Previous`	Returns the previous element in a map.
`MapElement::Next`	Returns the next element in a map.
`MapElement::GetOwningMap`	Returns the map to which an object belongs.
`MapElement::Detach`	Removes an object from any map to which it belongs.

Template Parameters

type The type of the class that can be stored in a map. This parameter should be the type of the class that inherits directly from the MapElement class.

Constructor

MapElement();

The constructor has protected access takes no parameters. The MapElement class can only exist as a base class for another class.

Description

The MapElement class should be declared as a base class for objects that need to be stored in a map. The type template parameter should match the class type of such objects, and these objects can be stored in a Map container declared with the same type template parameter.

Base Classes

MapElementBase Used internally to encapsulate common functionality that is independent of the template parameters.