Re: [boost] [Intrusive] - Adapting existing intrusive classes

From: Michael Fawcett (michael.fawcett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-19 20:16:09

On 3/19/07, Ion Gaztañaga <igaztanaga_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Michael Fawcett wrote:
> > Ion, does this version of Intrusive have functionality that would
> > allow me to adapt existing classes (i.e. a non-intrusive way to
> > provide Boost.Intrusive functionality)?  I think this could be
> > accomplished using a mechanism similar to iterator traits classes.
>
> Yes. You can provide your what Intrusive calls NodeTraits and
> ValueTraits to reuse Boost.Intrusive classes (like containers) with your
> own nodes. This allows reusing old C structures or use POD types to
> maintain binary compatibility. You have an example of this in the
> Boost.Intrusive documentation:
>
> Start with this page:
>
> http://ice.prohosting.com/newfunk/boost/libs/intrusive/doc/html/intrusive/node_algorithms.html
>
> And this one shows how to use Boost.Intrusive with an old C node definition:
>
> http://ice.prohosting.com/newfunk/boost/libs/intrusive/doc/html/intrusive/value_traits.html

Awesome, thanks for the links.  I have been trying out the examples
and making my way through the docs.  Perhaps I should have finished
completely before posting.

--Michael Fawcett