Re: [Boost-users] Choice of boost containers

From: John C. Femiani (john.femiani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-22 23:51:56

Ramesh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie to C++ & boost, I have questions on choosing the right 
> boost container for my requirement.
>
>
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> Questions I have:
>
> 1) As I would create objects of either Derived Class I or Derived 
> Class II (which would be known to be only at runtime) and I need to 
> add pointers to these objects in a container, I would like to know 
> which container would suit best??
>
I think perhaps the ptr_container library might be a good fit.
> 2) Also, I should be able to perform lookups based on playerId field 
> in the container,playerId would be an auto generated field for every 
> object created (irrespective of Derived Class I or Derived class II), 
> please advice on which container to choose in boost.
>
I would see if  
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/libs/ptr_container/doc/ptr_map.html 
is what you are looking for.

--John