Collection and Container Classes in C++ [Paperback]

Cameron Hughes (Author), Tracey Hughes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 7, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0471143375 | ISBN-13: 978-0471143376 | Edition: 1

A complete guide to streamlining the design process using today's most powerful new programming components

Among the most important components in C++ programming today, collection and container classes can be used for modeling, simulation, GUI development, application frameworks, class libraries, object-oriented databases, persistent libraries, pattern classes, and much more. They also enhance code reuse and promote application modularity. In this book, Cameron and Tracey Hughes show C++ programmers how to use these valuable components to reduce complexity while substantially speeding up the design process. They school you in the theoretical and practical basics, and they provide extensive code examples that help you to see exactly how collection and container classes can work for you. C++ programmers will find in-depth discussions of:

• The Standard Template Library (STL), containers, iterators, allocators, and algorithms
• Object-based and template-based collection and container classes in C++
• User-defined and persistent collections in C++, including relations and external vectors
• How object-oriented programming transforms data structures into MetaStructures

Disk includes:

• Extensive programming examples developed in the book
• The complete STL

*Works with most C++ compilers, OS/2^TM, WindowsR? 95, WindowsR? NT, WindowsR?, and MS-DOS.

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From the Publisher

Designed to provide readers with a detailed explanation of the constructions and techniques used to manage and organize groups of objects. Describes how container classes can be utilized to store groups of objects in computer memory. Demonstrates how persistent containers can store collections of objects on external storage media as well as how traditional algorithms and data structures are related to collection and container classes. Features examples illustrating how standard template library (STL) containers are used and accessed along with numerous code examples and applications which show how collections and containers are designed, how they work and when to use them. The accompanying disk includes the extensive programming examples developed in the text, the STL and the new ANSI library.

From the Back Cover

"A complete guide to streamlining the design process using today's most powerful new programming components

Among the most important components in C++ programming today, collection and container classes can be used for modeling, simulation, GUI development, application frameworks, class libraries, object-oriented databases, persistent libraries, pattern classes, and much more. They also enhance code reuse and promote application modularity. In this book, Cameron and Tracey Hughes show C++ programmers how to use these valuable components to reduce complexity while substantially speeding up the design process. They school you in the theoretical and practical basics, and they provide extensive code examples that help you to see exactly how collection and container classes can work for you. C++ programmers will find in-depth discussions of: The Standard Template Library (STL), containers, iterators, allocators, and algorithms Object-based and template-based collection and container classes in C++ User-defined and persistent collections in C++, including relations and external vectors How object-oriented programming transforms data structures into MetaStructures

Disk includes: Extensive programming examples developed in the book The complete STL

*Works with most C++ compilers, OS/2TM, WindowsR(r) 95, WindowsR(r) NT, WindowsR(r), and MS-DOS."

Product Details

• Paperback: 509 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (June 7, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471143375
• ISBN-13: 978-0471143376
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,228,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Quite good but a bit too much review material, March 3, 1998

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This review is from: Collection and Container Classes in C++ (Paperback)

Quite a bit of the book is spent reviewing object oriented principles and data structures. Also, the title doesn't say it, but the book concentrates almost exclusively on the standard template library.

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and Well-Paced -- A Masterpiece., August 16, 1999

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This review is from: Collection and Container Classes in C++ (Paperback)

I'm not sure how to put this, but, this book has some of the best, most clearly written, and logically organized introductions to various aspects of the class concept in C++ programming. I had been struggling with the concept of the class constructor for about a month, rereading material in several different texts, but not really understanding it. This book iterates and reinterates the subject material so that there is no confusion. For example, on the constructor, the book explained the distinction between objects and classes, the concept of instantiation, provided examples of such and of member types, and the purpose of the class concept, and then, at the right time, explained it so: "The purpose of the constructor is to initialize an object of its class."

T H A N K Y O U !!!!

In ten minutes, I understood everything I had been struggling with for the previous 30 days. The book does the same thing with polymorphism, overloading, templates, and so forth. So -- I'm not sure if people who are specifically interested in Collections and Container Classes will get what they want from this book -- I'm not at that level to judge yet -- but this book is great for the beginner as a supplementary support text. Beautiful diagrammatics also.