doc/reference/ForwardIterator.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<concept name="ForwardIterator" category="Iterator"><!--
Based on concepts from the SGI Standard Template Library documentation:
Copyright (c) 1996-1999
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.

Copyright (c) 1994
Hewlett-Packard Company
--><!--
Copyright 2000-2001 University of Notre Dame du Lac.
Copyright 2001-2002 Indiana University.
Some concepts based on versions from the MTL draft manual and Boost Graph
and Property Map documentation:
Copyright (c) Jeremy Siek, Lie-Quan Lee, and Andrew Lumsdaine 2000
-->
  <param name="Iter" role="iterator-type"/>

  <use-header name="iterator"/>

  <models-sentence>The iterator type <arg num="1"/> must be a model of <self/>.</models-sentence>

  <description>
  <para>A forward iterator is an iterator that can read through a sequence of
  values.  It is multi-pass (old values of the iterator can be
  re-used), and can be either mutable (data pointed to by it can be
  changed) or not mutable.</para>

  <para>An iterator represents a position in a sequence.  Therefore, the
  iterator can point into the sequence (returning a value when dereferenced
  and being incrementable), or be off-the-end (and not dereferenceable or
  incrementable).</para>
  </description>

  <associated-type name="value_type">
    <get-member-type name="value_type">
      <apply-template name="std::iterator_traits">
	<type name="Iter"/>
      </apply-template>
    </get-member-type>
    <description><simpara>The value type of the iterator</simpara></description>
  </associated-type>

  <refines const="no" concept="InputIterator"/>
  <refines const="no" concept="OutputIterator"/>

<!-- DPG doesn't understand this
  <models const="no" testable="yes" concept="Input Iterator">
    <type name="Iter"/>
  </models>
-->
<!--
  <models-when-mutable concept="Output Iterator">
    <type name="Iter"/>
    <type name="value_type"/>
  </models-when-mutable>
-->

  <notation variables="i j">
    <sample-value>
      <type name="Iter"/>
    </sample-value>
  </notation>

  <associated-type name="category">
    <get-member-type name="iterator_category">
      <apply-template name="std::iterator_traits">
	<type name="Iter"/>
      </apply-template>
    </get-member-type>
    <description><simpara>The category of the iterator</simpara></description>
  </associated-type>

  <notation variables="x">
    <sample-value>
      <type name="value_type"/>
    </sample-value>
  </notation>

  <valid-type-expression name="Category tag">
    <description/>
    <type name="category"/>
    <return-type>
      <derived-from testable="yes">
	<type name="std::forward_iterator_tag"/>
      </derived-from>
    </return-type>
  </valid-type-expression>

  <valid-expression name="Dereference">
    <dereference>
      <sample-value><type name="Iter"/></sample-value>
    </dereference>
    <return-type>
      <require-same-type testable="yes">
	<const-if-not-mutable>
	  <reference-to><type name="value_type"/></reference-to>
	</const-if-not-mutable>
      </require-same-type>
    </return-type>
    <precondition><code>i</code> is incrementable (not
    off-the-end)</precondition>
  </valid-expression>

  <valid-expression name="Member access">
    <pointer-member>
      <sample-value><type name="Iter"/></sample-value>
    </pointer-member>
    <return-type>
      <require-same-type testable="yes">
	<const-if-not-mutable>
	  <pointer-to><type name="value_type"/></pointer-to>
	</const-if-not-mutable>
      </require-same-type>
    </return-type>
    <precondition><code>i</code> is incrementable (not
    off-the-end)</precondition>
  </valid-expression>

  <valid-expression name="Preincrement">
    <preincrement>
      <sample-value><reference-to><type name="Iter"/></reference-to></sample-value>
    </preincrement>
    <return-type>
      <require-same-type testable="yes">
	<reference-to><type name="Iter"/></reference-to>
      </require-same-type>
    </return-type>
    <precondition><code>i</code> is incrementable (not
    off-the-end)</precondition>
  </valid-expression>

  <valid-expression name="Postincrement">
    <postincrement>
      <sample-value><reference-to><type name="Iter"/></reference-to></sample-value>
    </postincrement>
    <return-type>
      <require-same-type testable="yes"><type name="Iter"/></require-same-type>
    </return-type>
    <precondition><code>i</code> is incrementable (not
    off-the-end)</precondition>
    <semantics>Equivalent to <code>{Iter j = i; ++i; return j;}</code></semantics>
    <postcondition><code>i</code> is dereferenceable or
    off-the-end</postcondition>
  </valid-expression>

  <complexity>
  All iterator operations must take amortized constant time.
  </complexity>

  <invariant name="Predecrement must return object">
  <code>&amp;i = &amp;(++i)</code>
  </invariant>

  <invariant name="Unique path through sequence">
  <code>i == j</code> implies <code>++i == ++j</code>
  </invariant>

  <example-model>
    <pointer-to>
      <type name="T"/>
    </pointer-to>
  </example-model>

  <example-model>
    <get-member-type name="iterator">
      <apply-template name="std::hash_set">
	<type name="T"/>
      </apply-template>
    </get-member-type>
  </example-model>

  <see-also concept="BidirectionalIterator"/>

</concept>