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.SH NAME
QPtrStack \- Template class that provides a stack
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fC#include <qptrstack.h>\fR
.PP
.SS "Public Members"
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.BI "\fBQPtrStack\fR ()"
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.BI "\fBQPtrStack\fR ( const QPtrStack<type> & s )"
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.BI "\fB~QPtrStack\fR ()"
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.BI "QPtrStack<type> & \fBoperator=\fR ( const QPtrStack<type> & s )"
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.BI "bool \fBautoDelete\fR () const"
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.BI "void \fBsetAutoDelete\fR ( bool enable )"
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.BI "uint \fBcount\fR () const"
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.BI "bool \fBisEmpty\fR () const"
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.BI "void \fBpush\fR ( const type * d )"
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.BI "type * \fBpop\fR ()"
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.BI "bool \fBremove\fR ()"
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.BI "void \fBclear\fR ()"
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.BI "type * \fBtop\fR () const"
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.BI "\fBoperator type *\fR () const"
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.BI "type * \fBcurrent\fR () const"
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.SS "Protected Members"
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.BI "virtual QDataStream & \fBread\fR ( QDataStream & s, QPtrCollection::Item & item )"
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.BI "virtual QDataStream & \fBwrite\fR ( QDataStream & s, QPtrCollection::Item item ) const"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The QPtrStack class is a template class that provides a stack.
.PP
QValueStack is an STL-compatible alternative to this class.
.PP
Define a template instance QPtrStack<X> to create a stack that operates on pointers to X, (X*).
.PP
A stack is a last in, first out (LIFO) structure. Items are added to the top of the stack with push() and retrieved from the top with pop(). Use top() to get a reference to the top element without changing the stack.
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You can control the stack's deletion policy with setAutoDelete().
.PP
For compatibility with the QPtrCollection classes current() and remove() are provided; they both operate on the top().
.PP
See also QPtrList, QPtrQueue and Non-GUI Classes.
.SH MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION
.SH "QPtrStack::QPtrStack ()"
Creates an empty stack.
.SH "QPtrStack::QPtrStack ( const QPtrStack<type> & s )"
Creates a stack by making a shallow copy of another stack \fIs\fR.
.SH "QPtrStack::~QPtrStack ()"
Destroys the stack. All items will be deleted if autoDelete() is TRUE.
.SH "bool QPtrStack::autoDelete () const"
The same as QPtrCollection::autoDelete().
.PP
See also setAutoDelete().
.SH "void QPtrStack::clear ()"
Removes all items from the stack, deleting them if autoDelete() is TRUE.
.PP
See also remove().
.SH "uint QPtrStack::count () const"
Returns the number of items in the stack.
.PP
See also isEmpty().
.SH "type * QPtrStack::current () const"
Returns a reference to the top item on the stack (most recently pushed). The stack is not changed.
.SH "bool QPtrStack::isEmpty () const"
Returns TRUE is the stack contains no elements to be popped; otherwise returns FALSE.
.SH "QPtrStack::operator type * () const"
Returns a reference to the top item on the stack (most recently pushed). The stack is not changed.
.SH "QPtrStack<type> & QPtrStack::operator= ( const QPtrStack<type> & s )"
Sets the contents of this stack by making a shallow copy of another stack \fIs\fR. Elements currently in this stack will be deleted if autoDelete() is TRUE.
.SH "type * QPtrStack::pop ()"
Removes the top item from the stack and returns it.
.SH "void QPtrStack::push ( const type * d )"
Adds an element \fId\fR to the top of the stack. Last in, first out.
.SH "QDataStream & QPtrStack::read ( QDataStream & s, QPtrCollection::Item & item )\fC [virtual protected]\fR"
Reads a stack item, \fIitem\fR, from the stream \fIs\fR and returns a reference to the stream.
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The default implementation sets \fIitem\fR to 0.
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See also write().
.SH "bool QPtrStack::remove ()"
Removes the top item from the stack and deletes it if autoDelete() is TRUE. Returns TRUE if there was an item to pop; otherwise returns FALSE.
.PP
See also clear().
.SH "void QPtrStack::setAutoDelete ( bool enable )"
Defines whether this stack auto-deletes its contents. The same as QPtrCollection::setAutoDelete().
.PP
If \fIenable\fR is TRUE the stack auto-deletes its contents; if \fIenable\fR is FALSE the stack does not delete its contents.
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See also autoDelete().
.SH "type * QPtrStack::top () const"
Returns a reference to the top item on the stack (most recently pushed). The stack is not changed.
.SH "QDataStream & QPtrStack::write ( QDataStream & s, QPtrCollection::Item item ) const\fC [virtual protected]\fR"
Writes a stack item, \fIitem\fR, to the stream \fIs\fR and returns a reference to the stream.
.PP
The default implementation does nothing.
.PP
See also read().

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR http://doc.trolltech.com/qptrstack.html
.BR http://www.trolltech.com/faq/tech.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1992-2001 Trolltech AS, http://www.trolltech.com.  See the
license file included in the distribution for a complete license
statement.
.SH AUTHOR
Generated automatically from the source code.
.SH BUGS
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.BR http://doc.trolltech.com/bughowto.html .
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