PROPERTY

Section: Unordered Sequence Classes ()
Updated: June 12 1992
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NAME

Property - LISP like property list.

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Property implements LISP property list as a dynamic association array between String and Value. String is used for property name in look up. Value can store and retrieve void* or primitive types like: char, int, float, double. Property lists are useful for rapid prototyping and hacking, when you want to store temporary data with a data structure, without modifying it at compile-time. Compile-time type checking is replaced by run-time type checking.

EXAMPLE

#include <cool/Property.h>

  void main() {
    Property plist;
    plist.put("p0", int(1));
    plist.put("p1", double(2.5));
    plist.put("p2", &plist);
    cout << plist << endl;

    Value v0, v1, v2;
    cout << plist.get("p0", v0) << " ";
    cout << plist.get("p1", v1) << " ";
    cout << plist.get("p", v2) << " ";
    cout << plist.remove("p2") << " ";
  }

has output:
[ [p0 (int)1] [p1 (double)2.5] [p2 (void*)0xf7fff204] ]
1 1 0 1

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