Boost
C++ Libraries
...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Boost
C++ Libraries
...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
The Boost Multi-index Containers Library provides a class template named
multi_index_container which enables the construction of containers
maintaining one or more indices with different sorting and access semantics.
Indices provide interfaces similar to those of STL containers, making using them
familiar. The concept of multi-indexing over the same collection of elements is
borrowed from relational database terminology and allows for the specification of
complex data structures in the spirit of multiply indexed relational tables where
simple sets and maps are not enough. A wide selection of indices is provided,
modeled after analogous STL containers like std::set,
std::list and hashed sets.
Boost.MultiIndex features additional functionalities, like subobject searching,
range querying and in-place updating of elements, which make it a convenient replacement
for std::set and set::multiset even when no multi-indexing
capabilities are needed.
The versatile nature of Boost.MultiIndex allows for the specification of a wide spectrum of different data structures. The following are possible examples of use developed in the documentation:
Revised February 6th 2006
© Copyright 2003-2006 Joaquín M López Muñoz. Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
