read_only_collection()

template<typename type_t >

xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection< type_t >::read_only_collection ( ptr< generic::ilist< value_type > >  list )

inlineexplicit

Initializes a new instance of the xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection <type_t> class that is a read-only wrapper around the specified list.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates several members of the xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection <type_t> class. The code example creates a xtd::collections::generic::list <type_t> of strings and adds four dinosaur names to it. The code example then wraps the list in a xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection <type_t>.

After demonstrating the xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection::count, xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection::contains, xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection:: opertor [], and xtd::collections::generic::ilist::index_of members, the code example shows that the xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection <type_t> is just a wrapper for the original xtd::collections::generic::list <type_t> by adding a new item to the xtd::collections::generic::list <type_t> and displaying the contents of the xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection <type_t>.

Finally, the code example creates an array larger than the collection and uses the xtd::collections::object_model::read_only_collection::copy_to method to insert the elements of the collection into the middle of the array.

#include <xtd/xtd>
 
using namespace xtd;
using namespace xtd::collections::generic;
 
class example {
public:
  static auto main() -> void {
    auto dinosaurs = list<string> {};
    
    dinosaurs.add("Tyrannosaurus");
    dinosaurs.add("Amargasaurus");
    dinosaurs.add("Deinonychus");
    dinosaurs.add("Compsognathus");
 
    auto read_only_dinosaurs = dinosaurs.as_read_only();
 
    for (auto dinosaur : read_only_dinosaurs)
      console::write_line(dinosaur);
    
    console::write_line("\ncount: {0}", read_only_dinosaurs.count());
    
    console::write_line("\ncontains(\"Deinonychus\"): {0}", dinosaurs.contains("Deinonychus"));
    
    console::write_line("\nread_only_dinosaurs[3]: {0}", dinosaurs[3]);
    
    console::write_line("\nindex_of(\"Compsognathus\"): {0}", read_only_dinosaurs.index_of("Compsognathus"));
    
    console::write_line("\nInsert into the wrapped List:");
    console::write_line("insert(2, \"Oviraptor\")");
    dinosaurs.insert(2, "Oviraptor");
    
    console::write_line();
    for (auto dinosaur : read_only_dinosaurs)
      console::write_line(dinosaur);
 
    auto dino_array = array<string>(read_only_dinosaurs.count() + 2);
    read_only_dinosaurs.copy_to(dino_array, 1);
    
    console::write_line("\nCopied array has {0} elements:", dino_array.size());
    for (auto dinosaur : dino_array )
      console::write_line("\"{0}\"", dinosaur);
  }
};
 
startup_(example::main);
 
// This code produces the following output :
//
// Tyrannosaurus
// Amargasaurus
// Deinonychus
// Compsognathus
//
// count: 4
//
// contains("Deinonychus"): true
//
// read_only_dinosaurs[3]: Compsognathus
//
// index_of("Compsognathus"): 3
//
// Insert into the wrapped List:
// insert(2, "Oviraptor")
//
// Tyrannosaurus
// Amargasaurus
// Oviraptor
// Deinonychus
// Compsognathus
//
// Copied array has 7 elements:
// ""
// "Tyrannosaurus"
// "Amargasaurus"
// "Oviraptor"
// "Deinonychus"
// "Compsognathus"
// ""

Remarks

To prevent any modifications to list, expose list only through this wrapper.

A collection that is read-only is simply a collection with a wrapper that prevents modifying the collection; therefore, if changes are made to the underlying collection, the read-only collection reflects those changes.

This constructor is an O(1) operation.