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Identifier Class Reference

Identifier's are used to distinguish and order objects. More...

#include <identity.h>

List of all members.

Public Methods
	Identifier ()
	Create an Identifier for a null object.
	Identifier (const Identity *i)
	Create an Identifier for the given object.
	Identifier (const Identifier &i)
	Create an Identifier for the given object.
	~Identifier ()
	The destructor does nothing.
void	operator= (const Identifier &i)
	Assign to the given Identifier.
int	operator< (const Identifier &i) const
	Less than.
int	operator> (const Identifier &i) const
	Greater than.
int	operator== (const Identifier &i) const
	Equal.
int	operator<= (const Identifier &i) const
	Less than or equal.
int	operator>= (const Identifier &i) const
	Greater than or equal.
int	operator!= (const Identifier &i) const
	Not equal.
void	print (std::ostream &) const

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Detailed Description

Identifier's are used to distinguish and order objects.

On many architectures a pointer to the object will suffice, but the C++ standard only guarantees that this works for two pointers pointing within the same structure or array. Classes need to inherit from Identity to use this mechanism. Identity, Identifier, and the shorthand boolean operations may have to be modified for certain architectures.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• identity.h

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