source: svn/trunk/external/fastjet/plugins/SISCone/circulator.h@ 1182

// -*- C++ -*-
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// File: circulator.h                                                        //
// Description: header file for circulator (circulator class)                //
// This file is part of the SISCone project.                                 //
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// Copyright (c) 2006 Gavin Salam and Gregory Soyez                          //
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// $Revision:: 859                                                          $//
// $Date:: 2012-11-28 01:49:23 +0000 (Wed, 28 Nov 2012)                     $//
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#ifndef __CIRCULATOR_H__
#define __CIRCULATOR_H__

namespace siscone{

/// \class circulator
/// a circulator that is foreseen to take as template member either a
/// pointer or an iterator;
template<class T> class circulator { 

public:
  /// ctor with iniitalisation from iterators
  ///  \param here   the current position
  ///  \param begin  the first position
  ///  \param end    the last position
  inline circulator(T here, T begin, T end) : m_here(here), m_begin(begin), m_end(end) {}

  /// copy ctor
  ///  \param other  the circulator to copy
  inline circulator(const circulator<T> & other) : m_here(other.m_here), m_begin(other.m_begin), m_end(other.m_end) {}

  /// set just the position without resetting the begin and end elements
  ///   \param other   the circulator to grab position from
  void set_position(const circulator<T> & other) {m_here = other.m_here;}

  /// set just the position without resetting the begin and end elements
  ///   \param pointer   the iterator to use as the new position
  void set_position(T pointer) {m_here = pointer;}

  /// get the current object
  T operator()() {return m_here;}

  /// position incrementation
  inline circulator<T> & operator++() { 
    ++m_here; 
    if (m_here == m_end) m_here = m_begin;
    return *this;
  }

  /// position decrementation
  inline circulator<T> & operator--() { 
    if (m_here == m_begin) m_here = m_end;
    --m_here; 
    return *this;
  }
  
  /// check if the current elements are the same
  /// NB: for efficiency, this checks only the here element
  ///  \param  other   the circulator to compare to the current one
  bool operator==(const circulator & other) const {return m_here == other.m_here;}

  /// check if the current elements are different
  /// NB: for efficiency, this checks only the here element
  ///  \param  other   the circulator to compare to the current one
  bool operator!=(const circulator & other) const {return m_here != other.m_here;}

private:
  T  m_here, m_begin, m_end;   ///< the current, beginning and ending iterators/pointers
};

}

#endif // __CIRCULATOR_H__