Containers.h

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// # <Containers.h>:  a module for non-mathematical containers
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#ifndef CASA_CONTAINERS_H
#define CASA_CONTAINERS_H
 
#include <casacore/casa/aips.h>
 
#include <casacore/casa/Containers/Block.h>
#include <casacore/casa/Containers/Record.h>
#include <casacore/casa/Containers/RecordField.h>
 
#include <casacore/casa/Containers/BlockIO.h>
 
#include <casacore/casa/Containers/IterError.h>
 
namespace casacore {  // # NAMESPACE CASACORE - BEGIN
 
// <module>
//
// <summary>
//     Non-mathematical Containers
// </summary>
//
// <reviewed reviewer="UNKNOWN" date="before2004/08/25" demos="">
// </reviewed>
//
// <synopsis>
//    This module provides non-mathematical containers. These containers are the
//    prototypical computer science types of containers --
//    <linkto class="Record">records</linkto> and <linkto class=Block>simple
//    arrays</linkto>. These classes are useful for all of the various types of low
//    level data management. In general, these classes will have familiar semantics
//    and an unsurprising interface.
//    Note that Casacore used to have classes such as Map and List, but they
//    became obsolete when the Standard C++ Library was introduced. Therefore these
//    classes have been removed.
//
//    Most of the important classes in this module also have IO shift operators,
//    e.g. for <linkto file=BlockIO.h#BlockIO>writing out a Block</linkto> (simple
//    array). These operators typically allow the container (and the objects it
//    contains) to be written out to both <linkto class=AipsIO>AipsIO</linkto> and
//    the standard <em>ostream</em>.
//
//    The class Block has the option to trace (de)allocations for Blocks with
//    a size above a given threshold. It uses class MemoryTrace to log the
//    trace messages. Unlike MemoryTrace, it also works on non-Linux systems.
//    Since class Array uses Block underneath, it makes it possible to trace
//    Array usage.
// </synopsis>
//
// </module>
 
}  // namespace casacore
 
#endif