signals2/doc/reference/optional_last_value.xml
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<header name="boost/signals2/optional_last_value.hpp" last-revision="$Date: 2007-03-06 16:51:55 -0500 (Tue, 06 Mar 2007) $">
<namespace name="boost">
<namespace name="signals2">
<class name="optional_last_value">
<template>
<template-type-parameter name="T"/>
</template>
<purpose>Evaluate an <conceptname>InputIterator</conceptname> sequence and return
a boost::optional which contains the last value in the sequence, or an
empty <classname>boost::optional</classname> if the sequence was empty.</purpose>
<description>
<para>
<code>optional_last_value</code> is the default Combiner template type for signals in the
Boost.Signals2 library. The advantage of <code>optional_last_value</code> over
<classname>signals2::last_value</classname> is that <code>optional_last_value</code>
can return an empty <classname>boost::optional</classname>. rather
than throwing an exception, when
its <code>InputIterator</code> sequence is empty.
</para>
</description>
<typedef name="result_type"><type><classname>boost::optional</classname>&lt;T&gt;</type></typedef>
<method-group name="invocation">
<method name="operator()" cv="const">
<template>
<template-type-parameter name="InputIterator"/>
</template>
<type>result_type</type>
<parameter name="first">
<paramtype>InputIterator</paramtype>
</parameter>
<parameter name="last">
<paramtype>InputIterator</paramtype>
</parameter>
<effects><para>Attempts to dereference every iterator in the sequence <computeroutput>[first, last)</computeroutput>.
</para></effects>
<returns>
<para>
The result of the last successful iterator dereference, wrapped in a <classname>boost::optional</classname>.
The returned <code>optional</code> will be empty if no iterators were dereferenced.
</para>
</returns>
<throws><para>Does not throw.</para></throws>
</method>
</method-group>
</class>
<class-specialization name="optional_last_value">
<template/>
<specialization>
<template-arg>void</template-arg>
</specialization>
<purpose>Evaluate an InputIterator sequence.</purpose>
<description>
<para>This specialization of <classname>signals2::optional_last_value</classname> is provided
to cope with the fact that there is no such thing as an
<code><classname>optional</classname>&lt;void&gt;</code>, which
<classname>optional_last_value</classname> would otherwise try to
use as its <code>result_type</code>. This specialization
instead sets the <code>result_type</code> to be <code>void</code>.
</para>
</description>
<typedef name="result_type">
<type>void</type>
</typedef>
<method-group name="invocation">
<method name="operator()" cv="const">
<template>
<template-type-parameter name="InputIterator"/>
</template>
<type>result_type</type>
<parameter name="first">
<paramtype>InputIterator</paramtype>
</parameter>
<parameter name="last">
<paramtype>InputIterator</paramtype>
</parameter>
<effects><para>Attempts to dereference every iterator in the sequence <computeroutput>[first, last)</computeroutput>.
</para></effects>
</method>
</method-group>
</class-specialization>
</namespace>
</namespace>
</header>