The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Templates - The Complete Guide
by David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 2002
© Copyright David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002
#ifndef STACK_HPP
#define STACK_HPP
#include <deque>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <memory>
template <typename T,
template <typename ELEM,
typename = std::allocator<ELEM> >
class CONT = std::deque>
class Stack {
private:
CONT<T> elems; // elements
public:
void push(T const&); // push element
void pop(); // pop element
T top() const; // return top element
bool empty() const { // return whether the stack is empty
return elems.empty();
}
// assign stack of elements of type T2
template<typename T2,
template<typename ELEM2,
typename = std::allocator<ELEM2>
>class CONT2>
Stack<T,CONT>& operator= (Stack<T2,CONT2> const&);
};
template <typename T, template <typename,typename> class CONT>
void Stack<T,CONT>::push (T const& elem)
{
elems.push_back(elem); // append copy of passed elem
}
template<typename T, template <typename,typename> class CONT>
void Stack<T,CONT>::pop ()
{
if (elems.empty()) {
throw std::out_of_range("Stack<>::pop(): empty stack");
}
elems.pop_back(); // remove last element
}
template <typename T, template <typename,typename> class CONT>
T Stack<T,CONT>::top () const
{
if (elems.empty()) {
throw std::out_of_range("Stack<>::top(): empty stack");
}
return elems.back(); // return copy of last element
}
template <typename T, template <typename,typename> class CONT>
template <typename T2, template <typename,typename> class CONT2>
Stack<T,CONT>&
Stack<T,CONT>::operator= (Stack<T2,CONT2> const& op2)
{
if ((void*)this == (void*)&op2) { // assignment to itself?
return *this;
}
Stack<T2,CONT2> tmp(op2); // create a copy of the assigned stack
elems.clear(); // remove existing elements
while (!tmp.empty()) { // copy all elements
elems.push_front(tmp.top());
tmp.pop();
}
return *this;
}
#endif // STACK_HPP