ElementEnvelope< Field > Class Template Reference

Adaptor from archetypical interface to abstract interface, a technicality. More...

#include <envelope.h>

Inheritance diagram for ElementEnvelope< Field >:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	ElementEnvelope ()
	ElementEnvelope (const typename Field::Element &elem)
	ElementEnvelope (const ElementAbstract &E)
ElementAbstract *	clone (void) const
ElementAbstract &	operator= (const ElementAbstract &E)
	~ElementEnvelope ()
Public Member Functions inherited from ElementAbstract
virtual	~ElementAbstract (void)

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from ElementAbstract
	ElementAbstract (void)

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Detailed Description

template<class Field>
class LinBox::ElementEnvelope< Field >

Adaptor from archetypical interface to abstract interface, a technicality.

A class meeting the interface specified in ElementArchetype is adapted to be a child class of ElementAbstract. A concrete instance of ElementArchetype representing the adapted class can then be constructed.

All this is in support of the FieldArchetype system.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ElementEnvelope ( )

inline

Default Constructor.

ElementEnvelope ( const typename Field::Element &  elem )

inline

Constructor from the Field element to be wrapped.

Parameters:

elem	Field element object to be wrapped.

ElementEnvelope ( const ElementAbstract &  E )

inline

Copy constructor. Constructs ElementEnvelope object by copying the element it wraps. This is required to allow element objects to be passed by value into functions. In this implementation, this means copying the element { E._elem}.

Parameters:

E	FieldEnvelope object.

~ElementEnvelope ( )

inline

Destructor.

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Member Function Documentation

ElementAbstract* clone ( void  ) const

inlinevirtual

Virtual copy constructor. Required because constructors cannot be virtual. Passes construction on to derived classes.

Returns:

pointer to new element object in dynamic memory.

Implements ElementAbstract.

ElementAbstract& operator= ( const ElementAbstract &  E )

inlinevirtual

Assignment operator.

Returns:

reference to self

Parameters:

x	parameterized field base element

Implements ElementAbstract.

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

• /build/linbox-TzW5I9/linbox-1.1.6~rc0/linbox/element/envelope.h