CStringList Class

Supports lists of CString objects.

Syntax

class CStringList : public CObject

Members

The member functions of CStringList are similar to the member functions of class CObList. Because of this similarity, you can use the CObList reference documentation for member function specifics. Wherever you see a CObject pointer as a return value, substitute a CString (not a CString pointer). Wherever you see a CObject pointer as a function parameter, substitute an LPCTSTR.

CObject*& CObList::GetHead() const;

for example, translates to

CString& CStringList::GetHead() const;

and

POSITION AddHead( CObject* <newElement> );

translates to

POSITION AddHead( LPCTSTR <newElement> );

Public Constructors

Name Description
CStringList::CStringList Constructs an empty list.

Public Methods

Name Description
CStringList::AddHead Adds an element (or all the elements in another list) to the head of the list (makes a new head).
CStringList::AddTail Adds an element (or all the elements in another list) to the tail of the list (makes a new tail).
CStringList::Find Gets the position of an element specified by pointer value.
CStringList::FindIndex Gets the position of an element specified by a zero-based index.
CStringList::GetAt Gets the element at a given position.
CStringList::GetCount Returns the number of elements in this list.
CStringList::GetHead Returns the head element of the list (can't be empty).
CStringList::GetHeadPosition Returns the position of the head element of the list.
CStringList::GetNext Gets the next element for iterating.
CStringList::GetPrev Gets the previous element for iterating.
CStringList::GetSize Returns the number of elements in this list.
CStringList::GetTail Returns the tail element of the list (can't be empty).
CStringList::GetTailPosition Returns the position of the tail element of the list.
CStringList::InsertAfter Inserts a new element after a given position.
CStringList::InsertBefore Inserts a new element before a given position.
CStringList::IsEmpty Tests for the empty list condition (no elements).
CStringList::RemoveAll Removes all the elements from this list.
CStringList::RemoveAt Removes an element from this list, specified by position.
CStringList::RemoveHead Removes the element from the head of the list.
CStringList::RemoveTail Removes the element from the tail of the list.
CStringList::SetAt Sets the element at a given position.

Remarks

All comparisons are done by value, meaning that the characters in the string are compared instead of the addresses of the strings.

CStringList incorporates the IMPLEMENT_SERIAL macro to support serialization and dumping of its elements. If a list of CString objects is stored to an archive, either with an overloaded insertion operator or with the Serialize member function, each CString element is serialized in turn.

If you need a dump of individual CString elements, you must set the depth of the dump context to 1 or greater.

For more information on using CStringList, see the article Collections.

Inheritance Hierarchy

CObject

CStringList

Requirements

Header: afxcoll.h

See also

MFC Sample COLLECT
CObject Class
Hierarchy Chart