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# std.range.interfaces

This module is a submodule of std.range.
The main std.range module provides template-based tools for working with ranges, but sometimes an object-based interface for ranges is needed, such as when runtime polymorphism is required. For this purpose, this submodule provides a number of object and interface definitions that can be used to wrap around range objects created by the std.range templates.

InputRange | Wrapper for input ranges.
InputAssignable | Wrapper for input ranges with assignable elements.
ForwardRange | Wrapper for forward ranges.
ForwardAssignable | Wrapper for forward ranges with assignable elements.
BidirectionalRange | Wrapper for bidirectional ranges.
BidirectionalAssignable | Wrapper for bidirectional ranges with assignable elements.
RandomAccessFinite | Wrapper for finite random-access ranges.
RandomAccessAssignable | Wrapper for finite random-access ranges with assignable elements.
RandomAccessInfinite | Wrapper for infinite random-access ranges.
OutputRange | Wrapper for output ranges.
OutputRangeObject | Class that implements the OutputRange interface and wraps the put methods in virtual functions.
InputRangeObject | Class that implements the InputRange interface and wraps the input range methods in virtual functions.
RefRange | Wrapper around a forward range that gives it reference semantics.

Source: std/range/interfaces.d

License:
Boost License 1.0.
Authors:
Andrei Alexandrescu, David Simcha, and Jonathan M Davis. Credit for some of the ideas in building this module goes to Leonardo Maffi.

interface `InputRange`(E);
  These interfaces are intended to provide virtual function-based wrappers around input ranges with element type E. This is useful where a well-defined binary interface is required, such as when a DLL function or virtual function needs to accept a generic range as a parameter. Note that isInputRange and friends check for conformance to structural interfaces not for implementation of these interface types.

  Limitations: These interfaces are not capable of forwarding ref access to elements.

  Infiniteness of the wrapped range is not propagated.
  Length is not propagated in the case of non-random access ranges.
  See Also:
  inputRangeObject
  Examples:

      import std.algorithm.iteration : map;
      import std.range : iota;

      void useRange(InputRange!int range) {
          // Function body.
      }

      // Create a range type.
      auto squares = map!"a * a"(iota(10));

      // Wrap it in an interface.
      auto squaresWrapped = inputRangeObject(squares);

      // Use it.
      useRange(squaresWrapped);

  @property E `front`();
  E `moveFront`();
  void `popFront`();
  @property bool `empty`();
  int `opApply`(scope int delegate(E));
  int `opApply`(scope int delegate(size_t, E));
    foreach iteration uses `opApply`, since one delegate call per loop iteration is faster than three virtual function calls.
interface `ForwardRange`(E): InputRange!E;
  Interface for a forward range of type E.
  @property ForwardRange!E `save`();
interface `BidirectionalRange`(E): ForwardRange!E;
  Interface for a bidirectional range of type E.
  @property BidirectionalRange!E `save`();
  @property E `back`();
  E `moveBack`();
  void `popBack`();
interface `RandomAccessFinite`(E): BidirectionalRange!E;
  Interface for a finite random access range of type E.
  @property RandomAccessFinite!E `save`();
  E `opIndex`(size_t);
  E `moveAt`(size_t);
  @property size_t `length`();
  alias `opDollar` = length;
  RandomAccessFinite!E `opSlice`(size_t, size_t);
interface `RandomAccessInfinite`(E): ForwardRange!E;
  Interface for an infinite random access range of type E.
  E `moveAt`(size_t);
  @property RandomAccessInfinite!E `save`();
  E `opIndex`(size_t);
interface `InputAssignable`(E): InputRange!E;
  Adds assignable elements to InputRange.
  @property void `front`(E `newVal`);
interface `ForwardAssignable`(E): InputAssignable!E, ForwardRange!E;
  Adds assignable elements to ForwardRange.
  @property ForwardAssignable!E `save`();
interface `BidirectionalAssignable`(E): ForwardAssignable!E, BidirectionalRange!E;
  Adds assignable elements to BidirectionalRange.
  @property BidirectionalAssignable!E `save`();
  @property void `back`(E `newVal`);
interface `RandomFiniteAssignable`(E): RandomAccessFinite!E, BidirectionalAssignable!E;
  Adds assignable elements to RandomAccessFinite.
  @property RandomFiniteAssignable!E `save`();
  void `opIndexAssign`(E `val`, size_t `index`);
interface `OutputRange`(E);
  Interface for an output range of type E. Usage is similar to the InputRange interface and descendants.
  void `put`(E);
class `OutputRangeObject`(R, E...): staticMap!(OutputRange, E);
  Implements the OutputRange interface for all types E and wraps the put method for each type E in a virtual function.
  this(R `range`);
template `MostDerivedInputRange`(R) if (isInputRange!(Unqual!R))
  Returns the interface type that best matches R.
template `InputRangeObject`(R) if (isInputRange!(Unqual!R))
  Implements the most derived interface that R works with and wraps all relevant range primitives in virtual functions. If R is already derived from the InputRange interface, aliases itself away.
InputRangeObject!R `inputRangeObject`(R)(R `range`)
if (isInputRange!R);
  Convenience function for creating an InputRangeObject of the proper type. See InputRange for an example.
template `outputRangeObject`(E...)
  Convenience function for creating an OutputRangeObject with a base range of type R that accepts types E.
  Examples:

      import std.array;
      auto app = appender!(uint[])();
      auto appWrapped = outputRangeObject!(uint, uint[])(app);
      static assert(is(typeof(appWrapped) : OutputRange!(uint[])));
      static assert(is(typeof(appWrapped) : OutputRange!(uint)));

  OutputRangeObject!(R, E) `outputRangeObject`(R)(R `range`);

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