Names.h

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#pragma once

#include <unordered_map>
#include <string>

template <typename Type_>
class basic_table {

public:
// destructor
    ~basic_table() {
        for( auto *item : m_items ) {
            delete item; } }
// methods
    // adds provided item to the collection. returns: true if there's no duplicate with the same name, false otherwise
    bool
        insert( Type_ *Item, std::string itemname ) {
            m_items.emplace_back( Item );
            if( ( true == itemname.empty() ) || ( itemname == "none" ) ) {
                return true;
            }
            auto const itemhandle { m_items.size() - 1 };
            // add item name to the map
            auto mapping = m_itemmap.emplace( itemname, itemhandle );
            if( true == mapping.second ) {
                return true;
            }
            // cell with this name already exists; update mapping to point to the new one, for backward compatibility
            mapping.first->second = itemhandle;
            return false; }
	bool insert (Type_ *Item)
	{
		return insert(Item, Item->name());
	}
    // locates item with specified name. returns pointer to the item, or nullptr
    Type_ *
        find( std::string const &Name ) const {
            auto lookup = m_itemmap.find( Name );
            return (
                lookup != m_itemmap.end() ?
                    m_items[ lookup->second ] :
                    nullptr ); }

protected:
// types
    using type_sequence = std::deque<Type_ *>;
    using index_map = std::unordered_map<std::string, std::size_t>;
// members
    type_sequence m_items;
    index_map m_itemmap;

public:
    // data access
    type_sequence &
        sequence() {
            return m_items; }
    type_sequence const &
        sequence() const {
            return m_items; }

};