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+<td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>TQDeepCopy Class Reference</h1>
+
+<p>The TQDeepCopy class is a template class which ensures that
+implicitly shared and explicitly shared classes reference unique
+data.
+<a href="#details">More...</a>
+<p>All the functions in this class are <a href="threads.html#reentrant">reentrant</a> when TQt is built with thread support.</p>
+<p><tt>#include &lt;<a href="qdeepcopy-h.html">qdeepcopy.h</a>&gt;</tt>
+<p><a href="qdeepcopy-members.html">List of all member functions.</a>
+<h2>Public Members</h2>
+<ul>
+<li class=fn><a href="#TQDeepCopy"><b>TQDeepCopy</b></a> ()</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#TQDeepCopy-2"><b>TQDeepCopy</b></a> ( const&nbsp;T&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;t )</li>
+<li class=fn>TQDeepCopy&lt;T&gt; &amp; <a href="#operator-eq"><b>operator=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;T&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;t )</li>
+<li class=fn><a href="#operator-T"><b>operator T</b></a> ()</li>
+</ul>
+<hr><a name="details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>
+
+
+The TQDeepCopy class is a template class which ensures that
+<a href="shclass.html#implicitly-shared">implicitly shared</a> and <a href="shclass.html#explicitly-shared">explicitly shared</a> classes reference unique
+data.
+<p>
+<p>
+
+<p> Normally, shared copies reference the same data to optimize memory
+use and for maximum speed. In the example below, <tt>s1</tt>, <tt>s2</tt>, <tt>s3</tt>, <tt>s4</tt> and <tt>s5</tt> share data.
+<p> <pre>
+ // all 5 strings share the same data
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s1 = "abcd";
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s2 = s1;
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s3 = s2;
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s4 = s3;
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s5 = s2;
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+
+<p> TQDeepCopy can be used several ways to ensure that an object
+references unique, unshared data. In the example below, <tt>s1</tt>, <tt>s2</tt> and <tt>s5</tt> share data, while neither <tt>s3</tt> nor <tt>s4</tt> share data.
+<pre>
+ // s1, s2 and s5 share the same data, neither s3 nor s4 are shared
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s1 = "abcd";
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s2 = s1;
+ TQDeepCopy&lt;TQString&gt; s3 = s2; // s3 is a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of s2
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s4 = s3; // s4 is a deep copy of s3
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s5 = s2;
+ </pre>
+
+<p> In the example below, <tt>s1</tt>, <tt>s2</tt> and <tt>s5</tt> share data, and <tt>s3</tt>
+and <tt>s4</tt> share data.
+<pre>
+ // s1, s2 and s5 share the same data, s3 and s4 share the same data
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s1 = "abcd";
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s2 = s1;
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s3 = TQDeepCopy&lt;TQString&gt;( s2 ); // s3 is a deep copy of s2
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s4 = s3; // s4 is a <a href="shclass.html#shallow-copy">shallow copy</a> of s3
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> s5 = s2;
+ </pre>
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+<p> TQDeepCopy can also provide safety in multithreaded applications
+that use shared classes. In the example below, the variable <tt>global_string</tt> is used safely since the data contained in <tt>global_string</tt> is always a deep copy. This ensures that all threads
+get a unique copy of the data, and that any assignments to <tt>global_string</tt> will result in a deep copy.
+<p> <pre>
+ TQDeepCopy&lt;TQString&gt; global_string; // global string data
+ <a href="qmutex.html">TQMutex</a> global_mutex; // mutex to protext global_string
+
+ ...
+
+ void setGlobalString( const <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> &amp;str )
+ {
+ global_mutex.<a href="qmutex.html#lock">lock</a>();
+ global_string = str; // global_string is a deep copy of str
+ global_mutex.<a href="qmutex.html#unlock">unlock</a>();
+ }
+
+ ...
+
+ void MyThread::run()
+ {
+ global_mutex.<a href="qmutex.html#lock">lock</a>();
+ <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a> str = global_string; // str is a deep copy of global_string
+ global_mutex.<a href="qmutex.html#unlock">unlock</a>();
+
+ // process the string data
+ ...
+
+ // update global_string
+ setGlobalString( str );
+ }
+ </pre>
+
+<p> <b>Warning:</b> It is the application developer's responsibility to
+protect the object shared across multiple threads.
+<p> The examples above use <a href="qstring.html">TQString</a>, which is an implicitly shared
+class. The behavior of TQDeepCopy is the same when using explicitly
+shared classes like <a href="qbytearray.html">TQByteArray</a>.
+<p> Currently, TQDeepCopy works with the following classes:
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="qmemarray.html">TQMemArray</a> (including subclasses like TQByteArray and <a href="qcstring.html">TQCString</a>)
+<li> <a href="qmap.html">TQMap</a>
+<li> TQString
+<li> <a href="qvaluelist.html">TQValueList</a> (including subclasses like <a href="qstringlist.html">TQStringList</a> and <a href="qvaluestack.html">TQValueStack</a>)
+<li> <a href="qvaluevector.html">TQValueVector</a>
+</ul>
+<p> <p>See also <a href="threads.html">Thread Support in TQt</a>, <a href="shared.html">Implicitly and Explicitly Shared Classes</a>, and <a href="tools.html">Non-GUI Classes</a>.
+
+<hr><h2>Member Function Documentation</h2>
+<h3 class=fn><a name="TQDeepCopy"></a>TQDeepCopy::TQDeepCopy ()
+</h3>
+
+<p> Constructs an empty instance of type <em>T</em>.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="TQDeepCopy-2"></a>TQDeepCopy::TQDeepCopy ( const&nbsp;T&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;t )
+</h3>
+
+<p> Constructs a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of <em>t</em>.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a name="operator-T"></a>TQDeepCopy::operator T ()
+</h3>
+
+<p> Returns a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of the encapsulated data.
+
+<h3 class=fn><a href="qdeepcopy.html">TQDeepCopy</a>&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-eq"></a>TQDeepCopy::operator= ( const&nbsp;T&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;t )
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+
+<p> Assigns a <a href="shclass.html#deep-copy">deep copy</a> of <em>t</em>.
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