DICTIONARY.h

//******************************************
// Purpose: To define a class that 
// orders a collection of stringies alpahbetically. Also, 
// given any stringy, it tells what is its dictionary position.
//******************************************
#pragma once

#include "STRINGY.h"
#include "VECTOR.h"
#include "UI_MAP.h"

//#include <stdlib.h>
//#include <stdio.h>
//******************************************
class DICTIONARY
{
private:
    // stringies ordered so ids are listed in increasing order
    const STRINGY  *  * its_stringies_p_p;   
    VECTOR<STRINGY>  *  its_stringies_p;
    
    USHORT              its_num_of_stringies;
    USHORT              its_num_of_users;

    // ID's ordered so stringies are listed alphabetically
    USHORT  *           its_ids_p;  
    
    VOID sort_vec_of_ids_by_abc();
public:
//  VOID sort_vec_of_ids_by_abc();
    DICTIONARY( const STRINGY  *  *   stringies_p_p, USHORT len);
    DICTIONARY( VECTOR<STRINGY>  *   stringies_p);
    virtual ~DICTIONARY();
    
    const STRINGY  &    get_stringy(USHORT id) const;
    USHORT  get_id_of_this_stringy(const STRINGY  & stringy) const;
    VOID    get_map(UI_MAP   &  map) const;
    USHORT  get_num_of_stringies() const;
    
    USHORT  get_num_of_users() const;
    VOID    add_one_user();
    VOID    del_one_user();

};
#pragma mark -

//******************************************
inline
USHORT      DICTIONARY::get_num_of_stringies()
const
{
    return  its_num_of_stringies;
}
//******************************************
inline
USHORT      DICTIONARY::get_num_of_users()
const
{
    return  its_num_of_users;
}
//******************************************
inline
VOID        DICTIONARY::add_one_user()
{
    its_num_of_users++;
}
//******************************************
inline
VOID        DICTIONARY::del_one_user()
{
    its_num_of_users--;
}