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+
+/*!
+ \headerfile <QtConcurrentFilter>
+ \title Concurrent Filter and Filter-Reduce
+ \ingroup thread
+
+ \brief The <QtConcurrentFilter> header provides concurrent Filter and
+ Filter-Reduce.
+
+ These functions are a part of the \l {Concurrent Programming}{Qt Concurrent} framework.
+
+ The QtConcurrent::filter(), QtConcurrent::filtered() and
+ QtConcurrent::filteredReduced() functions filter items in a sequence such
+ as a QList or a QVector in parallel. QtConcurrent::filter() modifies a
+ sequence in-place, QtConcurrent::filtered() returns a new sequence
+ containing the filtered content, and QtConcurrent::filteredReduced()
+ returns a single result.
+
+ Each of the above functions have a blocking variant that returns the final
+ result instead of a QFuture. You use them in the same way as the
+ asynchronous variants.
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 6
+
+ Note that the result types above are not QFuture objects, but real result
+ types (in this case, QStringList and QSet<QString>).
+
+ \section1 Concurrent Filter
+
+ QtConcurrent::filtered() takes an input sequence and a filter function.
+ This filter function is then called for each item in the sequence, and a
+ new sequence containing the filtered values is returned.
+
+ The filter function must be of the form:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 0
+
+ T must match the type stored in the sequence. The function returns true if
+ the item should be kept, false if it should be discarded.
+
+ This example shows how to keep strings that are all lower-case from a
+ QStringList:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 1
+
+ The results of the filter are made available through QFuture. See the
+ QFuture and QFutureWatcher documentation for more information on how to
+ use QFuture in your applications.
+
+ If you want to modify a sequence in-place, use QtConcurrent::filter():
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 2
+
+ Since the sequence is modified in place, QtConcurrent::filter() does not
+ return any results via QFuture. However, you can still use QFuture and
+ QFutureWatcher to monitor the status of the filter.
+
+ \section1 Concurrent Filter-Reduce
+
+ QtConcurrent::filteredReduced() is similar to QtConcurrent::filtered(),
+ but instead of returing a sequence with the filtered results, the results
+ are combined into a single value using a reduce function.
+
+ The reduce function must be of the form:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 3
+
+ T is the type of the final result, U is the type of items being filtered.
+ Note that the return value and return type of the reduce function are not
+ used.
+
+ Call QtConcurrent::filteredReduced() like this:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 4
+
+ The reduce function will be called once for each result kept by the filter
+ function, and should merge the \e{intermediate} into the \e{result}
+ variable. QtConcurrent::filteredReduced() guarantees that only one thread
+ will call reduce at a time, so using a mutex to lock the result variable
+ is not necessary. The QtConcurrent::ReduceOptions enum provides a way to
+ control the order in which the reduction is done.
+
+ \section1 Additional API Features
+
+ \section2 Using Iterators instead of Sequence
+
+ Each of the above functions has a variant that takes an iterator range
+ instead of a sequence. You use them in the same way as the sequence
+ variants:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 5
+
+
+ \section2 Using Member Functions
+
+ QtConcurrent::filter(), QtConcurrent::filtered(), and
+ QtConcurrent::filteredReduced() accept pointers to member functions.
+ The member function class type must match the type stored in the sequence:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 7
+
+ Note that when using QtConcurrent::filteredReduced(), you can mix the use of
+ normal and member functions freely:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 8
+
+ \section2 Using Function Objects
+
+ QtConcurrent::filter(), QtConcurrent::filtered(), and
+ QtConcurrent::filteredReduced() accept function objects, which can be used to
+ add state to a function call. The result_type typedef must define the
+ result type of the function call operator:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 13
+
+ \section2 Using Bound Function Arguments
+
+ Note that Qt does not provide support for bound functions. This is
+ provided by 3rd party libraries like
+ \l{http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html}{Boost} or
+ \l{http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1836.pdf}
+ {C++ TR1 Library Extensions}.
+
+ If you want to use a filter function takes more than one argument, you can
+ use boost::bind() or std::tr1::bind() to transform it onto a function that
+ takes one argument.
+
+ As an example, we use QString::contains():
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 9
+
+ QString::contains() takes 2 arguments (including the "this" pointer) and
+ can't be used with QtConcurrent::filtered() directly, because
+ QtConcurrent::filtered() expects a function that takes one argument. To
+ use QString::contains() with QtConcurrent::filtered() we have to provide a
+ value for the \e regexp argument:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 10
+
+ The return value from boost::bind() is a function object (functor) with
+ the following signature:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 11
+
+ This matches what QtConcurrent::filtered() expects, and the complete
+ example becomes:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_concurrent_qtconcurrentfilter.cpp 12
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn QFuture<void> QtConcurrent::filter(Sequence &sequence, FilterFunction filterFunction)
+ \relates <QtConcurrentFilter>
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item in \a sequence. If
+ \a filterFunction returns true, the item is kept in \a sequence;
+ otherwise, the item is removed from \a sequence.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn QFuture<T> QtConcurrent::filtered(const Sequence &sequence, FilterFunction filterFunction)
+ \relates <QtConcurrentFilter>
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item in \a sequence and returns a
+ new Sequence of kept items. If \a filterFunction returns true, a copy of
+ the item is put in the new Sequence. Otherwise, the item will \e not
+ appear in the new Sequence.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn QFuture<T> QtConcurrent::filtered(ConstIterator begin, ConstIterator end, FilterFunction filterFunction)
+ \relates <QtConcurrentFilter>
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item from \a begin to \a end and
+ returns a new Sequence of kept items. If \a filterFunction returns true, a
+ copy of the item is put in the new Sequence. Otherwise, the item will
+ \e not appear in the new Sequence.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn QFuture<T> QtConcurrent::filteredReduced(const Sequence &sequence, FilterFunction filterFunction, ReduceFunction reduceFunction, QtConcurrent::ReduceOptions reduceOptions)
+ \relates <QtConcurrentFilter>
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item in \a sequence. If
+ \a filterFunction returns true for an item, that item is then passed to
+ \a reduceFunction. In other words, the return value is the result of
+ \a reduceFunction for each item where \a filterFunction returns true.
+
+ Note that while \a filterFunction is called concurrently, only one thread
+ at a time will call \a reduceFunction. The order in which \a reduceFunction
+ is called is undefined if \a reduceOptions is
+ QtConcurrent::UnorderedReduce. If \a reduceOptions is
+ QtConcurrent::OrderedReduce, \a reduceFunction is called in the order of
+ the original sequence.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn QFuture<T> QtConcurrent::filteredReduced(ConstIterator begin, ConstIterator end, FilterFunction filterFunction, ReduceFunction reduceFunction, QtConcurrent::ReduceOptions reduceOptions)
+ \relates <QtConcurrentFilter>
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item from \a begin to \a end. If
+ \a filterFunction returns true for an item, that item is then passed to
+ \a reduceFunction. In other words, the return value is the result of
+ \a reduceFunction for each item where \a filterFunction returns true.
+
+ Note that while \a filterFunction is called concurrently, only one thread
+ at a time will call \a reduceFunction. The order in which
+ \a reduceFunction is called is undefined if \a reduceOptions is
+ QtConcurrent::UnorderedReduce. If \a reduceOptions is
+ QtConcurrent::OrderedReduce, the \a reduceFunction is called in the order
+ of the original sequence.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn void QtConcurrent::blockingFilter(Sequence &sequence, FilterFunction filterFunction)
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item in \a sequence. If
+ \a filterFunction returns true, the item is kept in \a sequence;
+ otherwise, the item is removed from \a sequence.
+
+ \note This function will block until all items in the sequence have been processed.
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn Sequence QtConcurrent::blockingFiltered(const Sequence &sequence, FilterFunction filterFunction)
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item in \a sequence and returns a
+ new Sequence of kept items. If \a filterFunction returns true, a copy of
+ the item is put in the new Sequence. Otherwise, the item will \e not
+ appear in the new Sequence.
+
+ \note This function will block until all items in the sequence have been processed.
+
+ \sa filtered()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn Sequence QtConcurrent::blockingFiltered(ConstIterator begin, ConstIterator end, FilterFunction filterFunction)
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item from \a begin to \a end and
+ returns a new Sequence of kept items. If \a filterFunction returns true, a
+ copy of the item is put in the new Sequence. Otherwise, the item will
+ \e not appear in the new Sequence.
+
+ \note This function will block until the iterator reaches the end of the
+ sequence being processed.
+
+ \sa filtered()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn T QtConcurrent::blockingFilteredReduced(const Sequence &sequence, FilterFunction filterFunction, ReduceFunction reduceFunction, QtConcurrent::ReduceOptions reduceOptions)
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item in \a sequence. If
+ \a filterFunction returns true for an item, that item is then passed to
+ \a reduceFunction. In other words, the return value is the result of
+ \a reduceFunction for each item where \a filterFunction returns true.
+
+ Note that while \a filterFunction is called concurrently, only one thread
+ at a time will call \a reduceFunction. The order in which \a reduceFunction
+ is called is undefined if \a reduceOptions is
+ QtConcurrent::UnorderedReduce. If \a reduceOptions is
+ QtConcurrent::OrderedReduce, \a reduceFunction is called in the order of
+ the original sequence.
+
+ \note This function will block until all items in the sequence have been processed.
+
+ \sa filteredReduced()
+*/
+
+/*!
+ \fn T QtConcurrent::blockingFilteredReduced(ConstIterator begin, ConstIterator end, FilterFunction filterFunction, ReduceFunction reduceFunction, QtConcurrent::ReduceOptions reduceOptions)
+
+ Calls \a filterFunction once for each item from \a begin to \a end. If
+ \a filterFunction returns true for an item, that item is then passed to
+ \a reduceFunction. In other words, the return value is the result of
+ \a reduceFunction for each item where \a filterFunction returns true.
+
+ Note that while \a filterFunction is called concurrently, only one thread
+ at a time will call \a reduceFunction. The order in which
+ \a reduceFunction is called is undefined if \a reduceOptions is
+ QtConcurrent::UnorderedReduce. If \a reduceOptions is
+ QtConcurrent::OrderedReduce, the \a reduceFunction is called in the order
+ of the original sequence.
+
+ \note This function will block until the iterator reaches the end of the
+ sequence being processed.
+
+ \sa filteredReduced()
+*/