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+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2011 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$
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+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
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+** file.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+/*!
+    \class QCache
+    \brief The QCache class is a template class that provides a cache.
+
+    \ingroup tools
+    \ingroup shared
+
+    \reentrant
+
+    QCache\<Key, T\> defines a cache that stores objects of type T
+    associated with keys of type Key. For example, here's the
+    definition of a cache that stores objects of type Employee
+    associated with an integer key:
+
+    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qcache.cpp 0
+
+    Here's how to insert an object in the cache:
+
+    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qcache.cpp 1
+
+    The advantage of using QCache over some other key-based data
+    structure (such as QMap or QHash) is that QCache automatically
+    takes ownership of the objects that are inserted into the cache and
+    deletes them to make room for new objects, if necessary. When
+    inserting an object into the cache, you can specify a \e{cost},
+    which should bear some approximate relationship to the amount of
+    memory taken by the object. When the sum of all objects' costs
+    (totalCost()) exceeds the cache's limit (maxCost()), QCache starts
+    deleting objects in the cache to keep under the limit, starting with
+    less recently accessed objects.
+
+    By default, QCache's maxCost() is 100. You can specify a
+    different value in the QCache constructor:
+
+    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qcache.cpp 2
+
+    Each time you call insert(), you can specify a cost as third
+    argument (after the key and a pointer to the object to insert).
+    After the call, the inserted object is owned by the QCache, which
+    may delete it at any time to make room for other objects.
+
+    To look up objects in the cache, use object() or
+    operator[](). This function looks up an object by its key, and
+    returns either a pointer to the cached object (which is owned by
+    the cache) or 0.
+
+    If you want to remove an object from the cache for a particular key,
+    call remove(). This will also delete the object. If you want to
+    remove an object from the cache without the QCache deleting it, use
+    take().
+
+    \sa QPixmapCache, QHash, QMap
+*/
+
+/*! \fn QCache::QCache(int maxCost = 100)
+
+    Constructs a cache whose contents will never have a total cost
+    greater than \a maxCost.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn QCache::~QCache()
+
+    Destroys the cache. Deletes all the objects in the cache.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn int QCache::maxCost() const
+
+    Returns the maximum allowed total cost of the cache.
+
+    \sa setMaxCost(), totalCost()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn void QCache::setMaxCost(int cost)
+
+    Sets the maximum allowed total cost of the cache to \a cost. If
+    the current total cost is greater than \a cost, some objects are
+    deleted immediately.
+
+    \sa maxCost(), totalCost()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn int QCache::totalCost() const
+
+    Returns the total cost of the objects in the cache.
+
+    This value is normally below maxCost(), but QCache makes an
+    exception for Qt's \l{implicitly shared} classes. If a cached
+    object shares its internal data with another instance, QCache may
+    keep the object lying around, possibly contributing to making
+    totalCost() larger than maxCost().
+
+    \sa setMaxCost()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn int QCache::size() const
+
+    Returns the number of objects in the cache.
+
+    \sa isEmpty()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn int QCache::count() const
+
+    Same as size().
+*/
+
+/*! \fn bool QCache::isEmpty() const
+
+    Returns true if the cache contains no objects; otherwise
+    returns false.
+
+    \sa size()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn QList<Key> QCache::keys() const
+
+    Returns a list of the keys in the cache.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn void QCache::clear();
+
+    Deletes all the objects in the cache.
+
+    \sa remove(), take()
+*/
+
+
+/*! \fn bool QCache::insert(const Key &key, T *object, int cost = 1)
+
+    Inserts \a object into the cache with key \a key and
+    associated cost \a cost. Any object with the same key already in
+    the cache will be removed.
+
+    After this call, \a object is owned by the QCache and may be
+    deleted at any time. In particular, if \a cost is greater than
+    maxCost(), the object will be deleted immediately.
+
+    The function returns true if the object was inserted into the
+    cache; otherwise it returns false.
+
+    \sa take(), remove()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn T *QCache::object(const Key &key) const
+
+    Returns the object associated with key \a key, or 0 if the key does
+    not exist in the cache.
+
+    \warning The returned object is owned by QCache and may be
+    deleted at any time.
+
+    \sa take(), remove()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn bool QCache::contains(const Key &key) const
+
+    Returns true if the cache contains an object associated with key \a
+    key; otherwise returns false.
+
+    \sa take(), remove()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn T *QCache::operator[](const Key &key) const
+
+    Returns the object associated with key \a key, or 0 if the key does
+    not exist in the cache.
+
+    This is the same as object().
+
+    \warning The returned object is owned by QCache and may be
+    deleted at any time.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn bool QCache::remove(const Key &key)
+
+    Deletes the object associated with key \a key. Returns true if the
+    object was found in the cache; otherwise returns false.
+
+    \sa take(), clear()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn T *QCache::take(const Key &key)
+
+    Takes the object associated with key \a key out of the cache
+    without deleting it. Returns a pointer to the object taken out, or
+    0 if the key does not exist in the cache.
+
+    The ownership of the returned object is passed to the caller.
+
+    \sa remove()
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn QCache::QCache(int maxCost, int dummy)
+
+    Use QCache(int) instead.
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn T *QCache::find(const Key &key) const
+
+    Use object() instead.
+*/