hash_set::get_allocator

Returns a copy of the allocator object used to construct the hash_set.

Allocator get_allocator( ) const;

Return Value

The allocator used by the hash_set to manage memory, which is the template parameter Allocator.

For more information on Allocator, see the Remarks section of the hash_set Class topic.

Remarks

Allocators for the hash_set class specify how the class manages storage. The default allocators supplied with STL container classes is sufficient for most programming needs. Writing and using your own allocator class is an advanced C++ topic.

In Visual C++ .NET 2003, members of the <hash_map> and <hash_set> header files are no longer in the std namespace, but rather have been moved into the stdext namespace. See The stdext Namespace for more information.

Example

// hash_set_get_allocator.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <hash_set>
#include <iostream>

int main( )
{
   using namespace std;
   using namespace stdext;

   // The following lines declare objects
   // that use the default allocator.
   hash_set <int, hash_compare <int, less<int> > > hs1;
   hash_set <int,  hash_compare <int, greater<int> > > hs2;
   hash_set <double, hash_compare <double,
      less<double> >, allocator<double> > hs3;

   hash_set <int, hash_compare <int,
      greater<int> > >::allocator_type hs2_Alloc;
   hash_set <double>::allocator_type hs3_Alloc;
   hs2_Alloc = hs2.get_allocator( );

   cout << "The number of integers that can be allocated"
        << endl << "before free memory is exhausted: "
        << hs1.max_size( ) << "." << endl;

   cout << "The number of doubles that can be allocated"
        << endl << "before free memory is exhausted: "
        << hs3.max_size( ) <<  "." << endl;

   // The following lines create a hash_set hs4
   // with the allocator of hash_set hs1.
   hash_set <int>::allocator_type hs4_Alloc;
   hash_set <int> hs4;
   hs4_Alloc = hs2.get_allocator( );

   // Two allocators are interchangeable if
   // storage allocated from each can be
   // deallocated by the other
   if( hs2_Alloc == hs4_Alloc )
   {
      cout << "The allocators are interchangeable."
           << endl;
   }
   else
   {
      cout << "The allocators are not interchangeable."
           << endl;
   }
}

Sample Output

The following output is for x86.

The number of integers that can be allocated
before free memory is exhausted: 1073741823.
The number of doubles that can be allocated
before free memory is exhausted: 536870911.
The allocators are interchangeable.

Requirements

Header: <hash_set>

Namespace: stdext

See Also

Reference

hash_set Class

Standard Template Library