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authorNathan Kleyn <nathan@nathankleyn.com>2016-03-08 22:44:40 +0000
committerNathan Kleyn <nathan@nathankleyn.com>2016-03-08 22:44:40 +0000
commita8df890437a39a5f790ea7f08cd0e3b205f40353 (patch)
tree48e96455572d0271f29c82ddb1955b9612330d3a
parent8f0479b2a5fc16814b68efe9e87dddf231b8941d (diff)
Add missing documentation examples for BTreeMap.
As part of the ongoing effort to document all methods with examples,
this commit adds the missing examples for the `BTreeMap` collection
type.

This is part of issue #29348.
-rw-r--r--src/libcollections/btree/map.rs76
1 files changed, 76 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs b/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs
index 2a950ce0ab7..107a9d415a5 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,74 @@ use self::Entry::*;
 /// It is a logic error for a key to be modified in such a way that the key's ordering relative to
 /// any other key, as determined by the `Ord` trait, changes while it is in the map. This is
 /// normally only possible through `Cell`, `RefCell`, global state, I/O, or unsafe code.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+///
+/// // type inference lets us omit an explicit type signature (which
+/// // would be `BTreeMap<&str, &str>` in this example).
+/// let mut movie_reviews = BTreeMap::new();
+///
+/// // review some books.
+/// movie_reviews.insert("Office Space",       "Deals with real issues in the workplace.");
+/// movie_reviews.insert("Pulp Fiction",       "Masterpiece.");
+/// movie_reviews.insert("The Godfather",      "Very enjoyable.");
+/// movie_reviews.insert("The Blues Brothers", "Eye lyked it alot.");
+///
+/// // check for a specific one.
+/// if !movie_reviews.contains_key("Les Misérables") {
+///     println!("We've got {} reviews, but Les Misérables ain't one.",
+///              movie_reviews.len());
+/// }
+///
+/// // oops, this review has a lot of spelling mistakes, let's delete it.
+/// movie_reviews.remove("The Blues Brothers");
+///
+/// // look up the values associated with some keys.
+/// let to_find = ["Up!", "Office Space"];
+/// for book in &to_find {
+///     match movie_reviews.get(book) {
+///        Some(review) => println!("{}: {}", book, review),
+///        None => println!("{} is unreviewed.", book)
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// // iterate over everything.
+/// for (movie, review) in &movie_reviews {
+///     println!("{}: \"{}\"", movie, review);
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// `BTreeMap` also implements an [`Entry API`](#method.entry), which allows
+/// for more complex methods of getting, setting, updating and removing keys and
+/// their values:
+///
+/// ```
+/// use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+///
+/// // type inference lets us omit an explicit type signature (which
+/// // would be `BTreeMap<&str, u8>` in this example).
+/// let mut player_stats = BTreeMap::new();
+///
+/// fn random_stat_buff() -> u8 {
+///     // could actually return some random value here - let's just return
+///     // some fixed value for now
+///     42
+/// }
+///
+/// // insert a key only if it doesn't already exist
+/// player_stats.entry("health").or_insert(100);
+///
+/// // insert a key using a function that provides a new value only if it
+/// // doesn't already exist
+/// player_stats.entry("defence").or_insert_with(random_stat_buff);
+///
+/// // update a key, guarding against the key possibly not being set
+/// let stat = player_stats.entry("attack").or_insert(100);
+/// *stat += random_stat_buff();
+/// ```
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct BTreeMap<K, V> {
     root: node::Root<K, V>,
@@ -276,6 +344,14 @@ pub struct OccupiedEntry<'a, K: 'a, V: 'a> {
 
 impl<K: Ord, V> BTreeMap<K, V> {
     /// Makes a new empty BTreeMap with a reasonable choice for B.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+    ///
+    /// let mut map: BTreeMap<&str, isize> = BTreeMap::new();
+    /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn new() -> BTreeMap<K, V> {
         BTreeMap {