/** @file

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    $Date$
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    @copy © Marc Wäckerlin
    @license LGPL, see file <a href="license.html">COPYING</a>

    $Log$
    Revision 1.1  2004/10/07 09:31:30  marc
    new feature


*/
#ifndef __MRW__MULTIMAP__HPP__
#define __MRW__MULTIMAP__HPP__

#include <map>
#include <mrw/exception.hpp>
#include <mrw/string.hpp>

/** @addtogroup StdExt
 */
//@{

/** @brief insert a value in a multimap

    @code
    std::multimap<int, std::string> test;
    test<<std::make_pair(1, std::string("one"))
        <<std::make_pair(2, std::string("two"));
    @endcode

    @throw mrw::invalid_argument, if element is already in multimap
    @param l a multimap of values
    @param o a value to be inserted into multimap @c l
    @pre #include <mrw/multimap.hpp>
*/
template <typename K, typename T, class C, typename A>
std::multimap<K, T, C, A>& operator<<(std::multimap<K, T, C, A>& l, const std::pair<K, T>& o)
  throw(std::bad_exception) {
  l.insert(o);
  return l;
}

/** @brief extract the first value of a multimap

    @code
    std::multimap<int, std::string> test;
    test<<std::make_pair(1, std::string("one"))
        <<std::make_pair(2, std::string("two"));
    std::pair<int, std::string> i1, i2;
    test>>i1>>i2;
    // now: i1==(1, "one") i2==(2, "two") test=={}
    @endcode

    @param l a multimap of values
    @param o a value to be extracted from multimap @c l
    @throw mrw::length_error, if multimap was empty on entry
    @note when something is extracted from a multimap, it is removed
    from the multimap, that means after every shift the multimap is
    shortened by the shifted element
    @pre #include <mrw/string.hpp>
*/
template <typename K, typename T, class C, typename A>
std::multimap<K, T, C, A>& operator>>(std::multimap<K, T, C, A>& l, std::pair<K, T>& o)
  throw(std::exception) {
  typename std::multimap<K, T, C, A>::iterator it(l.begin());
  if (it==l.end())
    throw mrw::length_error(std::string(__FILE__ ":")+__LINE__+
                            ": std::multimap<>& operator>>(std::multimap<>&, T&),"
                            " multimap is empty");
  o = *it;
  l.erase(it);
  return l;
}

//@}

#endif