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英语文献翻译@#@Objectlandscapesandlifetimes@#@Technically,OOPisjustaboutabstractdatatype,inheritanceandpolymorphism,butotherissuescanbeatleastasimportant.Theremainderofthissectionwillcovertheseissues.@#@Oneofthemostimportantfactorsisthewayobjectsarecreatedanddestroyed.Whereisthedataforanobjectandhowisthelifetimeoftheobjectcontrolled?
@#@Therearedifferentphilosophiesatworkhere.C++takestheapproachthatcontrolofefficiencyisthemostimportantissue,soitgivestheprogrammerachoice.Formaximumrun-timespeed,thestorageandlifetimecanbedeterminedwhentheprogramisbeingwritten,byplacingtheobjectsonthestack(thesearesometimescalledautomaticorscopedvariables)orinthestaticstoragearea.Thisplacesapriorityonthespeedofstorageallocationandrelease,andcontrolofthesecanbeveryvaluableinsomesituations.However,yousacrificeflexibilitybecauseyoumustknowtheexactquantity,lifetime,andtypeofobjectswhileyou'@#@rewritingtheprogram.Ifyouaretryingtosolveamoregeneralproblemsuchascomputer-aideddesign,warehousemanagement,orair-trafficcontrol,thisistoorestrictive.@#@Thesecondapproachistocreateobjectsdynamicallyinapoolofmemorycalledtheheap.Inthisapproach,youdon'@#@tknowhowmanyobjectsyouneed,whattheirlifetimeis,orwhattheirexacttypeisuntilrun-time.Thosearedeterminedatthespurofthemomentwhiletheprogramisrunning.Ifyouneedanewobject,yousimplymakeitontheheapatthepointthatyouneedit.Becausethestorageismanageddynamically,atrun-time,theamountoftimerequiredtoallocatestorageontheheapissignificantlylongerthanthetimetocreatestorageonthestack.(Creatingstorageonthestackisoftenasingleassemblyinstructiontomovethestackpointerdown,andanothertomoveitbackup.)Thedynamicapproachmakesthegenerallylogicalassumptionthatobjectstendtobecomplicated,sotheextraoverheadoffindingstorageandreleasingthatstoragewillnothaveanimportantimpactonthecreationofanobject.Inaddition,thegreaterflexibilityisessentialtosolvethegeneralprogrammingproblem.@#@C++usesthesecondapproach,exclusively].Everytimeyouwanttocreateanobject,youusethenewkeywordtobuildadynamicinstanceofthatobject.@#@There'@#@sanotherissue,however,andthat'@#@sthelifetimeofanobject.Withlanguagesthatallowobjectstobecreatedonthestack,thecompilerdetermineshowlongtheobjectlastsandcanautomaticallydestroyit.However,ifyoucreateitontheheapthecompilerhasnoknowledgeofitslifetime.InalanguagelikeC++,youmustdetermineprogrammaticallywhentodestroytheobject,whichcanleadtomemoryleaksifyoudon’tdoitcorrectly(andthisisacommonprobleminC++programs).Javaprovidesafeaturecalledagarbagecollectorthatautomaticallydiscoverswhenanobjectisnolongerinuseanddestroysit.Agarbagecollectorismuchmoreconvenientbecauseitreducesthenumberofissuesthatyoumusttrackandthecodeyoumustwrite.@#@Therestofthissectionlooksatadditionalfactorsconcerningobjectlandscapesandlifetimes.@#@1Collectionsanditerators@#@Ifyoudon’tknowhowmanyobjectsyou’regoingtoneedtosolveaparticularproblem,orhowlongtheywilllast,youalsodon’tknowhowtostorethoseobjects.Howcanyouknowhowmuchspacetocreateforthoseobjects?
@#@Youcan’t,sincethatinformationisn’tknownuntilrun-time.@#@Thesolutiontomostproblemsinobject-orienteddesignseemsflippant:
@#@youcreateanothertypeofobject.Thenewtypeofobjectthatsolvesthisparticularproblemholdsreferencestootherobjects.Ofcourse,youcandothesamethingwithanarray,whichisavailableinmostlanguages.Butthere’smore.Thisnewobject,generallycalledacontainer(alsocalledacollection,buttheJavalibraryusesthatterminadifferentsensesothisbookwilluse“container”),willexpanditselfwhenevernecessarytoaccommodateeverythingyouplaceinsideit.Soyoudon’tneedtoknowhowmanyobjectsyou’regoingtoholdinacontainer.Justcreateacontainerobjectandletittakecareofthedetails.@#@Fortunately,agoodOOPlanguagecomeswithasetofcontainersaspartofthepackage.InC++,it’spartoftheStandardC++LibraryandissometimescalledtheStandardTemplateLibrary(STL).ObjectPascalhascontainersinitsVisualComponentLibrary(VCL).Smalltalkhasaverycompletesetofcontainers.Javaalsohascontainersinitsstandardlibrary.Insomelibraries,agenericcontainerisconsideredgoodenoughforallneeds,andinothers(Java,forexample)thelibraryhasdifferenttypesofcontainersfordifferentneeds:
@#@avector(calledanArrayListinJava)forconsistentaccesstoallelements,andalinkedlistforconsistentinsertionatallelements,forexample,soyoucanchoosethep