C++: Object-Oriented Data Structures

This book provides a broad coverage of fundamental and advanced con­ cepts of data structures and algorithms. The material presented includes a treatment of elementary data structures such as arrays, lists, stacks, and trees, as well as newer structures that have emerged to support the process­ ing of multidimensional or spatial data files. These newer structures and algorithms have received increasing attention in recent years in conjunc­ tion with the rapid growth in computer-aided design, computer graphics, and related fields in which multidimensional data structures are of great interest. Our main objective is to mesh the underlying concepts with application examples that are of practical use and are timely in their implementations. To this end, we have used mainly the Abstract Data Structure (or Abstract Data Type (ADT)) approach to define structures for data and operations. Object-oriented programming (OOP) methodologies are employed to im­ plement these ADT concepts. In OOP, data and operations for an ADT are combined into a single entity (object). ADTs are used to specifiy the objects-arrays, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs. OOP allows the pro­ grammer to more closely mimic the real-world applications. This OOP is more structured and modular than previous attempts. OOP has become de facto state-of-the-art in the 1990s.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Concepts Of Function-Oriented And Object-Oriented Data Structures
Chapter 2 Pointers, Structures, Classes, Functions, Overloaded Functions, And Overlodaded Operators In C++
Chapter 3 Arrays And Strings
Chapter 4 Recursion
Chapter 5 Lists
Chapter 6 Stacks And Queues
Chapter 7 Sorting And Searching
Chapter 8 Trees And Tries
Chapter 9 Multidimensional Search Trees And Search Tries
Chapter 10 Graphs And Digraphs
Chapter 11 An Object-Oriented Database With B-Trees
Chapter 12 Applications In Image Processing, Computer Graphics, And Computer-Aided Design
Appendix A C++ Fundamentals
Appendix B Assorted Library Functions For Handling Strings
Appendix C Example Databases