Summary

In this chapter, we have furthered our C++ knowledge beyond OOP language features to gain familiarity with the C++ Standard Template Library. As this library is used so commonly in C++, it is essential that we understand both the scope and breadth of the classes it contains. We are now prepared to utilize these useful, well-tested classes in our code.

We have looked at quite a few STL examples; by examining selective STL classes, we should feel empowered to understand the remainder of the STL (or any C++ library) on our own.

We have seen how to use common and essential STL classes such as list, iterator, vector, deque, stack, queue, priority_queue, and map. We have also seen how to utilize a functor in conjunction with a container class. We have been reminded that we now have the tools to potentially customize any class, even those from class libraries such as STL through private or protected inheritance, or with containment or association.

We have additionally seen...