boost::urls::segments_ref

Mutable decoded path segment proxy

Synopsis

class segments_ref
    : public segments_base

Base Classes

Name Description

segments_base

Decoded path segment helper base

Types

Name

Description

iterator

A Bidirectional iterator to a path segment

const_iterator

A Bidirectional iterator to a path segment

const_reference

The reference type

difference_type

A signed integer type used to represent differences.

reference

The reference type

size_type

An unsigned integer type used to represent size.

value_type

The value type

Member Functions

Name

Description

segments_ref [constructor]

Constructor

operator=

Assignment

assign

Assign segments

back

Return the last segment

begin

Return an iterator to the beginning

buffer

Return the referenced character buffer.

clear

Clear the contents of the container

empty

Return true if there are no segments

end

Return an iterator to the end

erase

Erase segments

front

Return the first segment

insert

Insert segments

is_absolute

Returns true if this references an absolute path.

pop_back

Remove the last segment

push_back

Append a segment

replace

Replace segments

size

Return the number of segments

url

Return the referenced url

operator segments_view

Conversion

Static Member Functions

Name

Description

max_size

Return the maximum number of characters possible

Friends

Name Description

boost::urls::segments_encoded_ref

Mutable encoded path segment proxy

boost::urls::url_base

Common functionality for containers

Description

Presents the decoded path segments of a url_base as a bidirectional range whose modifiers update the underlying URL. The proxy references the URL’s storage directly, so the owning URL must remain alive while the proxy is used.

Example

url u( "/path/to/file.txt" );

segments_ref ps = u.segments();

Percent escapes in strings returned when dereferencing iterators are automatically decoded. Reserved characters in strings supplied to modifier functions are automatically percent‐escaped.

Iterator Invalidation

Changes to the underlying character buffer can invalidate iterators which reference it. Modifications made through the container invalidate some or all iterators:

  • push_back : Only `end()`.

  • assign, clear, operator= : All elements.

  • erase : Erased elements and all elements after (including `end()`).

  • insert : All elements at or after the insertion point (including `end()`).

  • replace : Modified elements and all elements after (including `end()`).