Here is the definition of our EmployeeMap once more:
Slice
dictionary<long, Employee> EmployeeMap;
The following code is generated for this definition:
C++
typedef std::map<Ice::Long, Employee> EmployeeMap;
Again, there are no surprises here: a Slice dictionary simply maps to an STL map. As a result, you can use the dictionary like any other STL map, for example:
C++
EmployeeMap em; Employee e; e.number = 42; e.firstName = "Stan"; e.lastName = "Lippman"; em[e.number] = e; e.number = 77; e.firstName = "Herb"; e.lastName = "Sutter"; em[e.number] = e;
All the usual STL iterators and algorithms work with this map just as well as with any other STL container.