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% | Reference manual page: Handle_ref.tex
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% | 10 04 2002 Mariette Yvinec
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% | Package: Handle
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\RCSdef{\RCSTriangulationRev}{$Revision$}
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\RCSdefDate{\RCSTriangulationDate}{$Date$}
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%\clearpage
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%\section{Reference pages for Handles}
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%\chapter{Handles}
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Most data structures in \cgal\ use the concept of \ccc{Handle} in their user
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interface to refer to the elements they store. This concept describes what is
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sometimes called a trivial iterator. A \ccc{Handle} is akeen to a pointer to
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an object providing the dereference operator \ccc{operator*()} and member
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access \ccc{operator->()} but no increment or decrement operators like
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iterators. A \ccc{Handle} is intended to be used whenever the referenced
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object is not part of a logical sequence.
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