Copy Constructor for dynamically allocated array - c++

Question

Trying to familiarize myself with the "Rule of 3" and Im having trouble getting a Copy Constructor to work. One of the class private members is returning 0 when it should have a value of 3.
Im not sure as to why when the Copy Constructor function is performed, a value of 0 is supplied to that classes private member. The member in question is theSize which is returned via the size() function in class.cpp.
class.h
class Catalog {
public:
Catalog (int maxCapacity = 100)
int size() const;
int capacity() const;
void add (Book b);
Catalog(const Catalog& c);
~Catalog();
Catalog& operator= (constCatalog& c) {
if (this != &c) {
delete[] books;
books = new Book[theCapacity];
*books = *(c.books);
}
return *this;
}
private:
Book* books;
int theCapacity;
int theSize;
};
class.cpp
Catalog::Catalog(int maxCapacity) {
theCapacity = maxCapacity;
theSize = 0;
books = new Book[theCapacity];
}
int Catalog::size() const {
return theSize();
}
int Catalog::capacity() const {
return theCapacity;
}
void Catalog::add (Book b)
{
if (theSize < theCapacity || contains(b.getID())) {
if (theSize == 0) {
books[0] = b;
theSize++;
}
else {
if (!contains(b.getID())) {
int i = theSize;
for (; i && b < books[i-1]; --i) {
books[i] = books[i - 1];
}
books[i] = b;
for (; i; --i) {
books[i - 1] = books[i - 1];
}
theSize++;
}
else {
for (int i = 0; i < theSize; ++i) {
if (b == books[i]) {
books[i] = b;
}
}
}
}
// Debugging only
/*for (int i = 0; i < theSize; i++) {
//cout << books[i] << endl;
}*/
}
}
bool Catalog::contains(std::string bookID) const
{
for (int i = 0; i < theSize; ++i)
{
if (books[i].getID() == bookID)
return true;
}
return false;
}
Catalog::Catalog(const Catalog& c) {
books = new Book[c.theSize];
for (int i = 0; i < c.theSize; i++) {
books[i] = c.books[i];
}
Catalog::~Catalog() {
delete[] books;
}
Later in main.cpp when I call c1.size() where c1 is the result of return c in another function that through use of the debugger comes from the Copy Constructor and then goes to the Destructor. However, c1.size() is returning as 0 though the Copy Constructor theSize = c.size() has a value of 3 when stepped through.
book.cpp
using namespace std;
/**
* Create a book.
*
* #param id the Gutenberg ID for this book
* #param authorInfo the author of the book
* #param title the title of the book
*/
Book::Book (std::string theId, std::string authorInfo, std::string theTitle)
: id(theId), authorName(authorInfo), title(theTitle)
{
}
bool Book::operator< (const Book& b) const
{
return id < b.id;
}
bool Book::operator== (const Book& b) const
{
return (id == b.id);
}
std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& out, const Book& b)
{
cout << b.getID() << "\t"
<< b.getAuthor() << "\t"
<< b.getTitle();
return out;
}
std::istream& operator>> (std::istream& in, Book& b)
{
string line;
getline (in, line);
if (!in.good())
return in;
int tab1 = line.find ("\t");
int tab2 = line.find ("\t", tab1+1);
string id = line.substr(0, tab1);
string author = line.substr (tab1+1, tab2-tab1-1);
string title = line.substr(tab2+1);
b.setID (id);
b.setAuthor (author);
b.setTitle (title);
return in;
}
main.cpp
using namespace std;
Catalog readCatalog(const string& fileName)
{
Catalog c;
ifstream in (fileName);
in >> c;
in.close();
return c;
}
Catalog mergeCatalogs (const Catalog& cat1, const Catalog& cat2)
{
Catalog result (cat1.size() + cat2.size());
int i = 0;
int j = 0;
while (i < cat1.size() && j < cat2.size())
{
Book b1 = cat1.get(i);
Book b2 = cat2.get(j);
if (b1.getID() < b2.getID())
{
result.add(b1);
++i;
}
else
{
result.add(b2);
++j;
}
}
while (i < cat1.size())
{
result.add(cat1.get(i));
++i;
}
while (j < cat2.size())
{
result.add(cat2.get(j));
++j;
}
return result;
}
void mergeCatalogFiles (const string& catalogFile1, const string& catalogFile2)
{
Catalog c1, c2;
c1 = readCatalog(catalogFile1);
cout << catalogFile1 << " contained " << c1.size() << " books." << endl;
c2 = readCatalog(catalogFile2);
cout << catalogFile2 << " contained " << c2.size() << " books." << endl;
Catalog c3 = mergeCatalogs (c1, c2);
cout << "Their merge contains " << c3.size() << " books." << endl;
cout << c3 << flush;
}
int main (int argc, char** argv)
{
if (argc != 3)
{
cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] <<
"catalogFile1 catalogFile2" << endl;
return -1;
}
string file1 = argv[1];
string file2 = argv[2];
mergeCatalogFiles (file1, file2);
if (Counted::getCurrentCount() == 0)
{
cout << "No memory leak detected." << endl;
return 0;
}
else
{
cout << "Memory leak detected: " << Counted::getCurrentCount() << endl;
return -2;
}
}

Answer 1

Follow rule of zero: use std::vector<Book> to replace the array pointer and the size.
Your capacity is a limit on the size.
When at capacity. use equal range to find where to insert, replace last element then std rotate.
Managing both resources and business logic in the same class is bug prone. Do one thing at a time.

Answer 2

Try something more like this instead:
class Catalog
{
public:
Catalog (int maxCapacity = 100);
Catalog(const Catalog& c);
~Catalog();
int size() const;
int capacity() const;
void add (const Book &b);
Book* find(const std::string &bookID) const;
Catalog& operator= (Catalog c);
private:
Book* books;
int theCapacity;
int theSize;
void swap(Catalog &c);
};
#include "class.h"
#include <algorithm>
Catalog::Catalog(int maxCapacity)
{
theCapacity = maxCapacity;
theSize = 0;
books = new Book[theCapacity];
}
Catalog::Catalog(const Catalog& c)
{
theCapacity = c.theCapacity;
books = new Book[theCapacity];
for(int i = 0; i < c.theSize;; ++i)
books[i] = c.books[i];
theSize = c.theSize;
}
Catalog::~Catalog()
{
delete[] books;
}
Catalog& Catalog::operator= (const Catalog &c)
{
if (this != &c)
Catalog(c).swap(*this);
return *this;
}
void Catalog::swap(Catalog &c)
{
std::swap(books, c.books);
std::swap(theSize, c.theSize);
std::swap(theCapacity, c.theCapacity);
}
int Catalog::size() const
{
return theSize;
}
int Catalog::capacity() const
{
return theCapacity;
}
void Catalog::add (const Book &b)
{
Book *book = find(b.getID());
if (book) {
*book = b;
}
else if (theSize < theCapacity)
{
int i;
for (i = theSize; i && b < books[i-1]; --i) {
books[i] = books[i - 1];
}
books[i] = b;
++theSize;
}
// Debugging only
/*
for (int i = 0; i < theSize; ++i) {
cout << books[i] << endl;
}
*/
}
Book* Catalog::find(const std::string &bookID) const
{
for (int i = 0; i < theSize; ++i)
{
if (books[i].getID() == bookID)
return &books[i];
}
return 0;
}
That being said, this would be much simpler and easier to manage if you use std::vector and STL algorithms. Let the STL do the hard work for you:
#include <vector>
class Catalog
{
public:
Catalog (int initialCapacity = 100);
int size() const;
int capacity() const;
void add (const Book &b);
Book* find(const std::string &bookID) const;
private:
std::vector<Book> books;
};
#include "class.h"
#include <algorithm>
Catalog::Catalog(int initialCapacity)
{
books.reserve(initialCapacity);
}
int Catalog::size() const
{
return books.size();
}
int Catalog::capacity() const
{
return books.capacity();
}
void Catalog::add (const Book &b)
{
Book *book = find(b.getID());
if (book) {
*book = b;
}
else {
books.insert(std::upper_bound(books.begin(), books.end(), b), b);
}
// Debugging only
/*
for (Book &book: books) {
cout << book << endl;
}
*/
}
Book* Catalog::find(const std::string &bookID) const
{
auto iter = std::find_if(books.begin(), books.end(), [&bookID](const Book &b){ return (b.getID() == bookID); });
if (iter != books.end())
return &*iter;
return 0;
}