The STL/CLR Library provides an interface similar to the C++ Standard Library containers for use with C++ and the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR). STL/CLR is completely separate from the Microsoft implementation of the C++ Standard Library. STL/CLR is maintained for legacy support but is not kept up-to-date with the C++ standard. We strongly recommend using the native C++ Standard Library containers instead of STL/CLR whenever possible.

To use STL/CLR:

• Include headers from the cliext include subdirectory instead of the usual C++ Standard Library equivalents.

• Qualify library names with cliext:: instead of std::.

The STL/CLR Library provides an STL-like interface for use with C++ and the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR). This library is maintained for legacy support but is not kept up-to-date with the C++ standard. We strongly recommend using the native C++ Standard Library containers instead of STL/CLR.

cliext Namespace
Discusses the namespace that contains all the types of the STL/CLR Library.

STL/CLR Containers
Provides an overview of the containers that are found in the C++ Standard Library, including requirements for container elements, types of elements that can be inserted, and ownership issues.

Requirements for STL/CLR Container Elements
Describes minimum requirements for all reference types that are inserted into C++ Standard Library containers.

How to: Convert from a .NET Collection to a STL/CLR Container
Describes how to convert a .NET collection to an STL/CLR container.

How to: Convert from a STL/CLR Container to a .NET Collection
Describes how to convert an STL/CLR container to a .NET collection.

How to: Expose an STL/CLR Container from an Assembly
Shows how to display the elements of several STL/CLR containers written in a C++ assembly.

In addition, this section also describes the following components of STL/CLR:

:::row::: :::column span=""::: adapter (STL/CLR)
algorithm (STL/CLR)
deque (STL/CLR)
for each, in
functional (STL/CLR)
hash_map (STL/CLR)
hash_multimap (STL/CLR)
hash_multiset (STL/CLR)
hash_set (STL/CLR)
list (STL/CLR) :::column-end::: :::column span=""::: map (STL/CLR)
multimap (STL/CLR)
multiset (STL/CLR)
numeric (STL/CLR)
priority_queue (STL/CLR)
queue (STL/CLR)
set (STL/CLR)
stack (STL/CLR)
utility (STL/CLR)
vector (STL/CLR) :::column-end::: :::row-end:::

C++ Standard Library