ledger/src/stream.h
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/*
* Copyright (c) 2003-2013, John Wiegley. All rights reserved.
*
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* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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*
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*
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*
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*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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*/
/**
* @addtogroup util
*/
/**
* @file stream.h
* @author John Wiegley, Omari Norman
*
* @ingroup util
*
* @brief A utility class for abstracting an output stream.
*
* Because Ledger might send output to a file, the console, or a pager
* child process, different cleanup is needed for each scenario. This
* file abstracts those various needs.
*/
#ifndef _STREAM_H
#define _STREAM_H
#include "utils.h"
namespace ledger {
/**
* @brief An output stream
*
* A stream to output in Ledger may be going to one of three places:
* to stdout, to a file, or to a pager. Construct an output_stream_t and
* the stream will automatically be cleaned up upon destruction.
*
* This class suffers from "else-if-heimer's disease," see Marshall
* Cline's "C++ FAQ Lite". Arguably this should be three different
* classes, but that introduces additional unneeded complications.
*/
class output_stream_t
{
output_stream_t& operator=(const output_stream_t&);
private:
int pipe_to_pager_fd;
public:
/**
* A pointer to the ostream. Don't delete this; the output_stream_t
* class takes care of this.
*/
std::ostream * os;
/**
* Construct a new output_stream_t.
*/
output_stream_t() : pipe_to_pager_fd(-1), os(&std::cout) {
TRACE_CTOR(output_stream_t, "");
}
/**
* When copy-constructed, make the copy just be a new output stream. This
* allows large classes to rely on their default copy-constructor without
* worrying about pointer copying within output_stream_t.
*/
output_stream_t(const output_stream_t&)
: pipe_to_pager_fd(-1), os(&std::cout) {
TRACE_CTOR(output_stream_t, "copy");
}
/**
* Destroys an output_stream_t. This deletes the dynamically
* allocated ostream, if necessary. It also closes output file
* descriptor, if necessary.
*/
~output_stream_t() {
TRACE_DTOR(output_stream_t);
close();
}
/**
* Initialize the output stream object.
*
* @param output_file File to which to send output. If both this
* and pager are set, output_file takes priority.
*
* @param pager_path Path to a pager. To not use a pager, leave this
* empty.
*/
void initialize(const optional<path>& output_file = none,
const optional<path>& pager_path = none);
/**
* Convertor to a standard ostream. This is used so that we can
* stream directly to an object of type output_stream_t.
*/
operator std::ostream&() {
return *os;
}
/**
* Flushing function. A simple proxy for ostream's flush.
*/
void flush() {
os->flush();
}
/**
* Close the output stream, waiting on the pager process if necessary.
*/
void close();
};
} // namespace ledger
#endif // _STREAM_H