Abstract class used to print objects and their members. More...

#include <printable.h>

Inheritance diagram for Printable:

Public Member Functions
virtual void	print (std::ostream &out) const =0
	Prints this Printable to an output stream.
virtual	~Printable ()
	Deletes this Printable.
Static Public Member Functions
static const char *	get_member_value (const char *member_name, std::istream &in) throw (jwscxx::base::Arg_error, jwscxx::base::IO_error)
	Returns the value for a printed member.
static const char *	get_next_member_value (const char *member_value)
	Returns the next value of a printed member.

Detailed Description

Abstract class used to print objects and their members.

The format for printed objects is

     member name: member value

Definition at line 68 of file printable.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual Printable::~Printable ( ) [inline, virtual]

Deletes this Printable.

Definition at line 77 of file printable.h.

virtual void Printable::print ( std::ostream & out ) const [pure virtual]

Prints this Printable to an output stream.

const char * Printable::get_member_value	(	const char *	member_name,
		std::istream &	in
	)		throw (jwscxx::base::Arg_error, jwscxx::base::IO_error) `[static]`

Returns the value for a printed member.

Reads a line off the input stream as a member with format:

   member name: member value

Parameters:

member_name	Name of the member to get the value of.
in	Input stream to read the member line from.

Exceptions:

jwscxx::base::Arg_error	Either the member is not the one named or it is not formatted properly.
jwscxx::base::IO_error	Could not read a line from the input stream.

Definition at line 79 of file printable.cpp.

const char * Printable::get_next_member_value ( const char * member_value ) [static]

Returns the next value of a printed member.

The values must be separated by spaces.

Parameters:

member_value Pointer to the current member value.

Returns:: A pointer to the next member value or 0 if there are no more values.

Definition at line 135 of file printable.cpp.

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