Puma::Printable Class Reference

#include <Puma/Printable.h>

Inheritance diagram for Puma::Printable:

List of all members.

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Detailed Description

Provides that possibility for an object to be used with output streams (std::ostream).

Derived classes have to implement method Printable::print().

Example:

 class Name : public Puma::Printable {
   const char* the_name;
 public:
   Name(const char* n) : the_name(n) {}
   void print(ostream &os) { 
     os << "[name: " << the_name << "]"; 
   }
 };

 Name adam("adam");
 std::cout << adam << std::endl;  // prints "[name: adam]\n"

Public Member Functions
virtual	~Printable ()
	Destructor.
virtual void	print (ostream &os) const =0
	Print something on the given output stream.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual Puma::Printable::~Printable

(

)

[inline, virtual]

Destructor.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual void Puma::Printable::print

(

ostream &

os

)

const [pure virtual]

Print something on the given output stream.

Parameters:

os

The output stream.

Implemented in Puma::Filename, Puma::Unit, Puma::CTypeInfo, Puma::ManipError, Puma::CT_SimpleName, and Puma::CT_QualName.