Puma::Printable Class Reference

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

#include <Puma/Printable.h>

Inheritance diagram for Puma::Printable:

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

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"

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual Puma::Printable::~Printable ( )

inlinevirtual

Destructor.

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