I have a C++ class MyObject
and I want to be able to feed this data like I would to a osstream (but unlike a direct sstream, have the incoming data be formatted a special way). I can't seem to figure out how to overload a operator for MyObject to eat input given to it.
class MyObject {
public:
ostringstream s;
FEEDME
};
int main() {
MyObject obj;
obj.FEEDME << "Hello" << 12345;
// I want obj.s == ":Hello::12345:"
}
I want it so every item fed in be surrounded by : :
So in the given example, s = ":Hello::12345" should be the final outcome. What my question is, how can I tell the object that when ever a <<something
, put : : around the something.
Is this possible?
try this:
class MyObject {
public:
template <class T>
MyObject &operator<<(const T &x) {
s << ':' << x << ':';
return *this;
}
std::string to_string() const { return s.str(); }
private:
std::ostringstream s;
};
MyObject obj;
obj << "Hello" << 12345;
std::cout << obj.to_string() << std::endl;
There are certain things you won't be able to shove into the stream, but it should work for all the basics.
You may find the answers for How do I create my own ostream/streambuf? helpful.
I would take a slightly different approach and create a formater object.
The formater object would then handle the inserting of format character when it is applied to a stream.
#include <iostream>
template<typename T>
class Format
{
public:
Format(T const& d):m_data(d) {}
private:
template<typename Y>
friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& str,Format<Y> const& data);
T const& m_data;
};
template<typename T>
Format<T> make_Format(T const& data) {return Format<T>(data);}
template<typename T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& str,Format<T> const& data)
{
str << ":" << data.m_data << ":";
}
int main()
{
std::cout << make_Format("Hello") << make_Format(123);
}
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