DataWriter.hpp

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/* 
 * DataWriter.hpp 
 *
 * This file is part of the Chemical Data Processing Toolkit
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2003 Thomas Seidel <thomas.seidel@univie.ac.at>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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 *
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 */
 
#ifndef CDPL_BASE_DATAWRITER_HPP
#define CDPL_BASE_DATAWRITER_HPP
 
#include <memory>
 
#include "CDPL/Base/DataIOBase.hpp"
 
 
namespace CDPL
{
 
    namespace Base
    {
 
        template <typename T>
        class DataWriter : virtual public DataIOBase
        {
 
          public:
            typedef std::shared_ptr<DataWriter> SharedPointer;
 
            typedef T DataType;
 
            virtual DataWriter& write(const DataType& obj) = 0;
 
            virtual void close() {}
 
            virtual operator const void*() const = 0;
 
            virtual bool operator!() const = 0;
 
          protected:
            DataWriter& operator=(const DataWriter& writer);
        };
 
        template <typename T>
        DataWriter<T>& operator<<(DataWriter<T>& writer, const T& obj);
 
    } // namespace Base
} // namespace CDPL
 
 
// Implementation
 
template <typename T>
CDPL::Base::DataWriter<T>& CDPL::Base::DataWriter<T>::operator=(const DataWriter& writer)
{
    if (this == &writer)
        return *this;
 
    DataIOBase::operator=(writer);
 
    return *this;
}
 
// \cond DOC_IMPL_DETAILS
 
template <typename T>
CDPL::Base::DataWriter<T>& CDPL::Base::operator<<(DataWriter<T>& writer, const T& obj)
{
    return writer.write(obj);
}
 
// \endcond
 
#endif // CDPL_BASE_DATAWRITER_HPP