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<LI CLASS='square'><A href='#file_source'>Class template <CODE>basic_file_source</CODE></A></LI>
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<H2>Overview</H2>
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The class templates <CODE>basic_file_source</CODE>, <CODE>basic_file_sink</CODE> and <CODE>basic_file</CODE> are wrappers for <CODE>std::basic_filebuf</CODE> which are <A HREF='http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/CopyConstructible.html'>CopyConstructible</A> and <A HREF='http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/Assignable.html'>Assignable</A>. They are useful whenever one wants to access a file without managing the lifetime of a standard file stream or stream buffer. This is because when a stream or stream buffer is added to a <A HREF='filtering_streambuf.html'><CODE>filtering_streambuf</CODE></A> or <A HREF='filtering_stream.html'><CODE>filtering_stream</CODE></A> it is stored as a reference which must remain valid until that stream or stream buffer is removed from the chain.
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These templates are used extensively by the <A HREF='../portability.html'>regression tests</A> to test <A HREF='../policy_based_streams.html'><CODE>streambuf_facade</CODE></A> and <A HREF='../filtering_streams.html'><CODE>filtering_streambuf</CODE></A>.
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The most common specializations are accessible via the typedefs <CODE>file_source</CODE>, <CODE>file_sink</CODE>, <CODE>file</CODE>, <CODE>wfile_source</CODE>, <CODE>wfile_sink</CODE> and <CODE>wfile</CODE>.
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<DT><A CLASS='header' HREF='../../../../boost/iostreams/device/file.hpp'><CODE>&lt;boost/iostreams/device/file.hpp&gt;</CODE></A></DT>
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<H2>Reference</H2>
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<H3>Class template <CODE>basic_file_source</CODE></H3>
<H4>Description</H4>
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<A HREF='http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/CopyConstructible.html'>CopyConstructible</A> and <A HREF='http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/Assignable.html'>Assignable</A> wrapper for a <CODE>std::basic_filebuf</CODE> opened in read-only mode.
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<H4>Synopsis</H4>
<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'><SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> boost { <SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> iostreams {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN>&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_source_params">Ch</A>, <SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_source_params">Tr</A> = std::char_traits&lt;Ch&gt; &gt;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">class</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_source_params">basic_file_source</A> {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">public</SPAN>:
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> Ch char_type;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS='omitted'>implementation-defined</SPAN> io_category;
<A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_source_constructor">basic_file_source</A>( <SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN> std::string& path,
std::ios_base::openmode mode =
std::ios_base::in );
<SPAN CLASS='omitted'>...</SPAN>
};
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> basic_file_source&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">char</SPAN>&gt; <SPAN CLASS="defined">file_source</SPAN>;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> basic_file_source&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">wchar_t</SPAN>&gt; <SPAN CLASS="defined">wfile_source</SPAN>;
} } // End namespace boost::io</PRE>
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<H4>Template parameters</H4>
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<TD><I>Ch</I></TD><TD VALIGN='top'>-</TD>
<TD>The character type.</TD></TR>
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<TD><I>Tr</I></TD><TD VALIGN='top'>-</TD>
<TD>The traits type.</TD></TR>
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<H4><CODE>basic_file_source::basic_file_source</CODE></H4>
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<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'> basic_file_source( <SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN> std::string& path,
std::ios_base::openmode mode );</PRE>
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Constructs a <CODE>basic_file_source</CODE> which wraps a <CODE>std::basic_filebuf</CODE> <CODE>buf</CODE> opened as follows:
<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'> mode |= std::ios_base::in;
mode &= ~std::ios_base::out;
buf.open(path.c_str(), mode);</PRE>
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<H3>Class template <CODE>basic_file_sink</CODE></H3>
<H4>Description</H4>
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<A HREF='http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/CopyConstructible.html'>CopyConstructible</A> and <A HREF='http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/Assignable.html'>Assignable</A> wrapper for a <CODE>std::basic_filebuf</CODE> opened in write-only mode.
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<H4>Synopsis</H4>
<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'><SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> boost { <SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> iostreams {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN>&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_sink_params">Ch</A>, <SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_sink_params">Tr</A> = std::char_traits&lt;Ch&gt; &gt;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">class</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_sink_params">basic_file_sink</A> {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">public</SPAN>:
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> Ch char_type;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS='omitted'>implementation-defined</SPAN> io_category;
<A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_sink_constructor">basic_file_sink</A>( <SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN> std::string& path,
std::ios_base::openmode mode =
std::ios_base::out );
<SPAN CLASS='omitted'>...</SPAN>
};
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> basic_file_sink&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">char</SPAN>&gt; <SPAN CLASS="defined">file_sink</SPAN>;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> basic_file_sink&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">wchar_t</SPAN>&gt; <SPAN CLASS="defined">wfile_sink</SPAN>;
} } // End namespace boost::io</PRE>
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<H4>Template parameters</H4>
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<TD><I>Ch</I></TD><TD VALIGN='top'>-</TD>
<TD>The character type.</TD></TR>
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<TD><I>Tr</I></TD><TD VALIGN='top'>-</TD>
<TD>The traits type.</TD></TR>
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<H4><CODE>basic_file_sink::basic_file_sink</CODE></H4>
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<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'> basic_file_sink( <SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN> std::string& path,
std::ios_base::openmode mode );</PRE>
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Constructs a <CODE>basic_file_sink</CODE> which wraps a <CODE>std::basic_filebuf</CODE> <CODE>buf</CODE> opened as follows:
<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'> mode |= std::ios_base::out;
mode &= ~std::ios_base::in;
buf.open(path.c_str(), mode);</PRE>
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<H3>Class template <CODE>basic_file</CODE></H3>
<H4>Description</H4>
<P><A HREF='http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/CopyConstructible.html'>CopyConstructible</A> and <A HREF='http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/Assignable.html'>Assignable</A> wrapper for a <CODE>std::basic_filebuf</CODE> opened in read-write mode by default.
<A NAME='file_synopsis'>
<H4>Synopsis</H4>
<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'><SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> boost { <SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> iostreams {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN>&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_params">Ch</A>, <SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_params">Tr</A> = std::char_traits&lt;Ch&gt; &gt;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">class</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_params">basic_file</A> {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">public</SPAN>:
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> Ch char_type;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS='omitted'>implementation-defined</SPAN> io_category;
<A CLASS="documented" HREF="#basic_file_constructor">basic_file</A>( <SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN> std::string& path,
std::ios_base::openmode mode =
std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out );
<SPAN CLASS='omitted'>...</SPAN>
};
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> basic_file&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">char</SPAN>&gt; <SPAN CLASS="defined">file</SPAN>;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> basic_file&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">wchar_t</SPAN>&gt; <SPAN CLASS="defined">wfile</SPAN>;
} } // End namespace boost::io</PRE>
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<TD><I>Ch</I></TD><TD VALIGN='top'>-</TD>
<TD>The character type.</TD></TR>
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<TD><I>Tr</I></TD><TD VALIGN='top'>-</TD>
<TD>The traits type.</TD></TR>
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<H4><CODE>basic_file_::basic_file</CODE></H4>
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<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'> basic_file( <SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN> std::string& path,
std::ios_base::openmode mode );</PRE>
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Constructs a <CODE>basic_file</CODE> which wraps a <CODE>std::basic_filebuf</CODE> <CODE>buf</CODE> opened as follows:
<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'> mode |= std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out;
buf.open(path.c_str(), mode);</PRE>
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