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<H1 CLASS='title'>Class Template <CODE>device</CODE></H1>
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<DT><A href='#description'>Description</A></DT>
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<H2>Description</H2>
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The class template <CODE>device</CODE>, its subcass <CODE>wdevice</CODE> and their specializations <CODE>source</CODE>, <CODE>sink</CODE>, <CODE>wsource</CODE> and <CODE>wsink</CODE> are provided by the Iostreams Library to ease the definitions of new models of the various <A HREF='../concepts.html#device_concepts'>Device concepts</A>. These templates and <CODE>typedef</CODE>s supply the member types <CODE>char_type</CODE> and <CODE>io_category</CODE> required by the Iostreams Library; they are inteded to be used as base classes for user-defined Devices.
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The supplied <CODE>io_category</CODE> member is convertible to <A HREF='../traits.html#category_tags'><CODE>closable_tag</CODE></A> and to <A HREF='../traits.html#category_tags'><CODE>localizable_tag</CODE></A>. This allows users to define models of the concepts <A HREF='../concepts/closable.html'>Closable</A> and <A HREF='../concepts/closable.html'>Localizable</A> simply by providing definitions of member functions <CODE>close</CODE> and <CODE>imbue</CODE>.
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<DT><A CLASS='header' HREF='../../../../boost/iostreams/concepts.hpp'><CODE>&lt;boost/iostreams/concepts.hpp&gt;</CODE></A></DT>
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<H3>Synopsis</H3>
<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> Mode, <SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> Ch = <SPAN CLASS="keyword">char</SPAN>&gt;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">struct</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#description">device</A>;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN>&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> Mode, <SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> Ch = <SPAN CLASS="keyword">wchar_t</SPAN>&gt;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">struct</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS='defined'>wdevice</SPAN> : device&lt;Mode, Ch&gt; { };
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> device&lt;input&gt; <SPAN CLASS='defined'>source</SPAN></A>;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> device&lt;output&gt; <SPAN CLASS='defined'>sink</SPAN>;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> wdevice&lt;input&gt; <SPAN CLASS='defined'>wsource</SPAN>;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> wdevice&lt;output&gt; <SPAN CLASS='defined'>wsink</SPAN>;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN>&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#template_params">Mode</A>, <SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#template_params">Ch</A> = <SPAN CLASS="keyword">char</SPAN>&gt;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">struct</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#description">device</A> {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> Ch char_type;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> <A STYLE='text-decoration:none' HREF='#io_category'><SPAN CLASS='omitted'>see below</SPAN></A> io_category;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">void</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#close">close</A>();
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">void</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#close">close</A>(std::ios_base::openmode);
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">void</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#imbue">imbue</A>(<SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN> std::locale&);
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} } <SPAN CLASS='comment'>// End namespace boost::io</SPAN></PRE>
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<TD VALIGN='top'><I>Mode</I></TD><TD WIDTH='2em' VALIGN='top'>-</TD>
<TD>A <A HREF="../modes.html#mode_tags">mode tag</A>.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN='top'><I>Ch</I></TD><TD WIDTH='2em' VALIGN='top'>-</TD>
<TD>The character type</TD>
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<H4><CODE>device::io_category</CODE></H4>
<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'> <SPAN CLASS="keyword">typedef</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS='omitted'>see below</SPAN> io_category;</PRE>
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A category tag convertible to <A HREF='#template_params'><CODE>Mode</CODE></A>, <A HREF='../traits.html#category_tags'><CODE>device_tag</CODE></A>, <A HREF='../traits.html#category_tags'><CODE>closable_tag</CODE></A> and <A HREF='../traits.html#category_tags'><CODE>localizable_tag</CODE></A>.
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<H4><CODE>device::close</CODE></H4>
<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'> <SPAN CLASS="keyword">void</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#close">close</A>();
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">void</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#close">close</A>(std::ios_base::openmode);</PRE>
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Both overloads are implemented as no-ops. The second is available only if <A HREF='#template_params'>Mode</A> is convertible to <A HREF='../modes.html#mode_tags'><CODE>bidirectional</CODE></A>. The first is available only if Mode is <I>not</I> convertible to <A HREF='../modes.html#mode_tags'><CODE>bidirectional</CODE></A>.
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Required by <A HREF='../concepts/closable.html'>Closable</A>.
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<H4><CODE>device::imbue</CODE></H4>
<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'> <SPAN CLASS="keyword">void</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#imbue">imbue</A>(<SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN> std::locale&);</PRE>
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Implemented as a no-op. Required by <A HREF='../concepts/localizable.html'>Localizable</A>.
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