Boost C++ Libraries

...one of the most highly regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the world. Herb Sutter and Andrei Alexandrescu, C++ Coding Standards

This is the documentation for an old version of Boost. Click here to view this page for the latest version.

boost/optional/optional_io.hpp

// Copyright (C) 2005, Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/libs/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
//  fernando_cacciola@hotmail.com
//
#ifndef BOOST_OPTIONAL_OPTIONAL_IO_FLC_19NOV2002_HPP
#define BOOST_OPTIONAL_OPTIONAL_IO_FLC_19NOV2002_HPP

#include <istream>
#include <ostream>

#include <boost/none.hpp>
#include <boost/assert.hpp>
#include "boost/optional/optional.hpp"
#include "boost/utility/value_init.hpp"

namespace boost
{

template<class CharType, class CharTrait, class T>
inline
std::basic_ostream<CharType, CharTrait>&
operator<<(std::basic_ostream<CharType, CharTrait>& out, optional<T> const& v)
{
  if ( out.good() )
  {
    if ( !v )
         out << "--" ;
    else out << ' ' << *v ;
  }

  return out;
}

template<class CharType, class CharTrait, class T>
inline
std::basic_istream<CharType, CharTrait>&
operator>>(std::basic_istream<CharType, CharTrait>& in, optional<T>& v)
{
  if (in.good())
  {
    int d = in.get();
    if (d == ' ')
    {
      T x;
      in >> x;
      v = x;
    }
    else
    {
      if (d == '-')
      {
        d = in.get();

        if (d == '-')
        {
          v = none;
          return in;
        }
      }

      in.setstate( std::ios::failbit );
    }
  }

  return in;
}

} // namespace boost

#endif