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eodev/eo/src/eoPrintable.h
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// -*- mode: c++; c-indent-level: 4; c++-member-init-indent: 8; comment-column: 35; -*-
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// eoPrintable.h
// (c) GeNeura Team, 1998
/*
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
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Contact: todos@geneura.ugr.es, http://geneura.ugr.es
*/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef EOPRINTABLE_H
#define EOPRINTABLE_H
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <iostream> // std::istream, std::ostream
#include <string> // para std::string
/*
This functionality was separated from eoObject, since it makes no sense to print
some objects (for instance, a #eoFactory# or a random number generator.
*/
/**
Base class for objects that can print themselves
(#printOn#). Besides, this file defines the standard output for all the objects;
if the objects define printOn there's no need to define "operator<<".
@ingroup Core
*/
class eoPrintable
{
public:
/// Virtual dtor. They are needed in virtual class hierarchies.
virtual ~eoPrintable() {}
/**
* Write object. It's called printOn since it prints the object on a stream.
* @param _os A std::ostream.
*/
virtual void printOn(std::ostream& _os) const = 0;
};
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
///Standard output for all objects in the EO hierarchy
std::ostream & operator << ( std::ostream& _os, const eoPrintable& _o );
#endif