mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector Class Reference

Detailed Description

By creating an object of this class, all the output to std::cout (and std::cerr) will be redirected to a text file, and optionally also shown on the console.

Based on code from http://www.devmaster.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7037

Definition at line 27 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

#include <mrpt/utils/CConsoleRedirector.h>

Inheritance diagram for mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector:

Public Member Functions
	CConsoleRedirector (const std::string &out_file, bool also_to_console=true, bool also_cerr=true, bool append_file=false, int bufferSize=1000)
	Constructor. More...
virtual	~CConsoleRedirector ()
void	flush ()
virtual void	writeString (const std::string &str)

Protected Attributes
std::ofstream	m_of
	The text output file stream. More...
std::streambuf *	sbOld
	The "old" std::cout. More...
std::streambuf *	sbOld_cerr
	The "old" std::cout. More...
bool	m_also_to_console
mrpt::synch::CCriticalSection	m_cs

Private Member Functions
int	overflow (int c) MRPT_OVERRIDE
int	sync () MRPT_OVERRIDE

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CConsoleRedirector()

mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::CConsoleRedirector ( const std::string &  out_file, bool  also_to_console = true, bool  also_cerr = true, bool  append_file = false, int  bufferSize = 1000  )

inline

Constructor.

Parameters

out_file	The file to create / append
also_to_console	Whether to redirect data to file and also dump data to the console as usual.
append_file	If set to false the file will be truncated on open
bufferSize	It's recommended to buffer the data instead of writing characters one by one.
also_cerr	Whether to redirect the output to std::cerr in addition to std::cout.

Exceptions

std::exception

If the file cannot be opened.

Definition at line 45 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

References THROW_EXCEPTION_FMT.

~CConsoleRedirector()

virtual mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::~CConsoleRedirector ( )

inlinevirtual

Definition at line 77 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

Member Function Documentation

flush()

void mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::flush ( )

inline

Definition at line 86 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

overflow()

int mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::overflow ( int  c )

inlineprivate

Definition at line 98 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

References mrpt::synch::CCriticalSection::enter(), and mrpt::synch::CCriticalSection::leave().

sync()

int mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::sync ( )

inlineprivate

Definition at line 119 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

References mrpt::synch::CCriticalSection::enter(), and mrpt::synch::CCriticalSection::leave().

writeString()

virtual void mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::writeString ( const std::string &  str )

inlinevirtual

Definition at line 91 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

Member Data Documentation

m_also_to_console

bool mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::m_also_to_console

protected

Definition at line 33 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

m_cs

mrpt::synch::CCriticalSection mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::m_cs

protected

Definition at line 34 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

m_of

std::ofstream mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::m_of

protected

The text output file stream.

Definition at line 30 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

sbOld

std::streambuf* mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::sbOld

protected

The "old" std::cout.

Definition at line 31 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

sbOld_cerr

std::streambuf* mrpt::utils::CConsoleRedirector::sbOld_cerr

protected

The "old" std::cout.

Definition at line 32 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.