mrpt::system::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 24 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

#include <mrpt/system/CConsoleRedirector.h>

Inheritance diagram for mrpt::system::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
std::mutex	m_cs

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

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CConsoleRedirector()

mrpt::system::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 48 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

References m_of, sbOld, sbOld_cerr, and THROW_EXCEPTION_FMT.

~CConsoleRedirector()

virtual mrpt::system::CConsoleRedirector::~CConsoleRedirector ( )

inlinevirtual

Definition at line 84 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

References sbOld, sbOld_cerr, and sync().

Member Function Documentation

flush()

void mrpt::system::CConsoleRedirector::flush ( )

inline

Definition at line 93 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

References sync().

overflow()

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

inlineoverrideprivate

Definition at line 101 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

References m_cs, sync(), and writeString().

sync()

int mrpt::system::CConsoleRedirector::sync ( )

inlineoverrideprivate

Definition at line 122 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

References m_cs, and writeString().

Referenced by flush(), overflow(), and ~CConsoleRedirector().

writeString()

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

inlinevirtual

Definition at line 94 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

References m_also_to_console, m_of, and sbOld.

Referenced by overflow(), and sync().

Member Data Documentation

m_also_to_console

bool mrpt::system::CConsoleRedirector::m_also_to_console

protected

Definition at line 33 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

Referenced by writeString().

m_cs

std::mutex mrpt::system::CConsoleRedirector::m_cs

protected

Definition at line 34 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

Referenced by overflow(), and sync().

m_of

std::ofstream mrpt::system::CConsoleRedirector::m_of

protected

The text output file stream.

Definition at line 28 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

Referenced by CConsoleRedirector(), and writeString().

sbOld

std::streambuf* mrpt::system::CConsoleRedirector::sbOld

protected

The "old" std::cout.

Definition at line 30 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

Referenced by CConsoleRedirector(), writeString(), and ~CConsoleRedirector().

sbOld_cerr

std::streambuf* mrpt::system::CConsoleRedirector::sbOld_cerr

protected

The "old" std::cout.

Definition at line 32 of file CConsoleRedirector.h.

Referenced by CConsoleRedirector(), and ~CConsoleRedirector().