CPFMarshaller.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Mon Jan 19 14:11:20 CET 2004  CPFMarshaller.hpp

                        CPFMarshaller.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Mon January 19 2004
    copyright            : (C) 2004 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter.soetens@mech.kuleuven.ac.be

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#ifndef PI_PROPERTIES_CPFSERIALIZER
#define PI_PROPERTIES_CPFSERIALIZER

#include <ostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include "../Property.hpp"
#include "../PropertyIntrospection.hpp"
#include "StreamProcessor.hpp"

namespace RTT
{

    template<class T>
    class CPFMarshaller;

    template<>
    class CPFMarshaller<std::ostream>
        : public Marshaller,
          protected PropertyIntrospection,
          public StreamProcessor<std::ostream>
    {
        std::fstream mfile;
        template<class T>
        void doWrite( const Property<T> &v, const std::string& type );

        void doWrite( const Property<std::string> &v, const std::string& type );

        std::string indent;

        std::string escape(std::string s);

        virtual void introspect(PropertyBase* pb);

        virtual void introspect(Property<bool> &v);

        virtual void introspect(Property<char> &v);

        virtual void introspect(Property<int> &v);

        virtual void introspect(Property<unsigned int> &v);

        virtual void introspect(Property<double> &v);

        virtual void introspect(Property<std::string> &v);

        virtual void introspect(Property<PropertyBag> &b);

    public:
        CPFMarshaller(std::ostream &os);

        CPFMarshaller(const std::string& filename);

        virtual void serialize(PropertyBase* v);

        virtual void serialize(const PropertyBag &v);

        virtual void flush();
    };
}
#endif