Output.h

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Copyright (c) 2017 FMI Open Development / Markus Peura, first.last@fmi.fi
 
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/*
Part of Rack development has been done in the BALTRAD projects part-financed
by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument, Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013)
*/
/*
 * Time.h
 *
 *  Created on: Aug 31, 2010
 *      Author: mpeura
 */
 
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
 
#ifndef DRAIN_OUTPUT
#define DRAIN_OUTPUT
 
#include <drain/util/FilePath.h>
 
namespace drain {
 
 
class Output {
 
public:
 
    inline
    Output(){};
 
    inline
    Output(const Output & output){}; // Should this copy something?
 
    inline
    Output(const std::string & filename){
        open(filename);
    };
 
    inline
    Output(const char *filename){
        open(filename);
    };
 
    inline
    Output(const drain::FilePath & filePath){
        open(filePath.str());
    };
 
    // Output(std::ostream & ostr);
 
    ~Output();
 
    // Opens with std::open. Can be overridden with open(<filename>);
    void open(const std::string & filename);
 
    operator std::ostream & ();
 
    inline
    operator std::ofstream & (){
        return ofstr;
    }
 
    inline
    operator bool (){
        return static_cast<bool>(ofstr);
    };
 
    inline // std::ofstream &
    std::ostream & getStream(){
        if (ofstr.is_open()){
            return ofstr;
        }
        else {
            return std::cout;
        }
        // return ofstr;
    }
 
 
protected:
 
    //std::ostream   ostr;
    std::ofstream ofstr;
 
};
 
template <class T>
inline
Output & operator<<(Output & output, const T& value){
    output.getStream() << value;
    return output;
}
 
} // drain::
 
 
#endif /* DRAIN_OUTPUT_H_ */