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28 
29 /// \file utils/format/formatter.hpp
30 /// Provides the definition of the utils::format::formatter class.
31 ///
32 /// The utils::format::formatter class is a poor man's replacement for the
33 /// Boost.Format library, as it is much simpler and has less dependencies.
34 ///
35 /// Be aware that the formatting supported by this module is NOT compatible
36 /// with printf(3) nor with Boost.Format.  The general syntax for a
37 /// placeholder in a formatting string is:
38 ///
39 ///     %[0][width][.precision]s
40 ///
41 /// In particular, note that the only valid formatting specifier is %s: the
42 /// library deduces what to print based on the type of the variable passed
43 /// in, not based on what the format string says.  Also, note that the only
44 /// valid padding character is 0.
45 
46 #if !defined(UTILS_FORMAT_FORMATTER_HPP)
47 #define UTILS_FORMAT_FORMATTER_HPP
48 
49 #include "utils/format/formatter_fwd.hpp"
50 
51 #include <sstream>
52 #include <string>
53 
54 namespace utils {
55 namespace format {
56 
57 
58 /// Mechanism to format strings similar to printf.
59 ///
60 /// A formatter always maintains the original format string but also holds a
61 /// partial expansion.  The partial expansion is immutable in the context of a
62 /// formatter instance, but calls to operator% return new formatter objects with
63 /// one less formatting placeholder.
64 ///
65 /// In general, one can format a string in the following manner:
66 ///
67 /// \code
68 /// const std::string s = (formatter("%s %s") % "foo" % 5).str();
69 /// \endcode
70 ///
71 /// which, following the explanation above, would correspond to:
72 ///
73 /// \code
74 /// const formatter f1("%s %s");
75 /// const formatter f2 = f1 % "foo";
76 /// const formatter f3 = f2 % 5;
77 /// const std::string s = f3.str();
78 /// \endcode
79 class formatter {
80     /// The original format string provided by the user.
81     std::string _format;
82 
83     /// The current "expansion" of the format string.
84     ///
85     /// This field gets updated on every call to operator%() to have one less
86     /// formatting placeholder.
87     std::string _expansion;
88 
89     /// The position of _expansion from which to scan for placeholders.
90     std::string::size_type _last_pos;
91 
92     /// The position of the first placeholder in the current expansion.
93     std::string::size_type _placeholder_pos;
94 
95     /// The first placeholder in the current expansion.
96     std::string _placeholder;
97 
98     /// Stream used to format any possible argument supplied by operator%().
99     std::ostringstream* _oss;
100 
101     formatter replace(const std::string&) const;
102 
103     void init(void);
104     formatter(const std::string&, const std::string&,
105               const std::string::size_type);
106 
107 public:
108     explicit formatter(const std::string&);
109     ~formatter(void);
110 
111     const std::string& str(void) const;
112     operator const std::string&(void) const;
113 
114     template< typename Type > formatter operator%(const Type&) const;
115     formatter operator%(const bool&) const;
116 };
117 
118 
119 }  // namespace format
120 }  // namespace utils
121 
122 
123 #endif  // !defined(UTILS_FORMAT_FORMATTER_HPP)
124