code::W2FileHandler< T > Class Template Reference

List of all members.

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Detailed Description

template<class T>
class code::W2FileHandler< T >

Utility class to interact with file system.

Has function such as to read the file and fill the proper object whose structure mathes with the format of that file.

Author:

: Lulin

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Id

code_W2FileHandler.h,v 1.12 2009/06/02 20:17:40 lakshman Exp

Static Public Member Functions
static SmartPtr< T >	readRegularFile (const std::string &dir_name, const std::string &file_name)
	Reads file and creates T object.

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Member Function Documentation

template<class T>

SmartPtr< T > code::W2FileHandler< T >::readRegularFile	(	const std::string &	dir_name,
		const std::string &	file_name
	)			[static]

Reads file and creates T object.

!!!!!! ASSUMPTIONS !!!!!!!

1) All readers have initialized by baseline. If not, call following function before you use this function. Baseline::initialize(); 2) class T has following two functions implemented.

friend InputStream& code::operator >> ( InputStream& s, T& a ) throw (std::string)

friend OutputStream& code::operator << ( OutputStream& s, const T& a ) throw (std::string);

3) The format of the file matches with class T;

Parameters:

	dir_name,:	the whole path for NXindex file
	file_name,:	file name

Returns:

a pointer to object of class T.

In this function, it will first look for file with file_name, if not found, then look for file_name.gz.

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