NiceHeaderMarshaller.hpp

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

                        NiceHeaderMarshaller.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Mon January 19 2004
    copyright            : (C) 2004 Peter Soetens
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#ifndef PI_PROPERTIES_NICEHEADER_SERIALIZER
#define PI_PROPERTIES_NICEHEADER_SERIALIZER

#include <rtt/Property.hpp>
#include <rtt/marsh/StreamProcessor.hpp>
#include <rtt/marsh/MarshallInterface.hpp>

namespace RTT
{
    template<typename o_stream>
    class NiceHeaderMarshaller
    : public marsh::MarshallInterface, public marsh::StreamProcessor<o_stream>
    {
        bool did_comment;
        int nameless_counter;
        std::string prefix;
        public:
            typedef o_stream output_stream;
            typedef o_stream OutputStream;

            NiceHeaderMarshaller(output_stream &os) :
                marsh::StreamProcessor<o_stream>(os),
                did_comment(false), nameless_counter(0)
            {
            }

            virtual ~NiceHeaderMarshaller() {}

                        virtual void serialize(base::PropertyBase* v)
                        {
                Property<PropertyBag>* bag = dynamic_cast< Property<PropertyBag>* >( v );
                if ( bag )
                    this->serialize( *bag );
                else
                    store( v->getName() );
                        }


            virtual void serialize(const PropertyBag &v)
                        {
                // start with a comment sign.
                if (did_comment == false )
                    *this->s << "";
                did_comment = true;

                for (
                    PropertyBag::const_iterator i = v.getProperties().begin();
                    i != v.getProperties().end();
                    i++ )
                {
                    this->serialize(*i);
                }
                        }

            void store(const std::string& name)
            {
                if ( name.empty() )
                    ++nameless_counter;
                else
                    nameless_counter = 0;
                if ( !prefix.empty() )
                    *this->s << ' ' << prefix << '.';
                else
                    *this->s << ' ';
                if ( nameless_counter )
                    *this->s << nameless_counter;
                else
                    *this->s << name;
            }

            virtual void serialize(const Property<PropertyBag> &v)
                        {
                if ( v.rvalue().empty() )
                    store( v.getName() + "[0]" );
                else {
                    std::string oldpref = prefix;
                    if ( prefix.empty() )
                        prefix = v.getName();
                    else
                        prefix += '.' + v.getName();

                    serialize(v.rvalue());

                    prefix = oldpref;
                    nameless_counter = 0;
                }
            }

            virtual void flush()
            {
                did_comment = false;
                nameless_counter = 0;
                *this->s << std::endl;
                this->s->flush();

            }
        };
}
#endif