TableMarshaller.hpp

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

                        TableMarshaller.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_TABLESERIALIZER
#define PI_PROPERTIES_TABLESERIALIZER

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

namespace RTT
{

    template<typename o_stream>
    class TableMarshaller
        : public marsh::MarshallInterface, public marsh::StreamProcessor<o_stream>
    {
        std::string msep;
        public:
        typedef o_stream output_stream;
        typedef o_stream OutputStream;

        TableMarshaller(output_stream &os, std::string sep=" ") :
            marsh::StreamProcessor<o_stream>(os), msep(sep)
        {}

            virtual ~TableMarshaller() {}

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

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

            virtual void flush()
            {
                // TODO : buffer for formatting and flush here.
                *this->s << msep <<std::endl;
            }
    };
}
#endif