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itpp::bifstream Class Reference
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#include <itpp/base/binfile.h>

Inheritance diagram for itpp::bifstream:

itpp::bfstream_base

List of all members.


Detailed Description

Binary Infile Class.

Definition at line 186 of file binfile.h.


Public Types

enum  endian { l_endian, b_endian }
 Definition of the endian data type. More...

Public Member Functions

 bifstream (const std::string &name, endian e=b_endian)
 Class constructor that opens a file and sets the endianity.
 bifstream ()
 Class Constructor.
 ~bifstream ()
 Class Destructor.
void open (const std::string &name, endian e=b_endian)
 Open a file for reading and set the endianity.
int length ()
 Returns the length in bytes of the file.
bifstreamoperator>> (char &a)
 Reads a signed char variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (unsigned char &a)
 Reads an unsigned char variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (int16_t &a)
 Reads a 16-bit signed integer variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (uint16_t &a)
 Reads a 16-bit unsigned integer variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (int32_t &a)
 Reads a 32-bit signed integer variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (uint32_t &a)
 Reads a 32-bit unsigned integer variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (int64_t &a)
 Reads a 64-bit signed integer variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (uint64_t &a)
 Reads a 64-bit unsigned ingeger variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (float &a)
 Reads a float variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (double &a)
 Reads a double variable from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (char *a)
 Reads a char* string from the binary output file.
bifstreamoperator>> (std::string &a)
 Reads a string variable from the binary output file.
endian get_endianity () const
 Returns the endianity of the class.
endian get_native_endianity () const
 Returns the native endianity for this computer architecture.
void set_endianity (endian e)
 Set the endianity for this class.
void set_native_endianity ()
 Set the endianity of this class to the native endianity for this computer architecture.

Protected Attributes

bool switch_endianity
 Indicates if the endianity of the processed data needs to be changed.
endian native_endianity
 The native endianity for this computer architecture.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum itpp::bfstream_base::endian [inherited]

Definition of the endian data type.

The Endianness defines the order in which multibyte numbers are stored in the file. The two orders are called "Little Endian" (l_endian ) and "Big Endian" (b_endian ).

"Little Endian" means that the low-order byte of the number is stored at the lowest address (i.e. the little end comes first). "Big Endian" means that the high-order byte of the number is stored in memory at the lowest address (i.e. the big end comes first)

Definition at line 67 of file binfile.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

itpp::bifstream::bifstream ( const std::string &  name,
endian  e = b_endian 
)

Class constructor that opens a file and sets the endianity.

Parameters:
name The name of the file to open
e Defines the endianity of the class. Possible values are l_endian for "Little Endian" or b_endian for "Big Endian". The default value is b_endian.

Definition at line 188 of file binfile.cpp.


Member Function Documentation

void itpp::bifstream::open ( const std::string &  name,
endian  e = b_endian 
)

Open a file for reading and set the endianity.

Parameters:
name The name of the file to open
e Defines the endianity of the class (default value is b_endian )

Definition at line 193 of file binfile.cpp.

References itpp::bfstream_base::native_endianity, and itpp::bfstream_base::switch_endianity.

endian itpp::bfstream_base::get_native_endianity (  )  const [inline, inherited]

Returns the native endianity for this computer architecture.

Intel processors use "Little Endian" byte ordering while e.g. Motorola processors use "Big Endian" byte ordering.

Definition at line 99 of file binfile.h.

References itpp::bfstream_base::native_endianity.

Referenced by itpp::it_file_old::write_data_header().


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