Standard library header <strstream> (deprecated in C++98)

 

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<cstddef> <cstdlib> <version> (C++20) <limits> <climits>	<cfloat> <cstdint> (C++11) <stdfloat> (C++23) <new> <typeinfo>	<source_location> (C++20) <exception> <initializer_list> (C++11) <compare> (C++20)	<coroutine> (C++20) <csignal> <csetjmp> <cstdarg>
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<concepts> (C++20)
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<stdexcept> <stacktrace> (C++23)	<cassert>	<cerrno>	<system_error> (C++11)
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<memory>	<memory_resource> (C++17)	<scoped_allocator> (C++11)
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<type_traits> (C++11)	<ratio> (C++11)
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<utility> <tuple> (C++11) <optional> (C++17) <variant> (C++17)	<any> (C++17) <expected> (C++23) <bitset>	<functional> <typeindex> (C++11) <execution> (C++17)	<charconv> (C++17) <format> (C++20) <bit> (C++20)
Strings
<string_view> (C++17) <string>	<cctype> <cwctype>	<cstring> <cwchar>	<cuchar> (C++11)
Containers
<array> (C++11) <deque> <forward_list> (C++11) <list>	<vector> <map> <set> <unordered_map> (C++11)	<unordered_set> (C++11) <queue> <stack> <flat_map> (C++23)	<flat_set> (C++23) <span> (C++20) <mdspan> (C++23)
Iterators
<iterator>
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<ranges> (C++20)	<generator> (C++23)
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<algorithm>	<numeric>
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<cfenv> (C++11) <complex>	<random> (C++11) <valarray>	<cmath>	<numbers> (C++20)
Time
<chrono> (C++11)	<ctime>
Localization
<locale>	<clocale>	<codecvt> (C++11/17*)
Input/output
<iosfwd> <iostream> <ios> <streambuf>	<istream> <ostream> <iomanip> <print> (C++23)	<sstream> <spanstream> (C++23) <fstream> <syncstream> (C++20)	<filesystem> (C++17) <cstdio> <cinttypes> (C++11) <strstream> (C++98*)
Regular expressions
<regex> (C++11)
Concurrency support
<stop_token> (C++20) <thread> (C++11) <atomic> (C++11)	<stdatomic.h> (C++23) <mutex> (C++11) <shared_mutex> (C++14)	<condition_variable> (C++11)   <semaphore> (C++20) <latch> (C++20)	<barrier> (C++20) <future> (C++11)
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<cstdbool> (C++11/17/20*)   <ccomplex> (C++11/17/20*)	<ctgmath> (C++11/17/20*)	<cstdalign> (C++11/17/20*)	<ciso646> (until C++20)

 

This header is part of the Input/Output library.

Classes
strstreambuf (deprecated in C++98)	implements raw character array device (class)
istrstream (deprecated in C++98)	implements character array input operations (class)
ostrstream (deprecated in C++98)	implements character array output operations (class)
strstream (deprecated in C++98)	implements character array input/output operations (class)

Synopsis

namespace std {
  class strstreambuf;
  class istrstream;
  class ostrstream;
  class strstream;
}

Class std::strstreambuf

namespace std {
  class strstreambuf : public basic_streambuf<char> {
  public:
    strstreambuf() : strstreambuf(0) {}
    explicit strstreambuf(streamsize alsize_arg);
    strstreambuf(void* (*palloc_arg)(size_t), void (*pfree_arg)(void*));
    strstreambuf(char* gnext_arg, streamsize n, char* pbeg_arg = nullptr);
    strstreambuf(const char* gnext_arg, streamsize n);
 
    strstreambuf(signed char* gnext_arg, streamsize n,
                 signed char* pbeg_arg = nullptr);
    strstreambuf(const signed char* gnext_arg, streamsize n);
    strstreambuf(unsigned char* gnext_arg, streamsize n,
                 unsigned char* pbeg_arg = nullptr);
    strstreambuf(const unsigned char* gnext_arg, streamsize n);
 
    virtual ~strstreambuf();
 
    void  freeze(bool freezefl = true);
    char* str();
    int   pcount();
 
  protected:
    int_type overflow (int_type c = EOF) override;
    int_type pbackfail(int_type c = EOF) override;
    int_type underflow() override;
    pos_type seekoff(off_type off, ios_base::seekdir way,
                     ios_base::openmode which = ios_base::in | ios_base::out) override;
    pos_type seekpos(pos_type sp,
                     ios_base::openmode which = ios_base::in | ios_base::out) override;
    streambuf* setbuf(char* s, streamsize n) override;
 
  private:
    using strstate = /*bitmask type*/;  // exposition only
    static const strstate allocated;    // exposition only
    static const strstate constant;     // exposition only
    static const strstate dynamic;      // exposition only
    static const strstate frozen;       // exposition only
    strstate strmode;                   // exposition only
    streamsize alsize;                  // exposition only
    void* (*palloc)(size_t);            // exposition only
    void (*pfree)(void*);               // exposition only
  };
}

Class std::istrstream

namespace std {
  class istrstream : public basic_istream<char> {
  public:
    explicit istrstream(const char* s);
    explicit istrstream(char* s);
    istrstream(const char* s, streamsize n);
    istrstream(char* s, streamsize n);
    virtual ~istrstream();
 
    strstreambuf* rdbuf() const;
    char* str();
  private:
    strstreambuf sb;            // exposition only
  };
}

Class std::ostrstream

namespace std {
  class ostrstream : public basic_ostream<char> {
  public:
    ostrstream();
    ostrstream(char* s, int n, ios_base::openmode mode = ios_base::out);
    virtual ~ostrstream();
 
    strstreambuf* rdbuf() const;
    void freeze(bool freezefl = true);
    char* str();
    int pcount() const;
  private:
    strstreambuf sb;            // exposition only
  };
}

Class std::strstream

namespace std {
  class strstream
    : public basic_iostream<char> {
  public:
    // types
    using char_type = char;
    using int_type  = char_traits<char>::int_type;
    using pos_type  = char_traits<char>::pos_type;
    using off_type  = char_traits<char>::off_type;
 
    // constructors/destructor
    strstream();
    strstream(char* s, int n,
              ios_base::openmode mode = ios_base::in | ios_base::out);
    virtual ~strstream();
 
    // members
    strstreambuf* rdbuf() const;
    void freeze(bool freezefl = true);
    int pcount() const;
    char* str();
 
  private:
    strstreambuf sb;            // exposition only
  };
}