readable.hh

// Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004  EPITA Research and Development Laboratory
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#ifndef OLENA_IO_READABLE_HH
# define OLENA_IO_READABLE_HH

# include <oln/config/system.hh>

# include <string>
# include <cstdlib>

namespace oln {

  namespace io {

    namespace internal {

      template<typename T>
      bool
      read_any(T& output, const std::string& name);  //forward declaration

      class anything
      {
      public:
        anything() : str_() {}

        anything(const anything& rhs) : str_(rhs.str_) {}

        anything(const std::string& str) : str_(str) {}

        anything(const char* c) : str_(c) {}

        template< typename T >
        T&
        assign(T& output) const
        {
          read_any(output, str_);
          return output;
        }

      private:
        std::string str_; 
      };

    } // end of namespace internal

  } // end of namespace io

} // end of namespace oln

#endif // ! OLENA_IO_READABLE_HH

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