Teuchos_toString.hpp

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#ifndef TEUCHOS_TO_STRING_HPP
#define TEUCHOS_TO_STRING_HPP

#include "Teuchos_ConfigDefs.hpp"


namespace Teuchos {


template<typename T>
class ToStringTraits {
public:
  static std::string toString( const T &t )
    {
      std::ostringstream oss;
      oss << t;
      return oss.str();
    }
};


template<typename T>
inline
std::string toString(const T& t)
{
  return ToStringTraits<T>::toString(t);
}


template<>
class ToStringTraits<bool> {
public:
  static std::string toString( const bool &t )
    {
      if (t)
        return "true";
      return "false";
    }
};


template<>
class ToStringTraits<std::string> {
public:
  static std::string toString( const std::string &t )
    {
      return t;
    }
};

template<>
class ToStringTraits<double> {
public:
  static std::string toString (const double& t) {
    std::ostringstream os;
    os.setf (std::ios::scientific);
    // 17 = round(52 * log10(2)) + 1.  That's one decimal digit more
    // than the binary precision justifies, which should be plenty.
    // Guy Steele et al. have a better algorithm for floating-point
    // I/O, but using a lot of digits is the lazy approach.
    os.precision (17);
    os << t;
    return os.str();
  }
};

template<>
class ToStringTraits<float> {
public:
  static std::string toString (const float& t) {
    std::ostringstream os;
    os.setf (std::ios::scientific);
    // 8 = round(23 * log10(2)) + 1.  That's one decimal digit more
    // than the binary precision justifies, which should be plenty.
    // Guy Steele et al. have a better algorithm for floating-point
    // I/O, but using a lot of digits is the lazy approach.
    os.precision (8);
    os << t;
    return os.str();
  }
};

template<typename T1, typename T2>
class ToStringTraits<std::pair<T1, T2> > {
public:
  static std::string toString (const std::pair<T1, T2>& t) {
    std::ostringstream oss;
    oss << "(" << t.first << "," << t.second << ")";
    return oss.str();
  }
};

} // end namespace Teuchos


#endif // TEUCHOS_TO_STRING_HPP