core/vsl/vsl_stream.h

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// This is core/vsl/vsl_stream.h
#ifndef vsl_stream_h_
#define vsl_stream_h_
//:
// \file
// \brief Allows you to use the stream output operator instead of vsl_print_summary.
// \author Ian Scott
// So instead of
// \code
// os << "Blah: ";
// vsl_print_summary(os, blah);
// \endcode
// you can use
// \code os << "Blah: " << vsl_stream_summary(blah); \endcode
#include <vcl_ostream.h>




//: Convert a vsl_print_summary function call to a streamable object.
template <class T>
struct vsl_stream_summary_t
{
  const T& x;
  vsl_stream_summary_t(const T& x): x(x) {}
};

template <class S>
inline vsl_stream_summary_t<S> vsl_stream_summary(const S& x)
{
  return vsl_stream_summary_t<S>(x);
}


//: Insert conversion object into stream
template <class T>
inline vcl_ostream& operator <<(vcl_ostream &os, const vsl_stream_summary_t<T>& sss)
{
  vsl_print_summary(os, sss.x);
  return os;
}


#endif // vsl_stream_h_

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