gtsam/gtsam/base/utilities.h

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#pragma once
namespace gtsam {
/**
* For Python __str__().
* Redirect std cout to a string stream so we can return a string representation
* of an object when it prints to cout.
* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5419356/redirect-stdout-stderr-to-a-string
*/
struct RedirectCout {
/// constructor -- redirect stdout buffer to a stringstream buffer
RedirectCout() : ssBuffer_(), coutBuffer_(std::cout.rdbuf(ssBuffer_.rdbuf())) {}
/// return the string
std::string str() const {
return ssBuffer_.str();
}
/// destructor -- redirect stdout buffer to its original buffer
~RedirectCout() {
std::cout.rdbuf(coutBuffer_);
}
private:
std::stringstream ssBuffer_;
std::streambuf* coutBuffer_;
};
}