std::basic_spanbuf

 

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std::basic_spanbuf

Public member functions

basic_spanbuf::basic_spanbuf (C++23)

basic_spanbuf::operator= (C++23)

basic_spanbuf::swap (C++23)

basic_spanbuf::span (C++23)

Protected member functions

basic_spanbuf::setbuf (C++23)

basic_spanbuf::seekoff (C++23)

basic_spanbuf::seekpos (C++23)

Non-member functions

swap(std::basic_spanbuf) (C++23)

 

Defined in header <spanstream>
template<     class CharT,     class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT> > class basic_spanbuf : public std::basic_streambuf<CharT, Traits>		(since C++23)

std::basic_spanbuf is a std::basic_streambuf whose associated character sequence is a memory-resident sequence of arbitrary characters, which can be initialized from or made available as an instance of std::span<CharT>.

std::basic_spanbuf performs I/O on a fixed buffer, and therefore it does not attempt to obtain a new buffer when the underlying buffer is exhausted.

Typical implementations of std::basic_spanbuf add two member subobjects: a std::ios_base::openmode recording the open mode, and a std::span<CharT> referencing the underlying buffer.

Two specializations for common character types are also defined:

Defined in header <spanstream>
Type	Definition
spanbuf	basic_spanbuf<char>
wspanbuf	basic_spanbuf<wchar_t>

Member types

Member type	Definition
char_type	CharT
traits_type	Traits; the program is ill-formed if Traits::char_type is not CharT.
int_type	Traits::int_type
pos_type	Traits::pos_type
off_type	Traits::off_type

Member functions

Public member functions
(constructor)	constructs a basic_spanbuf object (public member function)
(destructor) [virtual] (C++23)	destroys the basic_spanbuf object (virtual public member function)
operator=	assigns a basic_spanbuf object (public member function)
swap	swaps two basic_spanbuf objects (public member function)
span	obtains or initializes an underlying buffer according to mode (public member function)
Protected member functions
setbuf [virtual]	attempts to replace the controlled character sequence with an array (virtual protected member function)
seekoff [virtual]	repositions the next pointer in the input sequence, output sequence, or both, using relative addressing (virtual protected member function)
seekpos [virtual]	repositions the next pointer in the input sequence, output sequence, or both using absolute addressing (virtual protected member function)

Non-member functions

std::swap(std::basic_spanbuf) (C++23)

specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)

Inherited from std::basic_streambuf

Member types

Member type	Definition
char_type	CharT
traits_type	Traits; the program is ill-formed if Traits::char_type is not CharT.
int_type	Traits::int_type
pos_type	Traits::pos_type
off_type	Traits::off_type

Member functions

(destructor) [virtual]	destructs the basic_streambuf object (virtual public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
Locales
pubimbue	invokes imbue() (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
getloc	obtains a copy of the associated locale (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
Positioning
pubsetbuf	invokes setbuf() (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
pubseekoff	invokes seekoff() (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
pubseekpos	invokes seekpos() (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
pubsync	invokes sync() (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
Get area
in_avail	obtains the number of characters immediately available in the get area (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
snextc	advances the input sequence, then reads one character without advancing again (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
sbumpcstossc (removed in C++17)	reads one character from the input sequence and advances the sequence (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
sgetc	reads one character from the input sequence without advancing the sequence (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
sgetn	invokes xsgetn() (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
Put area
sputc	writes one character to the put area and advances the next pointer (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
sputn	invokes xsputn() (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
Putback
sputbackc	puts one character back in the input sequence (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
sungetc	moves the next pointer in the input sequence back by one (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)

Protected member functions

(constructor)	constructs a basic_streambuf object (protected member function)
operator= (C++11)	replaces a basic_streambuf object (protected member function)
swap (C++11)	swaps two basic_streambuf objects (protected member function)
Locales
imbue [virtual]	changes the associated locale (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
Positioning
setbuf [virtual]	replaces the buffer with user-defined array, if permitted (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
seekoff [virtual]	repositions the next pointer in the input sequence, output sequence, or both, using relative addressing (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
seekpos [virtual]	repositions the next pointer in the input sequence, output sequence, or both using absolute addressing (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
sync [virtual]	synchronizes the buffers with the associated character sequence (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
Get area
showmanyc [virtual]	obtains the number of characters available for input in the associated input sequence, if known (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
underflow [virtual]	reads characters from the associated input sequence to the get area (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
uflow [virtual]	reads characters from the associated input sequence to the get area and advances the next pointer (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
xsgetn [virtual]	reads multiple characters from the input sequence (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
ebackgptregptr	returns a pointer to the beginning, current character and the end of the get area (protected member function)
gbump	advances the next pointer in the input sequence (protected member function)
setg	repositions the beginning, next, and end pointers of the input sequence (protected member function)
Put area
xsputn [virtual]	writes multiple characters to the output sequence (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
overflow [virtual]	writes characters to the associated output sequence from the put area (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
pbasepptrepptr	returns a pointer to the beginning, current character and the end of the put area (protected member function)
pbump	advances the next pointer of the output sequence (protected member function)
setp	repositions the beginning, next, and end pointers of the output sequence (protected member function)
Putback
pbackfail [virtual]	puts a character back into the input sequence, possibly modifying the input sequence (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)

Notes

std::basic_spanbuf does not own the underlying buffer.

It is the responsibility of programmers to ensure the underlying buffer is in its lifetime when used by a std::basic_spanbuf object. Additional synchronization may be needed if more than one thread operates the same underlying buffer through different std::basic_spanbuf objects.

Feature-test macro	Value	Std	Feature
__cpp_lib_spanstream	202106L	(C++23)	std::spanbuf, std::spanstream

See also

basic_stringbuf	implements raw string device (class template)
strstreambuf (deprecated in C++98)(removed in C++26)	implements raw character array device (class)