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Language support <cfloat> <climits> <compare> (C++20) <coroutine> (C++20) <csetjmp> <csignal> <cstdarg> <cstddef> <cstdint> (C++11) <cstdlib> <exception> <initializer_list> (C++11)    <limits> <new> <source_location> (C++20) <stdfloat> (C++23) <typeinfo> <version> (C++20) Concepts <concepts> (C++20) Diagnostics <cassert> <cerrno> <debugging> (C++26) <stacktrace> (C++23) <stdexcept> <system_error> (C++11) Memory management <memory> <memory_resource> (C++17) <scoped_allocator> (C++11) Metaprogramming <type_traits> (C++11) <ratio> (C++11)

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Algorithms <algorithm> <numeric> Strings <cctype> <cstring> <cuchar> (C++11) <cwchar> <cwctype> <string_view> (C++17) <string> Text processing <clocale> <codecvt> (C++11/17/26*) <locale> <regex> (C++11) <text_encoding> (C++26)    Numerics <cfenv> (C++11) <cmath> <complex> <linalg> (C++26) <numbers> (C++20) <random> (C++11) <valarray> Time <chrono> (C++11) <ctime> C compatibility <ccomplex> (C++11/17/20*) <ciso646> (until C++20) <cstdalign> (C++11/17/20*) <cstdbool> (C++11/17/20*) <ctgmath> (C++11/17/20*)

Input/output <cinttypes> (C++11) <cstdio> <filesystem> (C++17) <fstream> <iomanip> <iosfwd> <iostream> <ios> <istream> <ostream> <print> (C++23) <spanstream> (C++23) <sstream> <streambuf> <strstream> (C++98/26*) <syncstream> (C++20) Concurrency support <atomic> (C++11) <barrier> (C++20) <condition_variable> (C++11) <future> (C++11) <hazard_pointer> (C++26) <latch> (C++20) <mutex> (C++11) <rcu> (C++26) <semaphore> (C++20) <shared_mutex> (C++14) <stdatomic.h> (C++23) <stop_token> (C++20) <thread> (C++11) Execution support <execution> (C++17)

 

This header contains forward declarations for the Input/output library.

Forward declarations
Defined in header <string>
std::char_traits	Class Template which describes properties of a character type (class template)
std::char_traits<char>	(class template specialization)
std::char_traits<wchar_t>	(class template specialization)
std::char_traits<char8_t> (C++20)	(class template specialization)
std::char_traits<char16_t> (C++11)	(class template specialization)
std::char_traits<char32_t> (C++11)	(class template specialization)
Defined in header <memory>
allocator	the default allocator (class template)
Defined in header <ios>
basic_ios	manages an arbitrary stream buffer (class template)
fpos	represents absolute position in a stream or a file (class template)
Defined in header <streambuf>
basic_streambuf	abstracts a raw device (class template)
Defined in header <ostream>
basic_ostream	wraps a given abstract device (std::basic_streambuf) and provides high-level output interface (class template)
Defined in header <istream>
basic_istream	wraps a given abstract device (std::basic_streambuf) and provides high-level input interface (class template)
basic_iostream	wraps a given abstract device (std::basic_streambuf) and provides high-level input/output interface (class template)
Defined in header <fstream>
basic_filebuf	implements raw file device (class template)
basic_ifstream	implements high-level file stream input operations (class template)
basic_ofstream	implements high-level file stream output operations (class template)
basic_fstream	implements high-level file stream input/output operations (class template)
Defined in header <sstream>
basic_stringbuf	implements raw string device (class template)
basic_istringstream	implements high-level string stream input operations (class template)
basic_ostringstream	implements high-level string stream output operations (class template)
basic_stringstream	implements high-level string stream input/output operations (class template)
Defined in header <syncstream>
basic_syncbuf (C++20)	synchronized output device wrapper (class template)
basic_osyncstream (C++20)	synchronized output stream wrapper (class template)
Defined in header <spanstream>
basic_spanbuf (C++23)	implements raw fixed character buffer device (class template)
basic_ispanstream (C++23)	implements fixed character buffer input operations (class template)
basic_ospanstream (C++23)	implements fixed character buffer output operations (class template)
basic_spanstream (C++23)	implements fixed character buffer input/output operations (class template)
Defined in header <strstream>
strstreambuf (deprecated in C++98)(removed in C++26)	implements raw character array device (class)
istrstream (deprecated in C++98)(removed in C++26)	implements character array input operations (class)
ostrstream (deprecated in C++98)(removed in C++26)	implements character array output operations (class)
strstream (deprecated in C++98)(removed in C++26)	implements character array input/output operations (class)
Typedefs and specializations
std::streampos	std::fpos<std::char_traits<char>::state_type>
std::wstreampos	std::fpos<std::char_traits<wchar_t>::state_type>
std::u8streampos	std::fpos<std::char_traits<char8_t>::state_type>
std::u16streampos	std::fpos<std::char_traits<char16_t>::state_type>
std::u32streampos	std::fpos<std::char_traits<char32_t>::state_type>
In addition, for each class template std::basic_T declared in this header, std::T and std::wT are declared as a synonym of std::basic_T<char> and std::basic_T<wchar_t> respectively.

Synopsis

namespace std {
  template<class CharT> struct char_traits;
  template<> struct char_traits<char>;
  template<> struct char_traits<char8_t>;
  template<> struct char_traits<char16_t>;
  template<> struct char_traits<char32_t>;
  template<> struct char_traits<wchar_t>;
 
  template<class T> class allocator;
 
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_ios;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_streambuf;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_istream;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_ostream;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_iostream;
 
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>,
           class Allocator = allocator<CharT>>
    class basic_stringbuf;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>,
           class Allocator = allocator<CharT>>
    class basic_istringstream;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>,
           class Allocator = allocator<CharT>>
    class basic_ostringstream;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>,
           class Allocator = allocator<CharT>>
    class basic_stringstream;
 
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_filebuf;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_ifstream;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_ofstream;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_fstream;
 
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>,
           class Allocator = allocator<CharT>>
    class basic_syncbuf;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>,
           class Allocator = allocator<CharT>>
    class basic_osyncstream;
 
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_spanbuf;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_ispanstream;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_ospanstream;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class basic_spanstream;
 
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class istreambuf_iterator;
  template<class CharT, class Traits = char_traits<CharT>>
    class ostreambuf_iterator;
 
  using ios  = basic_ios<char>;
  using wios = basic_ios<wchar_t>;
 
  using streambuf = basic_streambuf<char>;
  using istream   = basic_istream<char>;
  using ostream   = basic_ostream<char>;
  using iostream  = basic_iostream<char>;
 
  using stringbuf     = basic_stringbuf<char>;
  using istringstream = basic_istringstream<char>;
  using ostringstream = basic_ostringstream<char>;
  using stringstream  = basic_stringstream<char>;
 
  using filebuf  = basic_filebuf<char>;
  using ifstream = basic_ifstream<char>;
  using ofstream = basic_ofstream<char>;
  using fstream  = basic_fstream<char>;
 
  using syncbuf     = basic_syncbuf<char>;
  using osyncstream = basic_osyncstream<char>;
 
  using spanbuf     = basic_spanbuf<char>;
  using ispanstream = basic_ispanstream<char>;
  using ospanstream = basic_ospanstream<char>;
  using spanstream  = basic_spanstream<char>;
 
  using wstreambuf = basic_streambuf<wchar_t>;
  using wistream   = basic_istream<wchar_t>;
  using wostream   = basic_ostream<wchar_t>;
  using wiostream  = basic_iostream<wchar_t>;
 
  using wstringbuf     = basic_stringbuf<wchar_t>;
  using wistringstream = basic_istringstream<wchar_t>;
  using wostringstream = basic_ostringstream<wchar_t>;
  using wstringstream  = basic_stringstream<wchar_t>;
 
  using wfilebuf  = basic_filebuf<wchar_t>;
  using wifstream = basic_ifstream<wchar_t>;
  using wofstream = basic_ofstream<wchar_t>;
  using wfstream  = basic_fstream<wchar_t>;
 
  using wsyncbuf     = basic_syncbuf<wchar_t>;
  using wosyncstream = basic_osyncstream<wchar_t>;
 
  using wspanbuf     = basic_spanbuf<wchar_t>;
  using wispanstream = basic_ispanstream<wchar_t>;
  using wospanstream = basic_ospanstream<wchar_t>;
  using wspanstream  = basic_spanstream<wchar_t>;
 
  template<class State> class fpos;
  using streampos = fpos<char_traits<char>::state_type>;
  using wstreampos = fpos<char_traits<wchar_t>::state_type>;
  using u8streampos = fpos<char_traits<char8_t>::state_type>;
  using u16streampos = fpos<char_traits<char16_t>::state_type>;
  using u32streampos = fpos<char_traits<char32_t>::state_type>;
}
 
// deprecated
namespace std {
  class strstreambuf;
  class istrstream;
  class ostrstream;
  class strstream;
}