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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)

General utilities <any> (C++17) <bitset> <bit> (C++20) <charconv> (C++17) <expected> (C++23) <format> (C++20) <functional> <optional> (C++17) <tuple> (C++11) <typeindex> (C++11) <utility> <variant> (C++17) Containers <array> (C++11) <deque> <flat_map> (C++23) <flat_set> (C++23) <forward_list> (C++11) <inplace_vector> (C++26)    <list> <map> <mdspan> (C++23) <queue> <set> <span> (C++20) <stack> <unordered_map> (C++11) <unordered_set> (C++11) <vector> Iterators <iterator> Ranges <generator> (C++23) <ranges> (C++20)

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<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 <strstream>
strstreambuf (deprecated)	implements raw character array device (class)
istrstream (deprecated)	implements character array input operations (class)
ostrstream (deprecated)	implements character array output operations (class)
strstream (deprecated)	implements character array input/output operations (class)
Typedefs and specializations
std::ios	basic_ios<char>
std::wios	basic_ios<wchar_t>
std::streambuf	basic_streambuf<char>
std::istream	basic_istream<char>
std::ostream	basic_ostream<char>
std::iostream	basic_iostream<char>
std::stringbuf	basic_stringbuf<char>
std::istringstream	basic_istringstream<char>
std::ostringstream	basic_ostringstream<char>
std::stringstream	basic_stringstream<char>
std::filebuf	basic_filebuf<char>
std::ifstream	basic_ifstream<char>
std::ofstream	basic_ofstream<char>
std::fstream	basic_fstream<char>
std::wstreambuf	basic_streambuf<wchar_t>
std::wistream	basic_istream<wchar_t>
std::wostream	basic_ostream<wchar_t>
std::wiostream	basic_iostream<wchar_t>
std::wstringbuf	basic_stringbuf<wchar_t>
std::wistringstream	basic_istringstream<wchar_t>
std::wostringstream	basic_ostringstream<wchar_t>
std::wstringstream	basic_stringstream<wchar_t>
std::wfilebuf	basic_filebuf<wchar_t>
std::wifstream	basic_ifstream<wchar_t>
std::wofstream	basic_ofstream<wchar_t>
std::wfstream	basic_fstream<wchar_t>
std::streampos	fpos<char_traits<char>::state_type>
std::wstreampos	fpos<char_traits<wchar_t>::state_type>

Synopsis

namespace std {
 
    template<class charT> class char_traits;
    template<> class char_traits<char>;
    template<> class char_traits<char16_t>;
    template<> class char_traits<char32_t>;
    template<> class 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 istreambuf_iterator;
    template <class charT, class traits = char_traits<charT> >
        class ostreambuf_iterator;
 
 
    typedef basic_ios<char>     ios;    
    typedef basic_ios<wchar_t>  wios;   
 
    typedef basic_streambuf<char>   streambuf;
    typedef basic_istream<char>     istream;
    typedef basic_ostream<char>     ostream;
    typedef basic_iostream<char>    iostream;
 
    typedef basic_stringbuf<char>       stringbuf;
    typedef basic_istringstream<char>   istringstream;
    typedef basic_ostringstream<char>   ostringstream;
    typedef basic_stringstream<char>    stringstream;
 
    typedef basic_filebuf<char>     filebuf;
    typedef basic_ifstream<char>    ifstream;
    typedef basic_ofstream<char>    ofstream;
    typedef basic_fstream<char>     fstream;
 
    typedef basic_streambuf<wchar_t>    wstreambuf;
    typedef basic_istream<wchar_t>      wistream;
    typedef basic_ostream<wchar_t>      wostream;
    typedef basic_iostream<wchar_t>     wiostream;
 
    typedef basic_stringbuf<wchar_t>        wstringbuf;
    typedef basic_istringstream<wchar_t>    wistringstream;
    typedef basic_ostringstream<wchar_t>    wostringstream;
    typedef basic_stringstream<wchar_t>     wstringstream;
 
    typedef basic_filebuf<wchar_t>  wfilebuf;        
    typedef basic_ifstream<wchar_t> wifstream;      
    typedef basic_ofstream<wchar_t> wofstream;      
    typedef basic_fstream<wchar_t>  wfstream;   
 
    template <class state> class fpos;      
    typedef fpos<char_traits<char>::state_type> streampos;  
    typedef fpos<char_traits<wchar_t>::state_type> wstreampos;  
 
}