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External Class Reference
[Data classes]

Holds the file system path to an external data source. More...

#include <External.h>

Inheritance diagram for External:

List of all members.

Public Methods
virtual	~External ()
	Destructor.
const External &	operator= (std::string const &)
	Assign from a path string, converting to the internal farmat.
const External &	operator= (External const &)
	Copy method.
bool	operator== (External const &)
	Test equality.
bool	operator!= (External const &path)
	Test inequality.
bool	operator== (std::string const &)
	Test string equality.
bool	operator!= (std::string const &path)
	Test string inequality.
void	setSource (const char *path)
	Assign from a path string, converting to the internal farmat.
const std::string &	getSource () const
	Get the source path in the platform specific format.
virtual void	serialize (Archive &)
	Serialize to or from a data archive.
virtual std::string	asString () const
	Standard string representation.
virtual std::string	typeString () const
	Return a string representation of the type.
virtual void	parseXML (const char *cdata)
	Parse cdata from within the XML tags for this object.
virtual void	convertXML ()
	Convert XML data to internal format prior to serialization.
Protected Attributes
std::string	_path
std::string	_native_path

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Detailed Description

Holds the file system path to an external data source.

Paths are stored interally in a platform independent format, and automatically converted to and from the native format.

Note:

The utility of this class is rather questionable. At this point I recommend using std::string and using functions in simdata::ospath to convert to native format at runtime. (-MR)

Author:

Mark Rose <mrose@stm.lbl.gov>

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

NAMESPACE_SIMDATA External::~External (    )  [virtual]

Destructor.

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Member Function Documentation

std::string External::asString (    )  [virtual]

Standard string representation. Implements BaseType.

void BaseType::convertXML (    )  [virtual, inherited]

Convert XML data to internal format prior to serialization. This method is currently only called by the XML parser for Object classes. If another BaseType class requires this method, a call must be added to the appropriate XML handler in the parser.

const std::string & External::getSource (    )

Get the source path in the platform specific format.

bool External::operator!= (  std::string const &    path )  [inline]

Test string inequality.

bool External::operator!= (  External const &    path )  [inline]

Test inequality.

const External & External::operator= (  External const &    )

Copy method.

const External & External::operator= (  std::string const &    )

Assign from a path string, converting to the internal farmat.

bool External::operator== (  std::string const &    )

Test string equality.

bool External::operator== (  External const &    )

Test equality.

void BaseType::parseXML (  const char *    cdata )  [virtual, inherited]

Parse cdata from within the XML tags for this object. Reimplemented in SimDate, EnumLink, GeoPos, LLA, UTM, Matrix3, Quat, Real, and Vector3.

void External::serialize (  Archive &    )  [virtual]

Serialize to or from a data archive. Reimplemented from BaseType.

void External::setSource (  const char *    path )

Assign from a path string, converting to the internal farmat.

virtual std::string External::typeString (    )  const [inline, virtual]

Return a string representation of the type. Implements BaseType.

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Member Data Documentation

std::string External::_native_path [protected]

std::string External::_path [protected]

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• External.h
• External.cpp

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