eoFileMonitor.h

// -*- mode: c++; c-indent-level: 4; c++-member-init-indent: 8; comment-column: 35; -*-

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// eoFileMonitor.h
// (c) Marc Schoenauer, Maarten Keijzer and GeNeura Team, 2000
/*
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

    Contact: todos@geneura.ugr.es, http://geneura.ugr.es
             Marc.Schoenauer@polytechnique.fr
             mkeijzer@dhi.dk
 */
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifndef EO_eoFileMonitor_h
#define EO_eoFileMonitor_h

#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <stdexcept>

#include "utils/eoMonitor.h"
#include "eoObject.h"


class eoFileMonitor : public eoMonitor
{
public :

    eoFileMonitor(
        std::string _filename,
        std::string _delim = " ",
        bool _keep_existing = false,
        bool _header = false,
        bool _overwrite = false
        )
        : filename(_filename),
        delim(_delim),
        keep(_keep_existing),
        header(_header),
        firstcall(true),
        overwrite(_overwrite)
    {
        if (!_keep_existing) {
            std::ofstream os (filename.c_str ());

            if (!os) {
                std::string str = "Error, eoFileMonitor could not open: " + filename;
                throw std::runtime_error (str);
            }
        } // if ! keep
    }

    virtual eoMonitor& operator()(void);

    virtual eoMonitor& operator()(std::ostream& os);

    void printHeader(void);

    virtual void printHeader(std::ostream& os);

    virtual std::string getFileName() { return filename;}

private :

    std::string filename;

    std::string delim;

    bool keep;

    bool header;

    bool firstcall;

    bool overwrite;
};

#endif