CMake/Source/cmGeneratedFileStream.h

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#ifndef cmGeneratedFileStream_h
#define cmGeneratedFileStream_h

#include "cmStandardIncludes.h"

/** \class cmGeneratedFileStream
 * \brief Output stream for generated files that does copy-if-different.
 *
 * Many files generated by CMake don't change each time they are generated.
 * This class can be used in place of std::ofstream to open a file and
 * write output to it.  The class will automatically write output to a
 * temporary file and copy it over an existing file only if the generated
 * file has changed.
 */
class cmGeneratedFileStream
{
public:
  /**
   * The constructor takes the name of the file to be generated.  It
   * automatically generates a name for the temporary file.
   */
  cmGeneratedFileStream(const char* name):
    m_Name(name),
    m_TempName(m_Name+".tmp"),
    m_Stream(m_TempName.c_str()),
    m_Copied(false)
    {}
  
  /**
   * The destructor ensures that the file has been closed and copied if
   * it has changed.
   */
  ~cmGeneratedFileStream() { this->DoCopy(); }
  
  /**
   * Get the real output stream.
   */
  std::ostream& GetStream() { return m_Stream; }
  
  /**
   * Allow a test for whether the file is open.
   */
  operator bool() { return m_Stream.is_open(); }
  
  /**
   * Close the file stream.  This will cause the copy-if-different to the
   * real file name to occur.
   */
  void close() { this->DoCopy(); }
  
private:
  /**
   * The name of the real file where output will be copied if it has changed.
   */
  std::string m_Name;
  
  /**
   * The name of the temporary file.
   */
  std::string m_TempName;
  
  /**
   * The real output stream used to write to the file.
   */
  std::ofstream m_Stream;
  
  /**
   * Whether the temporary file has already been copied to the real file.
   */
  bool m_Copied;

  /**
   * Closes the temporary file and does the copy-if-different to the real file.
   */
  void DoCopy()
    {
    if(!m_Copied)
      {
      m_Stream.close();
      cmSystemTools::CopyFileIfDifferent(m_TempName.c_str(), m_Name.c_str());
      cmSystemTools::RemoveFile(m_TempName.c_str());
      m_Copied = true;
      }
    }
};


/**
 * Allow a cmGeneratedFileStream to be used just as a real std::ostream
 * would be.
 */
template <class T>
std::ostream& operator << (cmGeneratedFileStream& l, const T& r)
{
  std::ostream& os = l.GetStream();
  os << r;
  return os;
}



#endif