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| <H2>25.5 Modifying a Standard Facet's Behavior</H2> |
| <A NAME="idx577"><!></A> |
| <P>At times you may need to replace a facet object in a locale by another kind of facet object. In the following example, let us derive from one of the standard facet classes, <B><I><A HREF="../stdlibref/numpunct.html">numpunct</A></I></B>, and create a locale object in which the standard <SAMP>std::numpunct</SAMP> facet object is replaced by an instance of our new, derived facet class. </P> |
| <P>Here is the problem we want to solve. When you print Boolean values, you can choose between the numeric representation of the values <SAMP>"true"</SAMP> and <SAMP>"false"</SAMP>, or their alphanumeric representation. </P> |
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| <UL><PRE> |
| int main(int argc, char** argv) |
| { |
| bool any_arguments = (argc > 1); //1 |
| std::cout.setf(ios_base::boolalpha); //2 |
| std::cout << any_arguments << '\n'; //3 |
| // ... |
| } |
| </PRE></UL> |
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| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//1</SAMP></TD><TD>A variable of type <SAMP>bool</SAMP> is defined. Its initial value is the boolean value of the logical expression <SAMP>(argc > 1)</SAMP>, so the variable <SAMP>any_arguments</SAMP> contains the information, whether the program was called with or without arguments. |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//2</SAMP></TD><TD>The format flag <SAMP>std::ios_base::boolalpha</SAMP> is set in the predefined output stream <SAMP>cout</SAMP>. The effect is that the string representation of boolean values is printed, instead of their numerical representation <SAMP>0</SAMP> or <SAMP>1</SAMP>, which is the default representation. |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//3</SAMP></TD><TD>Here either the string <SAMP>"true"</SAMP> or the string <SAMP>"false"</SAMP> are printed. |
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| <P>Of course, the string representation depends on the language. Hence, the alphanumeric representation of boolean values is provided by a locale. It is the <SAMP>std::numpunct</SAMP> facet of a locale that describes the cultural conventions for numerical formatting. It contains services that return the string representations of the boolean values <SAMP>true</SAMP> and <SAMP>false</SAMP>.</P> |
| <A NAME="idx578"><!></A> |
| <P>This is the interface of facet <B><I><A HREF="../stdlibref/numpunct.html">numpunct</A></I></B>:</P> |
| |
| <UL><PRE> |
| namespace std{ |
| template <class charT> |
| class numpunct : public locale::facet { |
| public: |
| typedef charT char_type; |
| typedef basic_string<charT> string_type; |
| explicit numpunct(size_t refs = 0); |
| char_type decimal_point() const; |
| char_type thousands_sep() const; |
| string grouping() const; |
| string_type <I>truename</I>() const; |
| string_type <I>falsename</I>() const; |
| static locale::id id; |
| // ... |
| }; |
| } |
| </PRE></UL> |
| <A NAME="idx579"><!></A> |
| <P>Now let us replace this facet. To make it more exciting, let's use not only a different language, but also different words for <SAMP>true</SAMP> and <SAMP>false</SAMP>, such as <SAMP>Yes!</SAMP> and <SAMP>No!</SAMP>. For just using another language, we would not need a new facet; we would simply use the right native locale, and it would contain the right facet.</P> |
| |
| <UL><PRE> |
| template <class charT> //1 |
| class change_bool_names |
| : public std::numpunct_byname<charT> //2 |
| { |
| public: |
| typedef std::basic_string<charT> string_type; |
| explicit change_bool_names (const char* name, //3 |
| const charT* t, |
| const charT* f, size_t refs=0) |
| : std::numpunct_byname<charT> (name,refs), |
| true_string(t), false_string(f) { } |
| protected: |
| virtual string_type do_truename() const { //4 |
| return true_string; |
| } |
| virtual string_type do_falsename() const { |
| return false_string; |
| } |
| private: |
| string_type true_string, false_string; |
| }; |
| </PRE></UL> |
| <TABLE CELLPADDING="3"> |
| |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//1</SAMP></TD><TD>The new facet is a class template that takes the character type as a template parameter. |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//2</SAMP></TD><TD>The new facet is derived from the <SAMP>std::numpunct_byname<charT></SAMP> facet. |
| <BR><BR>The byname facets read the respective locale information from the external representation of a C locale. The name provided to construct a byname<I> </I>facet is the name of a locale, as you would use it in a call to <SAMP>setlocale()</SAMP>. |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//3</SAMP></TD><TD>A constructor is provided that takes a locale name and the new values we want to display for the alpha versions of <SAMP>true</SAMP> and <SAMP>false</SAMP>. The fourth parameter, <SAMP>refs</SAMP>, controls the facet's lifetime, as described in an earlier section. |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//4</SAMP></TD><TD>The virtual member functions <SAMP>do_truename()</SAMP> and <SAMP>do_falsename()</SAMP> are reimplemented. They are called by the public member functions <SAMP>truename()</SAMP> and <SAMP>falsename()</SAMP>. See the <A HREF="../stdlibref/noframes.html"><I>C++ Standard Library Module Reference Guide</I></A> for further details. |
| </TABLE> |
| <P>Now let's create a German locale in which the <SAMP>std::numpunct<char></SAMP> facet has been replaced by an object of our new derived facet type, as shown in <A HREF="25-5.html#Figure 11">Figure 11</A>:</P> |
| <A NAME="idx580"><!></A> |
| <H4><A NAME="Figure 11">Figure 11: Replacing the std::numpunct<char> facet object</A></H4> |
| |
| <P><IMG SRC="images/locfig12.gif" WIDTH=476 HEIGHT=311></P> |
| <A NAME="idx581"><!></A> |
| <P>The code looks like this:</P> |
| |
| <UL><PRE> |
| void main(int argc, char** argv) |
| { |
| std::locale loc(std::locale("de_DE"), //1 |
| new change_bool_names<char>("de_DE","Ja.","Nein.")); //2 |
| std::cout.imbue(loc); //3 |
| std::cout << "Argumente vorhanden? " //Any arguments? |
| << std::boolalpha << (argc > 1) << std::endl; //4 |
| } |
| </PRE></UL> |
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| |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//1</SAMP></TD><TD>A locale object is constructed with an instance of the new facet class. The locale object has all facet objects from a German locale object, except that the new facet object <SAMP>change_bool_names</SAMP> substitutes for the <SAMP>std::numpunct</SAMP> facet object<SAMP>.</SAMP> |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//2</SAMP></TD><TD>The new facet object takes all information from a German <SAMP>numpunct</SAMP> facet object, and replaces the default native names for <SAMP>true</SAMP> and <SAMP>false</SAMP> with the provided strings <SAMP>"Ja."</SAMP> ("Yes.") and <SAMP>"Nein."</SAMP> ("No."). |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//3</SAMP></TD><TD>The standard output stream <SAMP>std::cout</SAMP> is imbued with the newly created locale. |
| <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><SAMP>//4</SAMP></TD><TD>The expression <SAMP>(argc > 1)</SAMP> yields a boolean value, which indicates whether the program was called with arguments. This boolean value's alphanumeric representation is printed to the standard output stream. The output might be: |
| <BR><BR><SAMP>Argument vorhanden? Ja.</SAMP> |
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