<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Pipable</TITLE> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="../../../../boost.css"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="../theme/iostreams.css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Begin Banner --> <H1 CLASS="title">Pipable</H1> <HR CLASS="banner"> <!-- End Banner --> <H2>Description</H2> <P> A Pipable Filter can appear as a component of a <A HREF="../guide/pipelines.html">pipline</A>. </P> <P> Certian overloads of <CODE>operator|</CODE> must be defined to make a Filter Pipable; this is achieved by invoking the macro <A HREF="../guide/pipelines.html#boost_iostreams_pipable"><CODE>BOOST_IOSTREAMS_PIPABLE</CODE></A>. </P> <H2>Refinement of</H2> <A HREF="filter.html">Filter</A>. <A NAME="types"></A> <H2>Associated Types</H2> Same as <A HREF="filter.html">Filter</A>. <H2>Notation</H2> <TABLE CELLPADDING="2"> <TR><TD><CODE>P</CODE></TD><TD>-</TD><TD>A type which is a model of Pipable</TD></TR> <TR><TD><CODE>C</CODE></TD><TD>-</TD><TD>A type which is a model of <A HREF="filter.html">Filter</A> or <A HREF="device.html">Device</A> and which is <A HREF="../../../../doc/html/CopyConstructible.html" TARGET="_top">CopyConstructible</A><A CLASS='footnote_ref' NAME='note_1_ref' HREF="#note_1"><SUP>[1]</A></SUP></TD></TR> <TR><TD><CODE>p</CODE></TD><TD>-</TD><TD>Object of type <CODE>P</CODE></TD></TR> <TR><TD><CODE>c</CODE></TD><TD>-</TD><TD>Object of type <CODE>C</CODE></TD></TR> </TABLE> <H2>Valid Expressions / Semantics</H2> <TABLE CELLPADDING="5" BORDER="1"> <TR><TH>Expression</TH><TH>Expression Type</TH><TH>Semantics</TH></TR> <TR> <TD> <PRE CLASS="plain_code"><CODE>f | c</CODE></PRE> </TD> <TD><I>implementation-defined</I></TD> <TD> Returns a pipeline corresponding to the sequence <CODE>f</CODE>, <CODE>c</CODE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <H2>Exceptions</H2> <P> None. </P> <H2>Models</H2> <UL> <LI>All the Filters provided by the Iostreams library. </UL> <!-- Begin Footnotes --> <HR> <P> <A CLASS="footnote_ref" NAME="note_1" HREF="#note_1_ref"><SUP>[1]</SUP></A>This requirement prevents streams and stream buffers from appearing in pipelines without the use of <A HREF="../../../../doc/html/ref.html">reference wrappers</A>. This restriction may be removed in a future version of the Iostreams library. </P> <!-- End Footnotes --> <!-- Begin Footer --> <HR> <P CLASS="copyright">Revised 02 Feb 2008</P> <P CLASS="copyright">© Copyright 2008 <a href="http://www.coderage.com/" target="_top">CodeRage, LLC</a><br/>© Copyright 2004-2007 <a href="http://www.coderage.com/turkanis/" target="_top">Jonathan Turkanis</a></P> <P CLASS="copyright"> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <A HREF="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</A>) </P> <!-- End Footer --> </BODY>