<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Views</TITLE> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="../../../../boost.css"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="../theme/iostreams.css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Begin Banner --> <H1 CLASS="title">User's Guide</H1> <HR CLASS="banner"> <!-- End Banner --> <!-- Begin Nav --> <DIV CLASS='nav'> <A HREF='pipelines.html'><IMG BORDER=0 WIDTH=19 HEIGHT=19 SRC='../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png'></A> <A HREF='guide.html'><IMG BORDER=0 WIDTH=19 HEIGHT=19 SRC='../../../../doc/src/images/up.png'></A> <A HREF='exceptions.html'><IMG BORDER=0 WIDTH=19 HEIGHT=19 SRC='../../../../doc/src/images/next.png'></A> </DIV> <!-- End Nav --> <A NAME="overview"></A> <H2>3.9 Views</H2> <HR STYLE="margin-top:1em"> <P> Boost.Iostreams provides a number of templates for combining one or more <A HREF="../concepts/filter.html">Filters</A> or <A HREF="../concepts/device.html">Devices</A> to produce a Filter or Device that performs i/o by delegating to the given components in a straightforward way. Each view consists of a class template, whose template parameters represnt the component Filters and Devices, together with an <A HREF="http://www.boost.org/more/generic_programming.html#object_generator">object generator</A>. </P> <P> The views provided with Boost.Iostreams are summarized in the <A HREF="../quick_reference.html#views">Quick Reference</A>. </P> <!-- 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>