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NAME

       FBB::TableSupport - Defines protocols for Table-support classes

SYNOPSIS

       #include <bobcat/tableSupport>
       Linking option: -lbobcat

DESCRIPTION

       This  class  is  designed  as  a  (non-pure)  base  class for objects handling some of the
       functionality of FBB::Table and FBB::TableBuf objects. By overriding its virtual functions
       users  have  control  over  the way the actual layout of tables is defined. By default the
       virtual members of this class do not separate the columns of the table from each other

       The Bobcat library offers the specialized class TableLines extending the basic  facilities
       of  TableSupport  by allowing rows to be separated from each other by (partial) horizontal
       lines (see the tablelines(3bobcat) man-page for a description).

       When  more  specialized  handling  is  required   a   class   should   be   derived   from
       FBB::TableSupport   overriding   those  members  that  violate  the  programmer’s  current
       intentions. An object  of  this  derived  class  may  be  presented  to  a  FBB::Table  or
       FBB::TableBuf constructor, to activate the special handling.

NAMESPACE

       FBB
       All  constructors,  members,  operators  and manipulators, mentioned in this man-page, are
       defined in the namespace FBB.

INHERITS FROM

       -

ENUMERATION

       The enum ColumnType defines the following values (see also the description of  the  struct
       HLine, below):

       o      SKIP:
              a  section of a row-separating line should remain empty. This value is normally not
              used by applications;

       o      USE:
              a section of a row-separating line should be used (e.g., by writing a  (horizontal)
              line);

       o      LEFT_FULL:
              a  (horizontal) line should be written over the total width of the separator to the
              left of a series of columns

       o      RIGHT_FULL:
              a (horizontal) line should be written over the total width of the separator to  the
              right of a series of columns;

       o      LEFT_MID:
              a  (horizontal) line should be written over the right-half part of the width of the
              separator to the left of a series of columns; the left-hand part remains blank;

       o      RIGHT_MID:
              a (horizontal) line should be written over the left-half part of the width  of  the
              separator  to  the right of a series of columns; the right-hand part remains blank;
              The value SKIP should always be used by itself; remaining values of the enum may be
              combined using the binary or (|) operator.

PUBLIC TYPE

       o      struct HLine:
              This struct has the following fields:

                  size_t d_row;
                  size_t d_begin;
                  size_t d_end;
                  size_t d_type;

              It offers two constructors:

       o      HLine(size_t row, size_t begin, size_t end):

       o      HLine(ColumnType type, size_t row, size_t begin, size_t end):
              Objects  of  type TableSupport::HLine may be inserted into a TableSupport object to
              indicate section(s) of a horizontal separator between table  rows  that  should  be
              displayed  or skipped. E.g., to specify that a separator should be written in row 1
              between columns 2 up to (not including) 5, extending the separator to the  left  by
              half  the  width  of  the separator between columns 1 and 2 and to the right by the
              full width of the separator between columns 4 and  5  the  following  HLine  object
              should be inserted into the TableSupport ts object:
              ts << HLine(LEFT_MID | RIGHT_FULL, 1, 2, 5);
              Multiple  HLine  objects may be inserted into a TableSupport object, their ordering
              is irrelevant. When colum ranges overlap then their ColumTypes are merged.

PROTECTED TYPES

       o      const_iterator:
              This type is defined in the class’s protected section. TableSupport::const_iterator
              is  an  input-iterator  returning  pointers to struct Field (see below) objects for
              table columns and column separators (see below at the begin and end members)

       o      struct Field:
              This type has two data members: width and  type,  representing,  respectively,  the
              width and ColumnType of a column or separating column. Although column types can be
              combined when inserting them using HLine objects,  type  values  of  Field  objects
              returned  by  TableSupport  members  only  contain  single  values  (like  SKIP  or
              LEFT_MID).

CONSTRUCTORS

       The default, copy and move constructors are available.

OVERLOADED OPERATORS

       o      TableSupport &operator<<(TableSupport &support, size_t width):
              This operator defines a column-separator of width space  characters.  The  argument
              width  may be zero, in which case no visible separator is used. The first separator
              inserted refers to the separator to  the  left  of  the  table’s  leftmost  column.
              Subsequent  separators separate subsequent columns. At most nColumns + 1 separators
              can sensibly be inserted.  Additional  separators  are  ignored  when  a  table  is
              inserted into an ostream.

       o      TableSupport &operator<<(TableSupport &support, std::string const &sep):
              This  operator  defines a separator as a piece of text. The string may be empty, in
              which case no visible separator is inserted into the  table.  The  first  separator
              inserted  refers  to  the  separator  to  the  left of the table’s leftmost column.
              Subsequent separators separate subsequent columns. Textual  and  numeric  separator
              may  be  intermixed.  At  most  nColumns  +  1 separators can sensibly be inserted.
              Additional separators are ignored when a table is inserted into an ostream.

       o      TableSupport &operator<<(TableSupport &support, HLine const &hsep):
              This operator defines how a section of a horizontal separator of  a  specified  row
              should be displayed (see the description of ColumnType in the ENUMERATION section).
              The overloaded copy and move assignment operators are available.

PUBLIC MEMBER FUNCTIONS

       o      void hline(size_t row) const:
              When inserting a table into a std::ostream Table and  TableBuf  objects  call  this
              member  just  before the indicated row (offset) is inserted into a std::ostream. It
              calls v_hline, passing it row.

       o      void hline() const:
              When inserting a table into a std::ostream Table and  TableBuf  objects  call  this
              member  just  after  inserting  the  table’s  final  row.  It calls v_hline without
              arguments.

       o      void setParam(std::ostream &ostr, size_t nRows, size_t nColumns, std::vector<Align>
              const &align):
              This member provides the TableSupport object with values that are essential for its
              proper functioning.  It is called from the  Table  and  TableBuf’s  def  member  or
              manipulator.   A  TableSupport object can be used before that to specify widths and
              types of separators, though. This member’s parameters are initialized by the  Table
              and TableBuf class objects as follows:
              ostr is a reference to the std::ostream into which the table will be inserted;
              nRows specifies  the number of rows used by the table;
              nColumns specifies  the number of columns if the table;
              align is a reference to a constant vector of (column) alignment specifications.

       o      void vline(size_t col) const:
              When  inserting  the data elements of the rows of a table into a std::ostream Table
              and TableBuf objects call this member just before inserting the  data  elements  of
              column  col.  Its intended task is to write a column separator just before the data
              elements themselves. It calls v_vline passing it its col parameter.

       o      virtual void vline() const:
              When inserting a table into a std::ostream Table and  TableBuf  objects  call  this
              member  after inserting the data elements of the rows of the table. It is called at
              the end of each row. It calls v_vline without arguments.

       o      size_t width() const:
              Returns the total width of the table.

PROTECTED MEMBER FUNCTIONS

       The following members are available to classes derived from TableSupport. Except  for  sep
       and  sepWidth  their  values  are only defined after setParam has been called. This latter
       function is called from the def member or manipulator of Table or TableBuf objects.

       o      std::vector<Align> const &align() const:
              A reference to a vector of Align objects, defining the alignments and widths of the
              table’s columns is returned.

       o      const_iterator begin(size_t row) const:
              An  iterator  returning  information about the first column element when displaying
              the horizontal separator preceding line row is returned.  To obtain the information
              about  the  separator  beyond  the last row nRows() should be used as its argument.
              The `column elements’ of the table are its separators and data columns.

              Dereferencing the  returned  const_iterator  provides  access  to  a  Field  struct
              defining  the  type  and  width  of  a  column  element. Dereferencing the iterator
              returned by begin provides information about  the  leftmost  column  separator.  By
              incrementing   the  iterator  all  subsequent  column  elements  are  visited.  The
              iterator’s value becomes undefined once it reaches the value returned by  end  (see
              below).

       o      size_t colWidth(size_t col) const:
              The width of the indicated column is returned.

       o      const_iterator end(size_t row) const:
              An  iterator  indicating  the  end  of the iterator range starting at begin(row) is
              returned.

       o      size_t nColumns() const:
              The number of columns of the table is returned.

       o      size_t nRows() const:
              The number of rows of the table is returned.

       o      std::ostream &out() const:
              A reference to the stream into which the table is inserted is returned.

       o      std::vector<std::string> const &sep():
              A reference to the separators that are defined for the table’s columns is returned.
              Element  col  refers  to the separator to the left of the table column col, element
              nColumns() refers to the separator to the right of the rightmost table column.

       o      size_t sepWidth(size_t col) const:
              The width of the indicated  separator  is  returned.  Element  col  refers  to  the
              separator  to  the  left  of the table column col, element nColumns() refers to the
              separator to the right of the rightmost table column.

VIRTUAL MEMBER FUNCTIONS

       The following member functions can be overridden by derived classes to  redefine  the  way
       horizontal and vertical separators are displayed.

       o      virtual void v_hline(size_t row) const:
              This member is called from hline(size_t row), receiving its row parameter. Its task
              is to write a horizonal separator for row row.  By default nothing is inserted.  It
              may  do  so  by  iterating  over  the  range  defined by the begin and end members,
              deciding what to do on the basis of the Field objects referred to by the iterators.

       o      virtual void v_hline() const:
              This member is called from hline().  Its intended task  is  to  write  a  (partial)
              horizontal  line beyond the table’s last line of data elements. By default it calls
              hline(nRows).

       o      virtual void v_vline(size_t col) const:
              This member is called from vline(size_t col), receiving its col parameter. Its task
              is   to  write  a  separator   before  data  column  col.  By  default  it  inserts
              separator[col] if if is available. If that separator is not defined, no  action  is
              performed.

       o      virtual void v_vline() const:
              This  member  is  called  from  vline().   Its  intended  task is to write a column
              separator, terminating a line of the table. By default it inserts a  new-line  (\n)
              character.

EXAMPLE

       See the example in the table(3bobcat) man-page.

FILES

       bobcat/tableSupport - defines the class interface

SEE ALSO

       bobcat(7), align(3bobcat), table(3bobcat), tablebuf(3bobcat), tablelines(3bobcat)

BUGS

       None Reported.

DISTRIBUTION FILES

       o      bobcat_3.19.01-x.dsc: detached signature;

       o      bobcat_3.19.01-x.tar.gz: source archive;

       o      bobcat_3.19.01-x_i386.changes: change log;

       o      libbobcat1_3.19.01-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries;

       o      libbobcat1-dev_3.19.01-x_*.deb:  debian  package holding the libraries, headers and
              manual pages;

       o      http://sourceforge.net/projects/bobcat: public archive location;

BOBCAT

       Bobcat is an acronym of `Brokken’s Own Base Classes And Templates’.

COPYRIGHT

       This is free software, distributed under the terms  of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
       (GPL).

AUTHOR

       Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl).