logwriter.h

/*
 * Orca-Robotics Project: Components for robotics 
 *               http://orca-robotics.sf.net/
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Alex Brooks, Alexei Makarenko, Tobias Kaupp
 *
 * This copy of Orca is licensed to you under the terms described in
 * the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
 *
 */

#ifndef ORCA_ORCALOG_LOGWRITER_H
#define ORCA_ORCALOG_LOGWRITER_H

#include <orcalog/masterfilewriter.h>
#include <orcalog/logwriterinfo.h>
#include <orcalog/masterfilewritehandler.h>
#include <memory>

namespace orcalog
{

class LogWriter
{
public:

    LogWriter();
    virtual ~LogWriter();

    const LogWriterInfo &logWriterInfo() const { return *logWriterInfo_; }

    // Throws an orcalog::FormatNotSupportedException if the format isn't supported.
    virtual void checkFormat( const std::string &format )=0;

    void init( const LogWriterInfo &logWriterInfo, MasterFileWriter &masterFileWriter );

protected:

    int numItemsLogged() const { return masterFileWriteHandler_->numItemsLogged(); }

    virtual void createLogFile( const std::string &filename, const std::string &format );

    void writeReferenceToMasterFile( const orca::Time &arrivalTime )
        { masterFileWriteHandler_->writeReferenceToMasterFile( arrivalTime ); }

    std::ofstream *file_;

private:

    std::auto_ptr<LogWriterInfo>          logWriterInfo_;
    std::auto_ptr<MasterFileWriteHandler> masterFileWriteHandler_;
};


std::ofstream* openAsciiFileForWriting( const std::string &filename );

std::ofstream* openBinaryFileForWriting( const std::string &filename );

}

#endif