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<H2>Overview</H2>
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The function template <CODE>get</CODE> provides a uniform interface for reading a character from a <A HREF="../concepts/source.html">Source</A>, for use in the definitions of new <A HREF="../guide/concepts.html#filter_concepts">Filter</A> types (<I>see</I> <A HREF="#example">Example</A>).
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<H2>Example</H2>
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The following code illustrates the use of the function <CODE>get</CODE> in the definition of an <A HREF="../concepts/input_filter.html">InputFilter</A>.
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<PRE CLASS="broken_ie"> <SPAN CLASS="preprocessor">#include</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="literal">&lt;ctype.h&gt;</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="comment">// tolower</SPAN>
<SPAN CLASS="preprocessor">#include</SPAN> <A CLASS="header" HREF="../../../../boost/iostreams/concepts.hpp"><SPAN CLASS="literal">&lt;boost/iostreams/concepts.hpp&gt;</SPAN></A> <SPAN CLASS="comment">// input_filter</SPAN>
<SPAN CLASS="preprocessor">#include</SPAN> <A CLASS="header" HREF="../../../../boost/iostreams/operations.hpp"><SPAN CLASS="literal">&lt;boost/iostreams/operations.hpp&gt;</SPAN></A> <SPAN CLASS="comment">// get, EOF, WOULD_BLOCK</SPAN>
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">using</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> std;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">using</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> boost::io;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">struct</SPAN> tolower_filter : <SPAN CLASS="keyword">public</SPAN> input_filter {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN>&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> Source&gt;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">int</SPAN> get(Source& src)
{
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">int</SPAN> c;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">return</SPAN> (c == boost::iostreams::get(src)) != <SPAN CLASS='numeric_literal'>EOF</SPAN> &amp;&amp;
c != WOULD_BLOCK
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tolower((<SPAN CLASS="keyword">unsigned</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="keyword">char</SPAN>) c) :
c;
}
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<DT><A CLASS="header" HREF="../../../../boost/iostreams/get.hpp"><CODE>&lt;boost/iostreams/get.hpp&gt;</CODE></A></DT>
<DT><A CLASS="header" HREF="../../../../boost/iostreams/operations.hpp"><CODE>&lt;boost/iostreams/operations.hpp&gt;</CODE></A></DT>
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<H4>Description</H4>
<P>Attemps to extract a character from a given instance of the template parameter <CODE>Source</CODE>, returning the extracted character or one of the special values <CODE>traits_type::eof</CODE> or <A HREF="../classes/char_traits.html#would_block"><CODE>traits_type::would_block</CODE></A>, where <CODE>traits_type</CODE> is an appropriate specialization of <A HREF="../classes/char_traits.html"><CODE>boost::iostreams::char_traits</CODE></A></P>
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<H4>Synopsis</H4>
<PRE CLASS="broken_ie"><SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> boost { <SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> iostreams {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN>&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#template_params">Source</A>&gt;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> <A CLASS='documented' HREF="../guide/traits.html#int_type_of_ref">int_type_of</A>&lt;Source&gt;::type
<A CLASS="documented" HREF="#semantics">get</A>(<A CLASS="documented" HREF="#template_params">Source</A>& <A CLASS="documented" HREF="#function_params">src</A>);
} } <SPAN CLASS="comment">// End namespace boost::io</SPAN></PRE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><I>Source</I></TD><TD WIDTH="2em" VALIGN="top">-</TD>
<TD>A model of <A HREF="../concepts/source.html">Source</A>.
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<TD VALIGN="top"><I>src</I></TD><TD WIDTH="2em" VALIGN="top">-</TD>
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<H4>Semantics</H4>
<PRE CLASS="broken_ie"> <SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN>&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> Source&gt;
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> int_type_of&lt;Source&gt;::type
get(Source& src);</PRE>
<P>The semantics of <CODE>get</CODE> depends on the <A HREF="../guide/traits.html#category">category</A> of <CODE>Source</CODE> as follows:</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">convertible to <A HREF="../guide/traits.html#category_tags"><CODE>direct_tag</CODE></A></TD>
<TD>compile-time error</CODE></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">convertible to <A HREF="../guide/traits.html#category_tags"><CODE>istream_tag</CODE></A></TD>
<TD>returns <CODE>src.get()</CODE></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">convertible to <A HREF="../guide/traits.html#category_tags"><CODE>streambuf_tag</CODE></A> but not to <A HREF="../guide/traits.html#category_tags"><CODE>istream_tag</CODE></A></TD>
<TD>returns <CODE>src.sbumpc()</CODE></TD>
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attempts to extract a single character using <CODE>src.read()</CODE>, returning the extracted character if successful and one of the special values <CODE>traits_type::eof</CODE> or <A HREF="../classes/char_traits.html#would_block"><CODE>traits_type::would_block</CODE></A> otherwise, where <CODE>traits_type</CODE> is <A HREF="../classes/char_traits.html"><CODE>boost::iostreams::char_traits&lt;Source&gt;</CODE></A>
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