childProcess Class Reference

#include <childProcess.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for childProcess:

Collaboration diagram for childProcess:

Public Types
enum	Flags { FLAG_REDIRECT_STDIN = (1 << 0) , FLAG_REDIRECT_STDOUT = (1 << 1) }

Public Member Functions
virtual	~childProcess ()
virtual void	start (const std::vector< string > args, const int flags=0)=0
virtual shared_ptr< utility::outputStream >	getStdIn ()=0
virtual shared_ptr< utility::inputStream >	getStdOut ()=0
virtual void	waitForFinish ()=0

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from object
	object ()
	object (const object &)
object &	operator= (const object &)
virtual	~object ()

Detailed Description

Spawn a process and redirect its standard input and/or standard output.

Member Enumeration Documentation

Flags

enum Flags

Flags used with start().

Enumerator
FLAG_REDIRECT_STDIN
FLAG_REDIRECT_STDOUT

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

~childProcess()

virtual ~childProcess ( )

virtual

Member Function Documentation

getStdIn()

virtual shared_ptr< utility::outputStream > getStdIn ( )

pure virtual

Return a wrapper to the child process standard input.

Returns

output stream wrapper for child's stdin

getStdOut()

virtual shared_ptr< utility::inputStream > getStdOut ( )

pure virtual

Return a wrapper to the child process standard output.

Returns

input stream wrapper for child's stdout

start()

virtual void start ( const std::vector< string >  args, const int  flags = 0  )

pure virtual

Start the child process.

Parameters

args	list of arguments
flags	one or more childProcess::Flags

Exceptions

exceptions::system_error

if the an error occurs before the process can be started

waitForFinish()

virtual void waitForFinish ( )

pure virtual

Wait for the process to finish.

Exceptions

exceptions::system_error

if the process does not exit normally

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• childProcess.hpp