String Based Streams

This chapter discusses string-based streams in the standard C++ library.

There are four template classes and 6 various types defined in the header <sstream> that are used to associate stream buffers with objects of class basic_string.

This chapter is constructed in the following sub sections and uses the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) C++ Standard as a guide:

• Header <sstream>
  
  
• Template class basic_stringbuf
  
  
• Template class basic_istringstream
  
  
• Class basic_ostringstream
  
  
• Class basic_stringstream