BESResponseObject Class Reference

Abstract base class representing a specific set of information in response to a request to the BES. More...

#include <BESResponseObject.h>

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Public Member Functions

 BESResponseObject ()
virtual ~BESResponseObject ()
virtual void dump (ostream &strm) const =0
 dump the contents of this object to the specified ostream

Detailed Description

Abstract base class representing a specific set of information in response to a request to the BES.

This class' sole purpose is to serve as a base class BES response object. The BES framework passes this response object in order to be filled in, transmitted, reported on, etc...


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BESResponseObject::BESResponseObject (  )  [inline]

virtual BESResponseObject::~BESResponseObject (  )  [inline, virtual]


Member Function Documentation

virtual void BESResponseObject::dump ( ostream &  strm  )  const [pure virtual]

dump the contents of this object to the specified ostream

This method is implemented by all derived classes to dump their contents, in other words, any state they might have, private variables, etc...

The inline function below can be used to dump the contents of an OPeNDAOObj object. For example, the object Animal is derived from BESObj. A user could do the following:

Animal *a = new dog( "Sparky" ) ; cout << a << endl ;

And the dump method for dog could display the name passed into the constructor, the (this) pointer of the object, etc...

Parameters:
strm C++ i/o stream to dump the object to

Implements BESObj.

Implemented in BESDapErrorInfo, BESDASResponse, BESDataDDSResponse, BESDDSResponse, BESHTMLInfo, BESInfo, BESSilentInfo, BESTextInfo, BESVersionInfo, and BESXMLInfo.


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