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diff --git a/src/seastar/fmt/doc/api.rst b/src/seastar/fmt/doc/api.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..861594ec --- /dev/null +++ b/src/seastar/fmt/doc/api.rst @@ -0,0 +1,373 @@ +.. _string-formatting-api: + +************* +API Reference +************* + +The {fmt} library API consists of the following parts: + +* :ref:`fmt/core.h <core-api>`: the core API providing argument handling + facilities and a lightweight subset of formatting functions +* :ref:`fmt/format.h <format-api>`: the full format API providing compile-time + format string checks, output iterator and user-defined type support +* :ref:`fmt/time.h <time-api>`: date and time formatting +* :ref:`fmt/ostream.h <ostream-api>`: ``std::ostream`` support +* :ref:`fmt/printf.h <printf-api>`: ``printf`` formatting + +All functions and types provided by the library reside in namespace ``fmt`` and +macros have prefix ``FMT_`` or ``fmt``. + +.. _core-api: + +Core API +======== + +``fmt/core.h`` defines the core API which provides argument handling facilities +and a lightweight subset of formatting functions. + +The following functions use :ref:`format string syntax <syntax>` +similar to that of Python's `str.format +<http://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.format>`_. +They take *format_str* and *args* as arguments. + +*format_str* is a format string that contains literal text and replacement +fields surrounded by braces ``{}``. The fields are replaced with formatted +arguments in the resulting string. A function taking *format_str* doesn't +participate in an overload resolution if the latter is not a string. + +*args* is an argument list representing objects to be formatted. + +.. _format: + +.. doxygenfunction:: format(const S&, const Args&...) +.. doxygenfunction:: vformat(const S&, basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<Char>::type>) + +.. _print: + +.. doxygenfunction:: print(const S&, const Args&...) +.. doxygenfunction:: vprint(string_view, format_args) + +.. doxygenfunction:: print(std::FILE *, const S&, const Args&...) +.. doxygenfunction:: vprint(std::FILE *, string_view, format_args) +.. doxygenfunction:: vprint(std::FILE *, wstring_view, wformat_args) + +Named arguments +--------------- + +.. doxygenfunction:: fmt::arg(string_view, const T&) + +Argument lists +-------------- + +.. doxygenfunction:: fmt::make_format_args(const Args&...) + +.. doxygenclass:: fmt::format_arg_store + :members: + +.. doxygenclass:: fmt::basic_format_args + :members: + +.. doxygenstruct:: fmt::format_args + +.. doxygenclass:: fmt::basic_format_arg + :members: + +Compatibility +------------- + +.. doxygenclass:: fmt::basic_string_view + :members: + +.. doxygentypedef:: fmt::string_view +.. doxygentypedef:: fmt::wstring_view + +.. _format-api: + +Format API +========== + +``fmt/format.h`` defines the full format API providing compile-time format +string checks, output iterator and user-defined type support. + +Compile-time format string checks +--------------------------------- + +.. doxygendefine:: fmt + +Formatting user-defined types +----------------------------- + +To make a user-defined type formattable, specialize the ``formatter<T>`` struct +template and implement ``parse`` and ``format`` methods:: + + #include <fmt/format.h> + + struct point { double x, y; }; + + namespace fmt { + template <> + struct formatter<point> { + template <typename ParseContext> + constexpr auto parse(ParseContext &ctx) { return ctx.begin(); } + + template <typename FormatContext> + auto format(const point &p, FormatContext &ctx) { + return format_to(ctx.begin(), "({:.1f}, {:.1f})", p.x, p.y); + } + }; + } + +Then you can pass objects of type ``point`` to any formatting function:: + + point p = {1, 2}; + std::string s = fmt::format("{}", p); + // s == "(1.0, 2.0)" + +In the example above the ``formatter<point>::parse`` function ignores the +contents of the format string referred to by ``ctx.begin()`` so the object will +always be formatted in the same way. See ``formatter<tm>::parse`` in +:file:`fmt/time.h` for an advanced example of how to parse the format string and +customize the formatted output. + +You can also reuse existing formatters, for example:: + + enum class color {red, green, blue}; + + template <> + struct fmt::formatter<color>: formatter<string_view> { + // parse is inherited from formatter<string_view>. + template <typename FormatContext> + auto format(color c, FormatContext &ctx) { + string_view name = "unknown"; + switch (c) { + case color::red: name = "red"; break; + case color::green: name = "green"; break; + case color::blue: name = "blue"; break; + } + return formatter<string_view>::format(name, ctx); + } + }; + +You can also write a formatter for a hierarchy of classes:: + + #include <type_traits> + #include <fmt/format.h> + + struct A { + virtual ~A() {} + virtual std::string name() const { return "A"; } + }; + + struct B : A { + virtual std::string name() const { return "B"; } + }; + + template <typename T> + struct fmt::formatter<T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_base_of<A, T>::value, char>> : + fmt::formatter<std::string> { + template <typename FormatCtx> + auto format(const A& a, FormatCtx& ctx) { + return fmt::formatter<std::string>::format(a.name(), ctx); + } + }; + + int main() { + B b; + A& a = b; + fmt::print("{}", a); // prints "B" + } + +This section shows how to define a custom format function for a user-defined +type. The next section describes how to get ``fmt`` to use a conventional stream +output ``operator<<`` when one is defined for a user-defined type. + +Output iterator support +----------------------- + +.. doxygenfunction:: fmt::format_to(OutputIt, const S &, const Args &...) +.. doxygenfunction:: fmt::format_to_n(OutputIt, std::size_t, string_view, const Args&...) +.. doxygenstruct:: fmt::format_to_n_result + :members: + +Literal-based API +----------------- + +The following user-defined literals are defined in ``fmt/format.h``. + +.. doxygenfunction:: operator""_format(const char *, std::size_t) + +.. doxygenfunction:: operator""_a(const char *, std::size_t) + +Utilities +--------- + +.. doxygentypedef:: fmt::char_t + +.. doxygenfunction:: fmt::formatted_size(string_view, const Args&...) + +.. doxygenfunction:: fmt::to_string(const T&) + +.. doxygenfunction:: fmt::to_wstring(const T&) + +.. doxygenclass:: fmt::basic_memory_buffer + :protected-members: + :members: + +System errors +------------- + +fmt does not use ``errno`` to communicate errors to the user, but it may call +system functions which set ``errno``. Users should not make any assumptions about +the value of ``errno`` being preserved by library functions. + +.. doxygenclass:: fmt::system_error + :members: + +.. doxygenfunction:: fmt::format_system_error + +.. doxygenclass:: fmt::windows_error + :members: + +.. _formatstrings: + +Custom allocators +----------------- + +The {fmt} library supports custom dynamic memory allocators. +A custom allocator class can be specified as a template argument to +:class:`fmt::basic_memory_buffer`:: + + using custom_memory_buffer = + fmt::basic_memory_buffer<char, fmt::inline_buffer_size, custom_allocator>; + +It is also possible to write a formatting function that uses a custom +allocator:: + + using custom_string = + std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, custom_allocator>; + + custom_string vformat(custom_allocator alloc, fmt::string_view format_str, + fmt::format_args args) { + custom_memory_buffer buf(alloc); + fmt::vformat_to(buf, format_str, args); + return custom_string(buf.data(), buf.size(), alloc); + } + + template <typename ...Args> + inline custom_string format(custom_allocator alloc, + fmt::string_view format_str, + const Args & ... args) { + return vformat(alloc, format_str, fmt::make_format_args(args...)); + } + +The allocator will be used for the output container only. If you are using named +arguments, the container that stores pointers to them will be allocated using +the default allocator. Also floating-point formatting falls back on ``sprintf`` +which may do allocations. + +Custom formatting of built-in types +----------------------------------- + +It is possible to change the way arguments are formatted by providing a +custom argument formatter class:: + + using arg_formatter = + fmt::arg_formatter<fmt::back_insert_range<fmt::internal::buffer>>; + + // A custom argument formatter that formats negative integers as unsigned + // with the ``x`` format specifier. + class custom_arg_formatter : public arg_formatter { + public: + custom_arg_formatter(fmt::format_context &ctx, + fmt::format_specs *spec = nullptr) + : arg_formatter(ctx, spec) {} + + using arg_formatter::operator(); + + auto operator()(int value) { + if (spec().type() == 'x') + return (*this)(static_cast<unsigned>(value)); // convert to unsigned and format + return arg_formatter::operator()(value); + } + }; + + std::string custom_vformat(fmt::string_view format_str, fmt::format_args args) { + fmt::memory_buffer buffer; + // Pass custom argument formatter as a template arg to vformat_to. + fmt::vformat_to<custom_arg_formatter>(buffer, format_str, args); + return fmt::to_string(buffer); + } + + template <typename ...Args> + inline std::string custom_format( + fmt::string_view format_str, const Args &... args) { + return custom_vformat(format_str, fmt::make_format_args(args...)); + } + + std::string s = custom_format("{:x}", -42); // s == "ffffffd6" + +.. doxygenclass:: fmt::arg_formatter + :members: + +.. _time-api: + +Date and time formatting +======================== + +The library supports `strftime +<http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/c/strftime>`_-like date and time +formatting:: + + #include <fmt/time.h> + + std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr); + // Prints "The date is 2016-04-29." (with the current date) + fmt::print("The date is {:%Y-%m-%d}.", *std::localtime(&t)); + +The format string syntax is described in the documentation of +`strftime <http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/c/strftime>`_. + +.. _ostream-api: + +``std::ostream`` support +======================== + +``fmt/ostream.h`` provides ``std::ostream`` support including formatting of +user-defined types that have overloaded ``operator<<``:: + + #include <fmt/ostream.h> + + class date { + int year_, month_, day_; + public: + date(int year, int month, int day): year_(year), month_(month), day_(day) {} + + friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const date &d) { + return os << d.year_ << '-' << d.month_ << '-' << d.day_; + } + }; + + std::string s = fmt::format("The date is {}", date(2012, 12, 9)); + // s == "The date is 2012-12-9" + +.. doxygenfunction:: print(std::basic_ostream<fmt::char_t<S>>&, const S&, const Args&...) + +.. _printf-api: + +``printf`` formatting +===================== + +The header ``fmt/printf.h`` provides ``printf``-like formatting functionality. +The following functions use `printf format string syntax +<http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/fprintf.html>`_ with +the POSIX extension for positional arguments. Unlike their standard +counterparts, the ``fmt`` functions are type-safe and throw an exception if an +argument type doesn't match its format specification. + +.. doxygenfunction:: printf(const S&, const Args&...) + +.. doxygenfunction:: fprintf(std::FILE *, const S&, const Args&...) + +.. doxygenfunction:: fprintf(std::basic_ostream<fmt::char_t<S>>&, const S&, const Args&...) + +.. doxygenfunction:: sprintf(const S&, const Args&...) |