// ===========================================================================
// static method definitions
// ===========================================================================
OutputDevice&
OutputDevice::getDevice(const std::string& name) {
// check whether the device has already been aqcuired
if (myOutputDevices.find(name) != myOutputDevices.end()) {
return *myOutputDevices[name];
}
// build the device
OutputDevice* dev = 0;
// check whether the device shall print to stdout
if (name == "stdout") {
dev = OutputDevice_COUT::getDevice();
} else if (name == "stderr") {
dev = OutputDevice_CERR::getDevice();
} else if (FileHelpers::isSocket(name)) {
try {
int port = TplConvert::_2int(name.substr(name.find(":") + 1).c_str());
dev = new OutputDevice_Network(name.substr(0, name.find(":")), port);
} catch (NumberFormatException&) {
throw IOError("Given port number '" + name.substr(name.find(":") + 1) + "' is not numeric.");
} catch (EmptyData&) {
throw IOError("No port number given.");
}
} else {
const size_t len = name.length();
dev = new OutputDevice_File(name, len > 4 && name.substr(len - 4) == ".sbx");
}
dev->setPrecision();
dev->getOStream() << std::setiosflags(std::ios::fixed);
myOutputDevices[name] = dev;
return *dev;
}
