How to use my logging class like a std C++ stream?

Question

I\'ve a working logger class, which outputs some text into a richtextbox (Win32, C++). Problem is, i always end up using it like this:

stringstream ss;  
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Answer 1

Overloading the insertion operator<< is not the way to go. You will have to add overloads for all the endl or any other user defined functions.

The way to go is to define your own streambuf, and to bind it into a stream. Then, you just have to use the stream.

Here are a few simple examples:

• Logging In C++ by Petru Marginean, DDJ Sept 05th 2007
• Rutger E.W. van Beusekom's logstream class, check also the .hpp alongside with this file