libigl/include/igl/stdin_to_temp.h

// This file is part of libigl, a simple c++ geometry processing library.
// 
// Copyright (C) 2013 Alec Jacobson <[email protected]>
// 
// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 
// v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can 
// obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
#ifndef IGL_STDIN_TO_TEMP_H
#define IGL_STDIN_TO_TEMP_H
#include "igl_inline.h"
#include <cstdio>
namespace igl
{
  /// Write stdin/piped input to a temporary file which can than be preprocessed as it
  /// is (a normal file). This is often useful if you want to process stdin/piped
  /// with library functions that expect to be able to fseek(), rewind() etc..
  ///
  /// If your application is not using fseek(), rewind(), etc. but just reading
  /// from stdin then this will likely cause a bottle neck as it defeats the whole
  /// purpose of piping.
  ///
  /// @param[out] temp_file  pointer to temp file pointer, rewound to beginning
  ///   of file so its ready to be read
  /// @return true only if no errors were found
  ///
  /// \note caller is responsible for closing the file (tmpfile() automatically
  /// unlinks the file so there is no need to remove/delete/unlink the file)
  IGL_INLINE bool stdin_to_temp(FILE ** temp_file);
}

#ifndef IGL_STATIC_LIBRARY
#  include "stdin_to_temp.cpp"
#endif

#endif