Object-Oriented I/O Using C++ IOSTREAMS [Paperback]

Cameron Hughes (Author), Thomas Hamilton (Author), Tracey Hughes (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471118095 | ISBN-13: 978-0471118091 | Publication Date: May 1995 | Edition: 1

This is a comprehensive guide to using the complex C++ IOSTREAMS library. Written for experienced C++ programmers, the book focuses on creating software that supports the widest possible range of hardware devices.

The book also:
* Presents clear, concise explanations of the major components of the IOSTREAMS
* Includes solid introductions to the class relationship diagramming technique, the multimedia stream, and the blob stream
* Provides object-oriented methods of creating I/O code
* Covers VGA and super-VGA monitors, serial and parallel communications ports, modems, printers, and much more

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An accessible treatment of the complex IOSTREAMS library for all levels of C++ programmers. Demonstrates how to use the IOSTREAMS library to create software that will support a wide variety of computer hardware. VGA and super-VGA monitors, serial and parallel communications ports, PCM/CIA slots, modems, UART chips, network cards and object-oriented methods of creating input/output code are among the topics covered.

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This is a comprehensive guide to using the complex C++ IOSTREAMS library. Written for experienced C++ programmers, the book focuses on creating software that supports the widest possible range of hardware devices.

The book also:

• Presents clear, concise explanations of the major components of the IOSTREAMS
• Includes solid introductions to the class relationship diagramming technique, the multimedia stream, and the blob stream
• Provides object-oriented methods of creating I/O code
• Covers VGA and super-VGA monitors, serial and parallel communications ports, modems, printers, and much more

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471118095
• ISBN-13: 978-0471118091
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,728,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terribly disappointing, June 13, 1998

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This review is from: Object-Oriented I/O Using C++ IOSTREAMS (Paperback)

Actually, zero stars

I had high expectations for this book but was utterly disappointed. This book has not had even elementary copy editing performed -- I found *hundreds* of typographical and technical errors -- and the writing style had short, simple sentences that was maddening to read when compared to the wonderful writing of (say) Stroustrup. The authors have chosen a graphical model to represent class hierarchies that I have not seen before and found very hard to visualize, and their "introduction" to inheritance and class construction was disorganized and confusing (a new C++ user would be lost). Their description of manipulators was cursory and disappointing, and their real examples later in the book didn't seem to use any extended ones.

Some of their code examples have merit -- notably communications ports -- but the technical material surrounding the code was bug-ridden (all the the RS-232 diagrams had mistakes, for instance).

The Stroustrup *chapter* on iostreams was much better than this whole book, so I cannot recommend this book to anybody. I'll be sending mine to the authors with my markups in the hope they fix the bugs, but even without the bugs it was a terrible book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, January 27, 1999

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This review is from: Object-Oriented I/O Using C++ IOSTREAMS (Paperback)

I wish I would have read the previous review before buying it. All I needed was some general information (structure etc.) on how iostreams work and this book did little for me. I do not recommend it to anyone