Thread: File handling problem

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    File handling problem

    HI folks,
    This is my code. How can i pass a outside structure parameter to a class method?
    Code:
    using namespace std;
    struct status 
    {
        char name[80];
        double balance;
        unsigned long account_num;
    };
    
    
    class FileHandler
    {
    public:
        FileHandler(string);
        ~FileHandler();
        
        int getRecords(struct status *);
        int putRecords(struct status *);
      
        
    
    private:
        string fileName;
        fstream fPointer; // ref
    };
    
    
    FileHandler :: FileHandler(string fname)
    {
        fPointer.open(fname, ios::out | ios::binary);
    }
    int FileHandler :: getRecords(struct status *acc)
    {
        strcpy(acc.name, "Heartly");
        acc.balance = 1000;
        acc.account_num = 3;
        return 0;
    }
    int FileHandler :: putRecords(struct status *acc)
    {
        cout << acc.name << endl;
        cout << "Account # " << acc.account_num;
        cout.precision(2);
        cout.setf(ios::fixed);
        cout << endl << "Balance: $" << acc.balance<<endl;
        return 0;
    }

    In FileHandler constructor i got the below error
    clshandle.cpp: In constructor ‘FileHandler::FileHandler(std::string)’:
    clshandle.cpp:31:45: error: no matching function for call to ‘std::basic_fstream<char>:: open(std::string&, std::_Ios_Openmode)’
    /usr/include/c++/4.5/fstream:866:7: note: candidate is: void std::basic_fstream<_CharT, _Traits>:: open(const char*, std::ios_base:: openmode) [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits<char>, std::ios_base:: openmode = std::_Ios_Openmode]

    in getReords() methods, i got the below error.
    clshandle.cpp: In member function ‘int FileHandler::getRecords(status*)’:
    clshandle.cpp:53:13: error: request for member ‘name’ in ‘acc’, which is of non-class type ‘status*’
    clshandle.cpp:54:6: error: request for member ‘balance’ in ‘acc’, which is of non-class type ‘status*’
    clshandle.cpp:55:6: error: request for member ‘account_num’ in ‘acc’, which is of non-class type ‘status*’
    clshandle.cpp: In member function ‘int FileHandler:: putRecords(status*)’:
    clshandle.cpp:60:14: error: request for member ‘name’ in ‘acc’, which is of non-class type ‘status*’
    clshandle.cpp:61:30: error: request for member ‘account_num’ in ‘acc’, which is of non-class type ‘status*’
    clshandle.cpp:64:38: error: request for member ‘balance’ in ‘acc’, which is of non-class type ‘status*’

    Last edited by infantheartlyje; 10-25-2011 at 07:04 AM.

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    #1. Your FileHandler constructor should be:
    Code:
    FileHandler :: FileHandler(const string& fname)
    {
        fPointer.open(fname.c_str(), ios::out | ios::binary);
    }
    The error points to the fact that there is no match for a string argument in the stream's open call. Basically, the older version of the standard did not support using a std::string as a file name parameter. The newer one supposedly does allow this. So, to get things to work you have to convert the std::string to something the open call can use... such as a const char* type which is what the c_str member function does.

    #2. Your other error is because in your code acc is a pointer to a struct but your are attempting to access it as if it were not a pointer. You would need to use -> instead of '.' to access the struct's data members. However, I'd just use a reference instead of a pointer.

    #3. The putRecords member function should be declared const as it does not modify the object.

    #4. Is there a reason the status struct's name member is not a std::string?
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