/* Web Polygraph       http://www.web-polygraph.org/
 * (C) 2003-2006 The Measurement Factory
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 */

#ifndef POLYGRAPH__BASE_ANYTOSTRING_H
#define POLYGRAPH__BASE_ANYTOSTRING_H

#include "xstd/h/sstream.h"
#include "xstd/String.h"

// expensive but convenient convertion of any printable object to string
template <class T>
inline
String AnyToString(const T &any) {
	ostringstream os;
	os << any;
	return Stream2String(os);
}

// same for classes that have a print(ostream) method only
template <class T>
inline
String PrintToString(const T &any) {
	ostringstream os;
	any.print(os);
	return Stream2String(os);
}

#endif