format-string.cpp

This example shows logging using the {fmt} library.

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <log4cxx/basicconfigurator.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <fmt/core.h>
#include <fmt/color.h>
#include <fmt/ostream.h>
#include <iomanip>
 
using namespace log4cxx;
using namespace log4cxx::helpers;
 
struct MyStruct {
        int x;
};
 
std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& stream, const MyStruct& mystruct ){
        stream << "[MyStruct x:" << mystruct.x << "]";
        return stream;
}
#if FMT_VERSION >= (9 * 10000)
template <> struct fmt::formatter<MyStruct> : ostream_formatter {};
#endif
 
int main()
{
    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 
    BasicConfigurator::configure();
    LoggerPtr rootLogger = Logger::getRootLogger();
 
    LOG4CXX_INFO_FMT( rootLogger, "This is a {} mesage", "test" );
    LOG4CXX_INFO_FMT( rootLogger, fmt::fg(fmt::color::red), "Messages can be colored" );
    LOG4CXX_INFO_FMT( rootLogger, "We can also align text to the {:<10} or {:>10}", "left", "right" );
 
    MyStruct mine;
    LOG4CXX_INFO_FMT( rootLogger, "This custom type {} can also be logged, since it implements operator<<", mine );
 
    LOG4CXX_INFO( rootLogger, "Numbers can be formatted with excessive operator<<: "
                  << std::setprecision(3) << 22.456
                  << " And as hex: "
                  << std::setbase( 16 ) << 123 );
    LOG4CXX_INFO_FMT( rootLogger, "Numbers can be formatted with a format string {:.1f} and as hex: {:x}", 22.456, 123 );
 
    return 0;
}