Converter.h, Converter.cpp, Converter.txt, Code Folder

#pragma once
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CodeUtilities.h - small, generally useful, helper classes         //
// ver 1.0                                                           //
// Language:    C++, Visual Studio 2017                              //
// Application: Most Projects, CSE687 - Object Oriented Design       //
// Author:      Jim Fawcett, Syracuse University, CST 4-187          //
//              jfawcett@twcny.rr.com                                //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/*
* Package Operations:
* -------------------
* This package provides class:
* - Converter<T>      converts T to and from strings
*
* Build Process:
* --------------
* Required Files:
*   CodeUtilities.h
*
* Maintenance History:
* --------------------
* ver 1.0 : 12 Jan 2018
* - first release
* - refactored from earlier Utilities.h
*
* Notes:
* ------
* - Designed to provide all functionality in header file.
* - Implementation file only needed for test and demo.
*
* Planned Additions and Changes:
* ------------------------------
* - none yet
*/

#include <string>
#include <sstream>

namespace Utilities
{
  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Converter class
  // - supports converting unspecified types to and from strings
  // - a type is convertible if it provides insertion and extraction
  //   operators

  template <typename T>
  class Converter
  {
  public:
    static std::string toString(const T& t);
    static T toValue(const std::string& src);
  };
  //----< convert t to a string >--------------------------------------

  template <typename T>
  std::string Converter<T>::toString(const T& t)
  {
    std::ostringstream out;
    out << t;
    return out.str();
  }
  //----< convert a string to an instance of T >-----------------------
  /*
  *  - the string must have been generated by Converter<T>::toString(const T& t)
  *  - T::operator>> must be the inverse of T::operator<<
  */
  template<typename T>
  T Converter<T>::toValue(const std::string& src)
  {
    std::istringstream in(src);
    T t;
    in >> t;
    return t;
  }
}