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Constructors

== Synopses

Declared in `<baljsn_formatter.h>`

Create a `Formatter` that writes JSON text to the specified `stream`.


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    std::ostream& stream,
    bool usePrettyStyle = false,
    int initialIndentLevel = 0,
    int spacesPerLevel = 0,
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Create a `Formatter` object having the specified `stream`, `usePrettyStyle`, `initialIndentLevel`, `spacesPerLevel`, `escapeForwardSlash`, and `basicAllocator` attributes.


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    std::ostream& stream,
    bool usePrettyStyle,
    int initialIndentLevel,
    int spacesPerLevel,
    bool escapeForwardSlash,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslma/Allocator.adoc[bslma::Allocator]* basicAllocator = 0);
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== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *stream*
| output stream for formatted JSON
| *usePrettyStyle*
| whether to use pretty encoding style
| *initialIndentLevel*
| starting indentation level for pretty style
| *spacesPerLevel*
| spaces per indentation level for pretty style
| *basicAllocator*
| memory allocator; null uses the default
| *escapeForwardSlash*
| whether to escape `/` as `/`
|===


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