BloombergLP::bdlsb::OverflowMemOutStreamBuf::seekpos

Set the put position to the specified absolute position and return it.

Synopsis

Declared in <bdlsb_overflowmemoutstreambuf.h>

virtual
OverflowMemOutStreamBuf::pos_type
seekpos(
    pos_type position,
    std::ios_base::openmode which = bsl::ios_base::in | bsl::ios_base::out) override;

Description

Set the position indicator to the specified position and return the resulting absolute position on success or pos_type(-1) on failure. Optionally specify which area of the stream buffer. The seekpos operation will fail if which does not include the flag bsl::ios_base::out or if position is negative.

Return Value

resulting absolute position, or pos_type(-1) on failure

Parameters

NameDescription
positionabsolute position to seek to
whicharea of the stream buffer to seek (must include out)