Re: [Boost-users] What is the way to access the data contained in a stream buffer?

13 Sep 2009

      Ramon F Herrera wrote:
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This is the relevant code:
boost::asio::streambuf request;
    std::ostream request_stream(&request);
    request_stream << "GET " << argv[2] << " HTTP/1.0\r\n";
    request_stream << "Host: " << argv[1] << "\r\n";
    request_stream << "Accept: */*\r\n";
    request_stream << "Connection: close\r\n\r\n";
// Send the request.
    boost::asio::write(socket, request);
How can I convert the 'request.data' into a string or something?
TIA,
-Ramon
I have a follow-up question of a more general nature. I think the Boost 
libraries are the greatest thing since sliced bread, but there are times 
when a simpler approach will suffice. We can see in these 2 lines of 
code that we are mixing STL with Boost:

   boost::asio::streambuf request;
   std::ostream request_stream(&request);

Is there any STL class that can be used above, instead of 
boost::asio::streambuf?

I am trying to have a better feeling for the different implementations 
and choices among streams and buffers.

TIA,

-Ramon