Problems deriving from std::ostringstream

From:
Adrian <nntp@bluedreamer.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Fri, 8 May 2009 07:57:33 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<db618355-d138-4fd6-b391-a296ce58c163@l5g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>
Hi all,

I am having some problems deriving a logging class from
std::stringstream and I dont understand why it is not work. Main goal
of this I am trying to replace 1000's of lines in some old code that
is of the style
Lock();
stream << "some message";
Unlock();

Main questions are:
1. Why does the temporary version not work with class Wibble (compiler
cannot match an operator<< func)
2. Why does the temporary version output address of char * rather then
the string

Do I need to add operator<< for all the standard types?

[Output]
dluadrianc:/home/adrianc> g++ -g -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wextra log.cc
dluadrianc:/home/adrianc> a.out
try char* apple try int 23
BEGIN
23
I am wibbles output friend
This is a test
END
BEGIN
42
0x8049540
END

//code
//#include <pthread.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <sstream>
#include <cstdarg>

class LockedLog
{
   public:
      static LockedLog &Instance()
      {
         if(instance==0)
         {
            instance=new LockedLog();
         }
         return *instance;
      }
      void log(const char *fmt, ...) //__attribute__((format(printf,
2,3)))
      {
         va_list ap;
         va_start(ap, fmt);
// pthread_mutex_lock(&m_LogMutex);
         vprintf(fmt, ap);
// pthread_mutex_unlock(&m_LogMutex);
         va_end(ap);
      }
   private:
      LockedLog() { /*pthread_mutex_init(&m_LogMutex, 0);*/ }
      static LockedLog *instance;
      pthread_mutex_t m_LogMutex;
};

class LogStreamer : public std::ostringstream
{
   public:
      LogStreamer() :m_logger(LockedLog::Instance()) {}
      ~LogStreamer()
      {
         m_logger.log("%s", str().c_str());
      }
   private:
      LockedLog &m_logger;
};

LockedLog *LockedLog::instance=0;

class Wibble
{
   public:
      friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const Wibble
&) { os << "I am wibbles output friend"; return os; }
};

int main(int, char *[])
{
   LockedLog::Instance().log("try char* %s try int %d\n", "apple",
23);

   std::cout << "BEGIN\n";
   {
      LogStreamer strm;
      strm << 23 << std::endl;
      strm << Wibble() << std::endl;
      strm << "This is a test" << std::endl;
   }
   std::cout << "END\n";

   std::cout << "BEGIN\n";
   LogStreamer() << 42 << std::endl;
   // doesnt compile
// LogStreamer() << Wibble() << std::endl;
   LogStreamer() << "This is NOT a test" << std::endl;
   std::cout << "END\n";

   return 0;
}

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