Adding open() as an operation to Input and Output.

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/includes/Handle.h b/includes/Handle.h
index e9e94b4..32a5975 100644
--- a/includes/Handle.h
+++ b/includes/Handle.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class FileSystem {
 class ENoEnt : public GeneralException {
   public:
       ENoEnt(const char * name) : GeneralException(String("No such file or directory: `") + name + "'") { }
+      ENoEnt(const String & name) : ENoEnt(name.to_charp()) { }
 };
 
 class IOBase;
diff --git a/includes/Input.h b/includes/Input.h
index e0ad329..51b17c7 100644
--- a/includes/Input.h
+++ b/includes/Input.h
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ namespace Balau {
 
 class Input : public SeekableHandle {
   public:
-      Input(const char * fname) throw (GeneralException);
+      Input(const char * fname);
+    void open() throw (GeneralException);
     virtual void close() throw (GeneralException);
     virtual ssize_t read(void * buf, size_t count) throw (GeneralException);
     virtual bool isClosed();
diff --git a/includes/Output.h b/includes/Output.h
index d771227..fec3154 100644
--- a/includes/Output.h
+++ b/includes/Output.h
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ namespace Balau {
 
 class Output : public SeekableHandle {
   public:
-      Output(const char * fname, bool truncate = true) throw (GeneralException);
+      Output(const char * fname);
+    void open(bool truncate = true) throw (GeneralException);
     virtual void close() throw (GeneralException);
     virtual ssize_t write(const void * buf, size_t count) throw (GeneralException);
     virtual bool isClosed();