与其他类似的问题不同,这个问题是关于如何使用c++的新特性。

2008 c Is there a simple way to convert C++ enum to string? 2008 c Easy way to use variables of enum types as string in C? 2008 c++ How to easily map c++ enums to strings 2008 c++ Making something both a C identifier and a string? 2008 c++ Is there a simple script to convert C++ enum to string? 2009 c++ How to use enums as flags in C++? 2011 c++ How to convert an enum type variable to a string? 2011 c++ Enum to String C++ 2011 c++ How to convert an enum type variable to a string? 2012 c How to convert enum names to string in c 2013 c Stringifying an conditionally compiled enum in C

看了很多答案后,我还没有找到:

优雅的方式使用c++ 11、c++ 14或c++ 17的新特性 或者在Boost中使用一些现成的东西 还有一些东西计划在c++ 20中实现

例子

举例往往比冗长的解释更好。 您可以在Coliru上编译和运行这个代码片段。 (另一个前面的例子也可用)

#include <map>
#include <iostream>

struct MyClass
{
    enum class MyEnum : char {
        AAA = -8,
        BBB = '8',
        CCC = AAA + BBB
    };
};

// Replace magic() by some faster compile-time generated code
// (you're allowed to replace the return type with std::string
// if that's easier for you)
const char* magic (MyClass::MyEnum e)
{
    const std::map<MyClass::MyEnum,const char*> MyEnumStrings {
        { MyClass::MyEnum::AAA, "MyClass::MyEnum::AAA" },
        { MyClass::MyEnum::BBB, "MyClass::MyEnum::BBB" },
        { MyClass::MyEnum::CCC, "MyClass::MyEnum::CCC" }
    };
    auto   it  = MyEnumStrings.find(e);
    return it == MyEnumStrings.end() ? "Out of range" : it->second;
}

int main()
{
   std::cout << magic(MyClass::MyEnum::AAA) <<'\n';
   std::cout << magic(MyClass::MyEnum::BBB) <<'\n';
   std::cout << magic(MyClass::MyEnum::CCC) <<'\n';
}

约束

请不要无价值的重复其他答案或基本链接。 请避免基于宏的臃肿答案,或尽量减少#define开销。 请不要手动enum ->字符串映射。

很高兴有

支持从不同于零的数字开始的enum值 支持负enum值 支持碎片enum值 支持类枚举(c++ 11) 支持类枚举:<类型>有任何允许的<类型> (c++ 11) 编译时(不是运行时)到字符串的转换, 或者至少在运行时快速执行(例如std::map不是一个好主意…) constexpr (c++ 11,然后在c++ 14/17/20中放松) noexcept (C + + 11) c++ 17/ c++ 20友好的代码片段

一个可能的想法是使用c++编译器功能,在编译时使用基于可变参数模板类和constexpr函数的元编程技巧来生成c++代码……


当前回答

非常简单的解决方案,但有一个很大的限制:你不能将自定义值分配给枚举值,但通过正确的正则表达式,你可以这样做。你也可以添加一个映射,将它们转换回枚举值,而不需要更多的努力:

#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <regex>
#include <iterator>

std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& s, 
                               const std::regex& delim = std::regex(",\\s*"))
{
    using namespace std;
    vector<string> cont;
    copy(regex_token_iterator<string::const_iterator>(s.begin(), s.end(), delim, -1), 
         regex_token_iterator<string::const_iterator>(),
         back_inserter(cont));
    return cont;
}

#define EnumType(Type, ...)     enum class Type { __VA_ARGS__ }

#define EnumStrings(Type, ...)  static const std::vector<std::string> \
                                Type##Strings = split(#__VA_ARGS__);

#define EnumToString(Type, ...) EnumType(Type, __VA_ARGS__); \
                                EnumStrings(Type, __VA_ARGS__)

使用的例子:

EnumToString(MyEnum, Red, Green, Blue);

其他回答

这和尤里·芬克尔斯坦的观点相似;但不需要提高。我正在使用一个地图,所以你可以分配任何值枚举,任何顺序。

枚举类的声明为:

DECLARE_ENUM_WITH_TYPE(TestEnumClass, int32_t, ZERO = 0x00, TWO = 0x02, ONE = 0x01, THREE = 0x03, FOUR);

下面的代码将自动创建枚举类并重载:

'+' '+='用于std::string '<<'用于流 '~'只是转换为字符串(任何一元运算符都可以,但我个人不喜欢它的清晰度) '*'获取枚举的计数

不需要boost,提供所有需要的功能。

代码:

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#define STRING_REMOVE_CHAR(str, ch) str.erase(std::remove(str.begin(), str.end(), ch), str.end())

std::vector<std::string> splitString(std::string str, char sep = ',') {
    std::vector<std::string> vecString;
    std::string item;

    std::stringstream stringStream(str);

    while (std::getline(stringStream, item, sep))
    {
        vecString.push_back(item);
    }

    return vecString;
}

#define DECLARE_ENUM_WITH_TYPE(E, T, ...)                                                                     \
    enum class E : T                                                                                          \
    {                                                                                                         \
        __VA_ARGS__                                                                                           \
    };                                                                                                        \
    std::map<T, std::string> E##MapName(generateEnumMap<T>(#__VA_ARGS__));                                    \
    std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, E enumTmp)                                                     \
    {                                                                                                         \
        os << E##MapName[static_cast<T>(enumTmp)];                                                            \
        return os;                                                                                            \
    }                                                                                                         \
    size_t operator*(E enumTmp) { (void) enumTmp; return E##MapName.size(); }                                 \
    std::string operator~(E enumTmp) { return E##MapName[static_cast<T>(enumTmp)]; }                          \
    std::string operator+(std::string &&str, E enumTmp) { return str + E##MapName[static_cast<T>(enumTmp)]; } \
    std::string operator+(E enumTmp, std::string &&str) { return E##MapName[static_cast<T>(enumTmp)] + str; } \
    std::string &operator+=(std::string &str, E enumTmp)                                                      \
    {                                                                                                         \
        str += E##MapName[static_cast<T>(enumTmp)];                                                           \
        return str;                                                                                           \
    }                                                                                                         \
    E operator++(E &enumTmp)                                                                                  \
    {                                                                                                         \
        auto iter = E##MapName.find(static_cast<T>(enumTmp));                                                 \
        if (iter == E##MapName.end() || std::next(iter) == E##MapName.end())                                  \
            iter = E##MapName.begin();                                                                        \
        else                                                                                                  \
        {                                                                                                     \
            ++iter;                                                                                           \
        }                                                                                                     \
        enumTmp = static_cast<E>(iter->first);                                                                \
        return enumTmp;                                                                                       \
    }                                                                                                         \
    bool valid##E(T value) { return (E##MapName.find(value) != E##MapName.end()); }

#define DECLARE_ENUM(E, ...) DECLARE_ENUM_WITH_TYPE(E, int32_t, __VA_ARGS__)
template <typename T>
std::map<T, std::string> generateEnumMap(std::string strMap)
{
    STRING_REMOVE_CHAR(strMap, ' ');
    STRING_REMOVE_CHAR(strMap, '(');

    std::vector<std::string> enumTokens(splitString(strMap));
    std::map<T, std::string> retMap;
    T inxMap;

    inxMap = 0;
    for (auto iter = enumTokens.begin(); iter != enumTokens.end(); ++iter)
    {
        // Token: [EnumName | EnumName=EnumValue]
        std::string enumName;
        T enumValue;
        if (iter->find('=') == std::string::npos)
        {
            enumName = *iter;
        }
        else
        {
            std::vector<std::string> enumNameValue(splitString(*iter, '='));
            enumName = enumNameValue[0];
            //inxMap = static_cast<T>(enumNameValue[1]);
            if (std::is_unsigned<T>::value)
            {
                inxMap = static_cast<T>(std::stoull(enumNameValue[1], 0, 0));
            }
            else
            {
                inxMap = static_cast<T>(std::stoll(enumNameValue[1], 0, 0));
            }
        }
        retMap[inxMap++] = enumName;
    }

    return retMap;
}

例子:

DECLARE_ENUM_WITH_TYPE(TestEnumClass, int32_t, ZERO = 0x00, TWO = 0x02, ONE = 0x01, THREE = 0x03, FOUR);

int main(void) {
    TestEnumClass first, second;
    first = TestEnumClass::FOUR;
    second = TestEnumClass::TWO;

    std::cout << first << "(" << static_cast<uint32_t>(first) << ")" << std::endl; // FOUR(4)

    std::string strOne;
    strOne = ~first;
    std::cout << strOne << std::endl; // FOUR

    std::string strTwo;
    strTwo = ("Enum-" + second) + (TestEnumClass::THREE + "-test");
    std::cout << strTwo << std::endl; // Enum-TWOTHREE-test

    std::string strThree("TestEnumClass: ");
    strThree += second;
    std::cout << strThree << std::endl; // TestEnumClass: TWO
    std::cout << "Enum count=" << *first << std::endl;
}

您可以在这里运行代码

几天前我也遇到了同样的问题。没有一些奇怪的宏魔法,我找不到任何c++解决方案,所以我决定写一个CMake代码生成器来生成简单的开关case语句。

用法:

enum2str_generate(
  PATH          <path to place the files in>
  CLASS_NAME    <name of the class (also prefix for the files)>
  FUNC_NAME     <name of the (static) member function>
  NAMESPACE     <the class will be inside this namespace>
  INCLUDES      <LIST of files where the enums are defined>
  ENUMS         <LIST of enums to process>
  BLACKLIST     <LIST of constants to ignore>
  USE_CONSTEXPR <whether to use constexpr or not (default: off)>
  USE_C_STRINGS <whether to use c strings instead of std::string or not (default: off)>
)

该函数搜索文件系统中的include文件(使用include_directories命令提供的include目录),读取它们并执行一些regex来生成类和函数。

注意:constexpr在c++中意味着内联,所以使用USE_CONSTEXPR选项将只生成一个头类!

例子:

- includes a。h:

enum AAA : char { A1, A2 };

typedef enum {
   VAL1          = 0,
   VAL2          = 1,
   VAL3          = 2,
   VAL_FIRST     = VAL1,    // Ignored
   VAL_LAST      = VAL3,    // Ignored
   VAL_DUPLICATE = 1,       // Ignored
   VAL_STRANGE   = VAL2 + 1 // Must be blacklisted
} BBB;

/ CMakeLists.txt:

include_directories( ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/includes ...)

enum2str_generate(
   PATH       "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
   CLASS_NAME "enum2Str"
   NAMESPACE  "abc"
   FUNC_NAME  "toStr"
   INCLUDES   "a.h" # WITHOUT directory
   ENUMS      "AAA" "BBB"
   BLACKLIST  "VAL_STRANGE")

生成:

/ enum2Str.hpp:

/*!
  * \file enum2Str.hpp
  * \warning This is an automatically generated file!
  */

#ifndef ENUM2STR_HPP
#define ENUM2STR_HPP

#include <string>
#include <a.h>

namespace abc {

class enum2Str {
 public:
   static std::string toStr( AAA _var ) noexcept;
   static std::string toStr( BBB _var ) noexcept;
};

}

#endif // ENUM2STR_HPP

/ enum2Str.cpp:

/*!
  * \file enum2Str.cpp
  * \warning This is an automatically generated file!
  */

#include "enum2Str.hpp"

namespace abc {

/*!
 * \brief Converts the enum AAA to a std::string
 * \param _var The enum value to convert
 * \returns _var converted to a std::string
 */
std::string enum2Str::toStr( AAA _var ) noexcept {
   switch ( _var ) {
      case A1: return "A1";
      case A2: return "A2";
      default: return "<UNKNOWN>";
   }
}

/*!
 * \brief Converts the enum BBB to a std::string
 * \param _var The enum value to convert
 * \returns _var converted to a std::string
 */
std::string enum2Str::toStr( BBB _var ) noexcept {
   switch ( _var ) {
      case VAL1: return "VAL1";
      case VAL2: return "VAL2";
      case VAL3: return "VAL3";
      default: return "<UNKNOWN>";
   }
}
}

更新:

脚本现在还支持作用域枚举(枚举类|struct)和 我将它与一些我经常使用的其他脚本一起移动到一个单独的repo: https://github.com/mensinda/cmakeBuildTools

您可以使用select()函数,这实际上只是一个简短的开关;这不是真正意义上的解决方案,但它让生活更容易:

enum
{
  NORMAL,
  INVALID
} state(NORMAL);

//std::cout << (state ? "INVALID" : "NORMAL") << std::endl;
std::cout << select(state, "NORMAL", "INVALID") << std::endl;

select()函数在SIMD/GPU编程中很常见。它们是三元?:运算符的推广。还可以将select()视为函数数组(实现数组数据结构的函数)。

这里有一个完整的例子。

很长一段时间以来,我也一直为这个问题感到沮丧,还有以适当的方式将类型转换为字符串的问题。然而,对于最后一个问题,我对在标准c++中打印变量类型是否可能解释的解决方案感到惊讶?,使用的思想从Can I obtain c++ type name in a constexpr way?使用这种技术,可以构造一个类似的函数来获取枚举值为string:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class static_string
{
    const char* const p_;
    const std::size_t sz_;

public:
    typedef const char* const_iterator;

    template <std::size_t N>
    constexpr static_string(const char(&a)[N]) noexcept
        : p_(a)
        , sz_(N - 1)
    {}

    constexpr static_string(const char* p, std::size_t N) noexcept
        : p_(p)
        , sz_(N)
    {}

    constexpr const char* data() const noexcept { return p_; }
    constexpr std::size_t size() const noexcept { return sz_; }

    constexpr const_iterator begin() const noexcept { return p_; }
    constexpr const_iterator end()   const noexcept { return p_ + sz_; }

    constexpr char operator[](std::size_t n) const
    {
        return n < sz_ ? p_[n] : throw std::out_of_range("static_string");
    }
};

inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, static_string const& s)
{
    return os.write(s.data(), s.size());
}

/// \brief Get the name of a type
template <class T>
static_string typeName()
{
#ifdef __clang__
    static_string p = __PRETTY_FUNCTION__;
    return static_string(p.data() + 30, p.size() - 30 - 1);
#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
    static_string p = __FUNCSIG__;
    return static_string(p.data() + 37, p.size() - 37 - 7);
#endif

}

namespace details
{
    template <class Enum>
    struct EnumWrapper
    {
        template < Enum enu >
        static static_string name()
        {
#ifdef __clang__
            static_string p = __PRETTY_FUNCTION__;
            static_string enumType = typeName<Enum>();
            return static_string(p.data() + 73 + enumType.size(), p.size() - 73 - enumType.size() - 1);
#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
            static_string p = __FUNCSIG__;
            static_string enumType = typeName<Enum>();
            return static_string(p.data() + 57 + enumType.size(), p.size() - 57 - enumType.size() - 7);
#endif
        }
    };
}

/// \brief Get the name of an enum value
template <typename Enum, Enum enu>
static_string enumName()
{
    return details::EnumWrapper<Enum>::template name<enu>();
}

enum class Color
{
    Blue = 0,
    Yellow = 1
};


int main() 
{
    std::cout << "_" << typeName<Color>() << "_"  << std::endl;
    std::cout << "_" << enumName<Color, Color::Blue>() << "_"  << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

上面的代码只在Clang(参见https://ideone.com/je5Quv)和VS2015上进行了测试,但是应该可以通过对整数常量进行一些调整来适应其他编译器。当然,它仍然在底层使用宏,但至少有一个宏不需要访问枚举实现。

只需要生成枚举。为此目的编写一个生成器大约需要5分钟的工作。

生成器代码在java和python,超级容易移植到任何你喜欢的语言,包括c++。

而且非常容易扩展任何你想要的功能。

示例输入:

First = 5
Second
Third = 7
Fourth
Fifth=11

生成头文件:

#include <iosfwd>

enum class Hallo
{
    First = 5,
    Second = 6,
    Third = 7,
    Fourth = 8,
    Fifth = 11
};

std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream &, const Hallo&);

生成的CPP文件

#include <ostream>

#include "Hallo.h"

std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream &out, const Hallo&value)
{
    switch(value)
    {
    case Hallo::First:
        out << "First";
        break;
    case Hallo::Second:
        out << "Second";
        break;
    case Hallo::Third:
        out << "Third";
        break;
    case Hallo::Fourth:
        out << "Fourth";
        break;
    case Hallo::Fifth:
        out << "Fifth";
        break;
    default:
        out << "<unknown>";
    }

    return out;
}

生成器以非常简洁的形式作为移植和扩展的模板。这个示例代码确实试图避免覆盖任何文件,但使用它仍然要自担风险。

package cppgen;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class EnumGenerator
{
    static void fail(String message)
    {
        System.err.println(message);
        System.exit(1);
    }

    static void run(String[] args)
    throws Exception
    {
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\s*(\\w+)\\s*(?:=\\s*(\\d+))?\\s*", Pattern.UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS);
        Charset charset = Charset.forName("UTF8");
        String tab = "    ";

        if (args.length != 3)
        {
            fail("Required arguments: <enum name> <input file> <output dir>");
        }

        String enumName = args[0];

        File inputFile = new File(args[1]);

        if (inputFile.isFile() == false)
        {
            fail("Not a file: [" + inputFile.getCanonicalPath() + "]");
        }

        File outputDir = new File(args[2]);

        if (outputDir.isDirectory() == false)
        {
            fail("Not a directory: [" + outputDir.getCanonicalPath() + "]");
        }

        File headerFile = new File(outputDir, enumName + ".h");
        File codeFile = new File(outputDir, enumName + ".cpp");

        for (File file : new File[] { headerFile, codeFile })
        {
            if (file.exists())
            {
                fail("Will not overwrite file [" + file.getCanonicalPath() + "]");
            }
        }

        int nextValue = 0;

        Map<String, Integer> fields = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        try
        (
            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(inputFile), charset));
        )
        {
            while (true)
            {
                String line = reader.readLine();

                if (line == null)
                {
                    break;
                }

                if (line.trim().length() == 0)
                {
                    continue;
                }

                Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(line);

                if (matcher.matches() == false)
                {
                    fail("Syntax error: [" + line + "]");
                }

                String fieldName = matcher.group(1);

                if (fields.containsKey(fieldName))
                {
                    fail("Double fiend name: " + fieldName);
                }

                String valueString = matcher.group(2);

                if (valueString != null)
                {
                    int value = Integer.parseInt(valueString);

                    if (value < nextValue)
                    {
                        fail("Not a monotonous progression from " + nextValue + " to " + value + " for enum field " + fieldName);
                    }

                    nextValue = value;
                }

                fields.put(fieldName, nextValue);

                ++nextValue;
            }
        }

        try
        (
            PrintWriter headerWriter = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(headerFile), charset));
            PrintWriter codeWriter = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(codeFile), charset));
        )
        {
            headerWriter.println();
            headerWriter.println("#include <iosfwd>");
            headerWriter.println();
            headerWriter.println("enum class " + enumName);
            headerWriter.println('{');
            boolean first = true;
            for (Entry<String, Integer> entry : fields.entrySet())
            {
                if (first == false)
                {
                    headerWriter.println(",");
                }

                headerWriter.print(tab + entry.getKey() + " = " + entry.getValue());

                first = false;
            }
            if (first == false)
            {
                headerWriter.println();
            }
            headerWriter.println("};");
            headerWriter.println();
            headerWriter.println("std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream &, const " + enumName + "&);");
            headerWriter.println();

            codeWriter.println();
            codeWriter.println("#include <ostream>");
            codeWriter.println();
            codeWriter.println("#include \"" + enumName + ".h\"");
            codeWriter.println();
            codeWriter.println("std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream &out, const " + enumName + "&value)");
            codeWriter.println('{');
            codeWriter.println(tab + "switch(value)");
            codeWriter.println(tab + '{');
            first = true;
            for (Entry<String, Integer> entry : fields.entrySet())
            {
                codeWriter.println(tab + "case " + enumName + "::" + entry.getKey() + ':');
                codeWriter.println(tab + tab + "out << \"" + entry.getKey() + "\";");
                codeWriter.println(tab + tab + "break;");

                first = false;
            }
            codeWriter.println(tab + "default:");
            codeWriter.println(tab + tab + "out << \"<unknown>\";");
            codeWriter.println(tab + '}');
            codeWriter.println();
            codeWriter.println(tab + "return out;");
            codeWriter.println('}');
            codeWriter.println();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            run(args);
        }
        catch(Exception exc)
        {
            exc.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }
}

并将其移植到Python 3.5,因为它的不同可能会有所帮助

import re
import collections
import sys
import io
import os

def fail(*args):
    print(*args)
    exit(1)

pattern = re.compile(r'\s*(\w+)\s*(?:=\s*(\d+))?\s*')
tab = "    "

if len(sys.argv) != 4:
    n=0
    for arg in sys.argv:
        print("arg", n, ":", arg, " / ", sys.argv[n])
        n += 1
    fail("Required arguments: <enum name> <input file> <output dir>")

enumName = sys.argv[1]

inputFile = sys.argv[2]

if not os.path.isfile(inputFile):
    fail("Not a file: [" + os.path.abspath(inputFile) + "]")

outputDir = sys.argv[3]

if not os.path.isdir(outputDir):
    fail("Not a directory: [" + os.path.abspath(outputDir) + "]")

headerFile = os.path.join(outputDir, enumName + ".h")
codeFile = os.path.join(outputDir, enumName + ".cpp")

for file in [ headerFile, codeFile ]:
    if os.path.exists(file):
        fail("Will not overwrite file [" + os.path.abspath(file) + "]")

nextValue = 0

fields = collections.OrderedDict()

for line in open(inputFile, 'r'):
    line = line.strip()

    if len(line) == 0:
        continue

    match = pattern.match(line)

    if match == None:
        fail("Syntax error: [" + line + "]")

    fieldName = match.group(1)

    if fieldName in fields:
        fail("Double field name: " + fieldName)

    valueString = match.group(2)

    if valueString != None:
        value = int(valueString)

        if value < nextValue:
            fail("Not a monotonous progression from " + nextValue + " to " + value + " for enum field " + fieldName)

        nextValue = value

    fields[fieldName] = nextValue

    nextValue += 1

headerWriter = open(headerFile, 'w')
codeWriter = open(codeFile, 'w')

try:
    headerWriter.write("\n")
    headerWriter.write("#include <iosfwd>\n")
    headerWriter.write("\n")
    headerWriter.write("enum class " + enumName + "\n")
    headerWriter.write("{\n")
    first = True
    for fieldName, fieldValue in fields.items():
        if not first:
            headerWriter.write(",\n")

        headerWriter.write(tab + fieldName + " = " + str(fieldValue))

        first = False
    if not first:
        headerWriter.write("\n")
    headerWriter.write("};\n")
    headerWriter.write("\n")
    headerWriter.write("std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream &, const " + enumName + "&);\n")
    headerWriter.write("\n")

    codeWriter.write("\n")
    codeWriter.write("#include <ostream>\n")
    codeWriter.write("\n")
    codeWriter.write("#include \"" + enumName + ".h\"\n")
    codeWriter.write("\n")
    codeWriter.write("std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream &out, const " + enumName + "&value)\n")
    codeWriter.write("{\n")
    codeWriter.write(tab + "switch(value)\n")
    codeWriter.write(tab + "{\n")
    for fieldName in fields.keys():
        codeWriter.write(tab + "case " + enumName + "::" + fieldName + ":\n")
        codeWriter.write(tab + tab + "out << \"" + fieldName + "\";\n")
        codeWriter.write(tab + tab + "break;\n")
    codeWriter.write(tab + "default:\n")
    codeWriter.write(tab + tab + "out << \"<unknown>\";\n")
    codeWriter.write(tab + "}\n")
    codeWriter.write("\n")
    codeWriter.write(tab + "return out;\n")
    codeWriter.write("}\n")
    codeWriter.write("\n")
finally:
    headerWriter.close()
    codeWriter.close()