WIP: operator<< to recover all properties in PLY output

Point_set_3/include/CGAL/Point_set_3.h

@@ -760,6 +760,65 @@ public:
   }
   /// @}
 
+  
+  /*!
+  
+    \ingroup PkgPointSet3
+
+    \brief Inserts the point set in an output stream in Ascii PLY
+    format. All properties are inserted in their instanciation order.
+
+    \relates Point_set_3
+  */
+  template <typename P>
+  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Point_set_3<P>& ps)
+  {
+    os << "ply" << std::endl
+       << "format ascii 1.0" << std::endl
+       << "comment Generated by the CGAL library" << std::endl
+       << "element vertex " << ps.number_of_points() << std::endl;
+  
+    std::vector<std::string> prop = ps.m_base.properties();  
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < prop.size(); ++ i)
+      {
+        if (prop[i] == "index")
+          continue;
+        else if (prop[i] == "point")
+          os << "property double x" << std::endl
+             << "property double y" << std::endl
+             << "property double z" << std::endl;
+        else if (prop[i] == "normal")
+          os << "property double nx" << std::endl
+             << "property double ny" << std::endl
+             << "property double nz" << std::endl;
+        else if (ps.m_base.template get<boost::int8_t>(prop[i]).first)
+          os << "property char " << prop[i] << std::endl;
+        else if (ps.m_base.template get<boost::uint8_t>(prop[i]).first)
+          os << "property uchar " << prop[i] << std::endl;
+        else if (ps.m_base.template get<boost::int16_t>(prop[i]).first)
+          os << "property short " << prop[i] << std::endl;
+        else if (ps.m_base.template get<boost::uint16_t>(prop[i]).first)
+          os << "property ushort " << prop[i] << std::endl;
+        else if (ps.m_base.template get<boost::int32_t>(prop[i]).first)
+          os << "property int " << prop[i] << std::endl;
+        else if (ps.m_base.template get<boost::uint32_t>(prop[i]).first)
+          os << "property uint " << prop[i] << std::endl;
+        else if (ps.m_base.template get<float>(prop[i]).first)
+          os << "property float " << prop[i] << std::endl;
+        else if (ps.m_base.template get<double>(prop[i]).first)
+          os << "property double " << prop[i] << std::endl;
+        else
+          os << "property " << boost::core::demangle(ps.m_base.get_type(prop[i]).name())
+             << " " << prop[i] << std::endl;
+      }
+    
+    os << "end_header" << std::endl;  
+
+    for (const_iterator it = ps.begin(); it != ps.end(); ++ it)
+      os << ps.m_base.to_str(*it);
+    return os;
+  }
+
 
   /*!
     \name Push Property Maps and Inserters (Advanced)
@@ -943,6 +1002,7 @@ public:
 
   /// @}
 
+  
 private:
   /// \cond SKIP_IN_MANUAL
   void quick_sort_on_indices (std::ptrdiff_t begin, std::ptrdiff_t end)
@@ -1005,8 +1065,9 @@ private:
    \note Garbage is collected in both point sets when calling this function.
 
 */
-template <typename P>
+template <typename Point, typename Vector>
-Point_set_3<P>& operator+=(Point_set_3<P>& ps, Point_set_3<P>& other)
+Point_set_3<Point, Vector>& operator+=(Point_set_3<Point, Vector>& ps,
+                                       Point_set_3<Point, Vector>& other)
 {
   ps.join(other);
   return ps;
@@ -1015,6 +1076,7 @@ Point_set_3<P>& operator+=(Point_set_3<P>& ps, Point_set_3<P>& other)
 
 
 
+
 } // namespace CGAL
 
 

Point_set_3/include/CGAL/Point_set_3/IO.h

@@ -161,14 +161,17 @@ write_ply_point_set(
   std::ostream& stream, ///< output stream.
   const Point_set_3<Point, Vector>& point_set)  ///< point set
 {
-  if (point_set.has_normal_map())
+
-    return CGAL::write_ply_points_and_normals
+  stream << point_set;
-      (stream, point_set.begin(), point_set.end(),
+  return true;
-       point_set.point_map(), point_set.normal_map());
+  // if (point_set.has_normal_map())
+  //   return CGAL::write_ply_points_and_normals
+  //     (stream, point_set.begin(), point_set.end(),
+  //      point_set.point_map(), point_set.normal_map());
   
-  return CGAL::write_ply_points
+  // return CGAL::write_ply_points
-  (stream, point_set.begin(), point_set.end(),
+  // (stream, point_set.begin(), point_set.end(),
-   point_set.point_map());
+  //  point_set.point_map());
 }
 
 } // namespace CGAL