<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Direct</TITLE> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="../../../../boost.css"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="../theme/iostreams.css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Begin Banner --> <H1 CLASS="title">Direct</H1> <HR CLASS="banner"> <!-- End Banner --> <H2>Description</H2> <P> A Device is Direct if it provides access to its controlled sequences as in-memory arrays rather than <I>via</I> a socket-like interface. The difference between a Device which is Direct and one which is not is reflected in the specifications of the various Device refinements, <I>e.g.</I>, <A HREF="source.html">Source</A> and <A HREF="sink.html">Sink</A>.</P> </P> <P> A model of <A HREF="device.html">Device</A> which does not model Direct is called <SPAN CLASS="term">indirect</SPAN>. </P> <H2>Refinement of</H2> <P><A HREF="device.html">Device</A>.</P> <A NAME="types"></A> <H2>Associated Types</H2> <P>Same as <A HREF="device.html#types">Device</A>, with the following additional requirements:</P> <TABLE CELLPADDING="5" BORDER="1"> <TR><TD>Category</TD><TD>A type convertible to <A HREF="../guide/traits.html#category_tags"><CODE>device_tag</CODE></A> and to <A HREF="../guide/traits.html#category_tags"><CODE>direct_tag</CODE></A></TD></TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="expressions"></A> <H2>Valid Expressions / Semantics</H2> <P>Same as <A HREF="device.html">Device</A>.</P> <H2>Models</H2> <UL> <LI>The <A HREF="../classes/array.html">Array Devices</A> <LI>The <A HREF="../classes/mapped_file.html">Memory-Mapped File Devices</A> </UL> <!-- Begin Footer --> <HR> <P CLASS="copyright">Revised 02 Feb 2008</P> <P CLASS="copyright">© Copyright 2008 <a href="http://www.coderage.com/" target="_top">CodeRage, LLC</a><br/>© Copyright 2004-2007 <a href="http://www.coderage.com/turkanis/" target="_top">Jonathan Turkanis</a></P> <P CLASS="copyright"> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <A HREF="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</A>) </P> <!-- End Footer --> </BODY>