protected virtual member function
<streambuf> <iostream>

std::streambuf::seekoff

streampos seekoff (streamoff off, ios_base::seekdir way,                   ios_base::openmode which = ios_base::in | ios_base::out);
Set internal position pointer to relative position
Virtual function called by the public member function pubseekoff to alter the stream positions of one or more of the controlled sequences in a specific way for each derived class.

Its default behavior in streambuf is to do nothing and return -1, but derived classes shall override this behavior to alter the internal pointers appropriately: both filebuf and stringbuf override this virtual member function to set the internal pointer specified by which to a position offset off relative to the direction specified by way.

Parameters

off
Offset value, relative to the way parameter.
streamoff is a signed integral type.
way
Object of type ios_base::seekdir. It may take any of the following constant values:
valueoffset is relative to...
ios_base::begbeginning of the stream buffer
ios_base::curcurrent position in the stream buffer
ios_base::endend of the stream buffer
which
Generally used to determine the position on which of the controlled sequences shall be modified: the input sequence, the output sequence, or both. It is an object of type ios_base::openmode that, for this function, may take any combination of the following significant constant values:
valueposition pointer affected
ios_base::inModify current position in controlled input sequence
ios_base::outModify current position in controlled output sequence

Return Value

Returns streampos(streamoff(-1)).
streampos is a positioning type that can be converted to/from integral types (an fpos type).

Data races

Introduces no data races, but overriden versions in derived classes may.

Exception safety

No-throw guarantee: this default definition never throws exceptions.

See also