Question

I’m using the following method to read the content of a file into a string:

std::ifstream t("file.txt");
std::stringstream buffer;
buffer << t.rdbuf();
std::string data(buffer.str());

But how do I check for I/O errors and ensure that all the content has actually been read?

Answer 1

You can do it the same way you would do it with any other insertion operation:

if (buffer << t.rdbuf())
{
    // succeeded
}

If either the extraction from t.rdbuf() or the insertion to buffer fails, failbit will be set on buffer.