operators for floating point types

lib/bufferstream/bufferstream.cpp

@@ -273,6 +273,54 @@ bufferstream& bufferstream::operator<< (const uint64_t& val)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * @brief bufferstream::operator >>
+ * @param val
+ * @return
+ */
+bufferstream& bufferstream::operator>> (float& val)
+{
+    val = readType<float>();
+    return *this;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief bufferstream::operator >>
+ * @param val
+ * @return
+ */
+bufferstream& bufferstream::operator>> (double& val)
+{
+    val = readType<double>();
+    return *this;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief bufferstream::operator <<
+ * @param val
+ * @return
+ */
+bufferstream& bufferstream::operator<< (const float& val)
+{
+    writeType<float>(val);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief bufferstream::operator <<
+ * @param val
+ * @return
+ */
+bufferstream& bufferstream::operator<< (const double& val)
+{
+    writeType<double>(val);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * @brief bufferstream::operator >>
  * @param obj

lib/bufferstream/bufferstream.h

@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ public:
   bufferstream& operator<< (const int32_t& val);
   bufferstream& operator<< (const int64_t& val);
 
+  // floating point
+  bufferstream& operator>> (float& val);
+  bufferstream& operator>> (double& val);
+  bufferstream& operator<< (const float& val);
+  bufferstream& operator<< (const double& val);
+
   // stream objects
   bufferstream& operator>> (streamable& obj);
   bufferstream& operator<< (const streamable& obj);