Method writeBinary

io/src/ply_io.cpp:1206–1238

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int
pcl::PLYWriter::writeBinary (const std::string& file_name,
                             const pcl::PCLPointCloud2& cloud,
                             const Eigen::Vector4f& origin,
                             const Eigen::Quaternionf& orientation,
                             bool use_camera)
{
  if (cloud.data.empty ())
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::PLYWriter::writeBinary] Input point cloud has no data!\n");
    return (-1);
  }

  std::ofstream fs;
  fs.open (file_name.c_str (),
           std::ios::out | std::ios::binary |
               std::ios::trunc); // Open file in binary mode and erase current contents
                                 // if any
  if (!fs)
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::PLYWriter::writeBinary] Error during opening (%s)!\n",
               file_name.c_str ());
    return (-1);
  }

  if (!(writeBinary (fs, cloud, origin, orientation, use_camera) == 0))
  {
    fs.close();
    return -1;
  }
  fs.close();
  return 0;
}

int
pcl::PLYWriter::writeBinary (std::ostream& os,