source: xplcommon/src/xplcommon/WritingBuffer.h@ 17:5ef53c7a9598

// Copyright (c) 2012 by István Váradi

// This file is part of libxplcommon, a common utility library for
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#ifndef XPLCOMMON_WRITINGBUFFER_H
#define XPLCOMMON_WRITINGBUFFER_H
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include "Buffer.h"
#include "Failable.h"

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#if 0 // The public interface of a writing buffer

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace xplcommon {

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * A buffer used for writing into a buffered stream.  It cannot be
 * created directly, only acquired from the stream.
 *
 * The data to write should be stored in the buffer. Then write()
 * should be called. If it returns true, it indicates that all data
 * has been written. In that case the buffer is automatically emptied.
 */
class WritingBuffer : public Buffer, public FailableReference<WritingBuffer>
{
public:
    /**
     * Reset the buffer. It resets the offset too.
     */
    void reset();

    /**
     * Write the contents of the buffer using the associated buffered
     * stream.
     *
     * If the buffer is empty, the function returns indicating
     * success.
     *
     * If the complete remaining contents could be written, it also indicates
     * success, and the buffer is reset, ready to be used again.
     *
     * If not everything can be written and the write operation
     * indicates that it would block, this function returns failure
     * after the stream has been set up  to handle the corresponding
     * poll events.
     *
     * Otherwise, if the writing operation fails for some other
     * reason, the buffer's error code is set to the error's code and
     * false is returned.
     */
    bool write();
};

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

} /* namespace xplcommon */

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#endif // 0, The public interface of a writing buffer

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include "config.h"

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#if TARGET_API_WIN32

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// #include "win32/WritingBuffer.h"

// namespace xplcommon { typedef win32::WritingBuffer WritingBuffer; }

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#else // TARGET_API_WIN32

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include "posix/WritingBuffer.h"

namespace xplcommon { typedef posix::WritingBuffer WritingBuffer; }

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#endif // TARGET_API_WIN32

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif // XPLCOMMON_WRITINGBUFFER_H

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