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31 \version \$Id: IOCallback.h 639 2004-07-09 20:59:14Z mosu $
33 #ifndef MATROSKA_IOCALLBACK_H
34 #define MATROSKA_IOCALLBACK_H
36 #include "EbmlTypes.h"
40 // #include <iostream>
43 START_LIBEBML_NAMESPACE
47 seek_beginning
=SEEK_SET
49 ,seek_current
=SEEK_CUR
52 class EBML_DLL_API IOCallback
55 virtual ~IOCallback(){}
57 // The read callback works like most other read functions. You specify the
58 // file, the buffer and the size and the function returns the bytes read.
59 // If an error occurs or the file pointer points to the end of the file 0 is returned.
60 // Users are encouraged to throw a descriptive exception, when an error occurs.
61 virtual uint32
read(void*Buffer
,size_t Size
)=0;
63 // Seek to the specified position. The mode can have either SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR
64 // or SEEK_END. The callback should return true(1) if the seek operation succeeded
65 // or false (0), when the seek fails.
66 virtual void setFilePointer(int64 Offset
,seek_mode Mode
=seek_beginning
)=0;
68 // This callback just works like its read pendant. It returns the number of bytes written.
69 virtual size_t write(const void*Buffer
,size_t Size
)=0;
71 // Although the position is always positive, the return value of this callback is signed to
72 // easily allow negative values for returning errors. When an error occurs, the implementor
73 // should return -1 and the file pointer otherwise.
75 // If an error occurs, an exception should be thrown.
76 virtual uint64
getFilePointer()=0;
78 // The close callback flushes the file buffers to disk and closes the file. When using the stdio
79 // library, this is equivalent to calling fclose. When the close is not successful, an exception
81 virtual void close()=0;
84 // The readFully is made virtual to allow derived classes to use another
85 // implementation for this method, which e.g. does not read any data
87 void readFully(void*Buffer
,size_t Size
);
89 template<class STRUCT
> void readStruct(STRUCT
&Struct
){readFully(&Struct
,sizeof(Struct
));}
91 void writeFully(const void*Buffer
,size_t Size
);
93 template<class STRUCT
> void writeStruct(const STRUCT
&Struct
){writeFully(&Struct
,sizeof(Struct
));}
96 /* cygwin incompatible
97 template<class TRAITS> std::basic_ostream<char,TRAITS>&operator<<(std::basic_ostream<char,TRAITS>&Stream,seek_mode Mode)
101 #define x(y) case seek_##y: Stream<<"seek_" #y; break
114 END_LIBEBML_NAMESPACE
116 #endif // MATROSKA_IOCALLBACK_H