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#ifndef KIOBUFFER_H
#define KIOBUFFER_H

#include <tqcstring.h>

#include <kdelibs_export.h>

class QIODevice;

/**
 * @class KIOBufferBase kiobuffer.h kiobuffer.h
 * @brief base for I/O buffer implementation
 *
 * This class declares the base methods to interface with an I/O buffer.
 * Most applications will not need to access this class directly, since
 * it is all handled by @ref KNetwork::KBufferedSocket and other buffering
 * classes.
 *
 * @author Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@kdemail.net>
 */
class KIOBufferBase
{
public:
  /**
   * Default constructor. Does nothing.
   */
  KIOBufferBase()
  { }

  /**
   * Copy constructor. Does nothing here.
   */
  KIOBufferBase(const KIOBufferBase& )
  { }

  /**
   * Virtual destructor. Does nothing.
   */
  virtual ~KIOBufferBase()
  { }

  /**
   * Assignment operator. Does nothing.
   */
  KIOBufferBase& operator=(const KIOBufferBase& )
  { return *this; }

  /**
   * Returns true if a line can be read from the buffer.
   */
  virtual bool canReadLine() const = 0;

  /**
   * Reads a line from the buffer and discards it.
   */
  virtual TQCString readLine() = 0;

  /**
   * Returns the number of bytes in the buffer. Note that this is not
   * the size of the buffer.
   *
   * @sa size
   */
  virtual Q_LONG length() const = 0;

  /**
   * Returns true if the buffer is empty of data.
   */
  inline bool isEmpty() const
  { return length() == 0; }

  /**
   * Retrieves the buffer size. The value of -1 indicates that
   * the buffer has no defined upper limit.
   *
   * @sa length for the length of the data stored
   */
  virtual Q_LONG size() const = 0;

  /**
   * Returns true if the buffer is full (i.e., cannot receive more data)
   */
  inline bool isFull() const
  { return size() != -1 && size() == length(); }

  /**
   * Sets the size of the buffer, if allowed.
   *
   * @param size	the maximum size, use -1 for unlimited.
   * @returns true on success, false if an error occurred.
   * @note if the new size is less than length(), the buffer will be truncated
   */
  virtual bool setSize(Q_LONG size) = 0;

  /**
   * Adds data to the end of the buffer.
   *
   * @param data	the data to be added
   * @param len		the data length, in bytes
   * @returns the number of bytes added to the end of the buffer.
   */
  virtual Q_LONG feedBuffer(const char *data, Q_LONG len) = 0;

  /**
   * Consumes data from the beginning of the buffer.
   *
   * @param data	where to copy the data to
   * @param maxlen	the maximum length to copy, in bytes
   * @param discard	if true, the bytes copied will be discarded
   * @returns the number of bytes copied from the buffer
   */
  virtual Q_LONG consumeBuffer(char *data, Q_LONG maxlen, bool discard = true) = 0;

  /**
   * Clears the buffer.
   */
  virtual void clear() = 0;
};

#endif