barrier/io/IInputStream.h
2002-04-29 14:40:01 +00:00

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#ifndef IINPUTSTREAM_H
#define IINPUTSTREAM_H
#include "IInterface.h"
#include "BasicTypes.h"
#include "XIO.h"
class IInputStream : public IInterface {
public:
// manipulators
// close the stream
virtual void close() = 0;
// read up to maxCount bytes into buffer, return number read.
// blocks if no data is currently available. if buffer is NULL
// then the data is discarded.
virtual UInt32 read(void* buffer, UInt32 maxCount) = 0;
// accessors
// get a conservative estimate of the available bytes to read
// (i.e. a number not greater than the actual number of bytes).
// some streams may not be able to determine this and will always
// return zero.
virtual UInt32 getSize() const = 0;
};
#endif