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streams.OStream.h

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  SWORD 2000 - Software With Objects for Rapid Development
  Copyright (C) 2003 Eric NICOLAS
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  SWORD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  SWORD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  along with SWORD; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifndef _SWORD_STREAMS_OSTREAM_
#define _SWORD_STREAMS_OSTREAM_

namespace sword {


        class SWORDDECL OStream {
        public:
                OStream()  {}
                virtual ~OStream() {}

                // output to media
                OStream &operator<<(const int8          value);
                OStream &operator<<(const int16         value);
                OStream &operator<<(const int32         value);
                OStream &operator<<(const int64         value);

                OStream &operator<<(const word8         value);
                OStream &operator<<(const word16        value);
                OStream &operator<<(const word32        value);
                OStream &operator<<(const word64        value);

                OStream &operator<<(const float32       value);
                OStream &operator<<(const float64       value);

                OStream &operator<<(const bool          value);
                OStream &operator<<(const char          value);
                OStream &operator<<(const std::string&  value);
                OStream &operator<<(const char          value[]);
                OStream &operator<<(const void*         value);

                // aliases to solve ambiguity
                OStream &operator<<(const int           value);
                OStream &operator<<(const word          value);

                virtual void flush() = 0;
                virtual void write(const void* buffer, word length) = 0;

        protected:
                // abstract implementation
                virtual void write_int8   (const int8          value) = 0;
                virtual void write_int16  (const int16         value) = 0;
                virtual void write_int32  (const int32         value) = 0;
                virtual void write_int64  (const int64         value) = 0;

                virtual void write_word8  (const word8         value) = 0;
                virtual void write_word16 (const word16        value) = 0;
                virtual void write_word32 (const word32        value) = 0;
                virtual void write_word64 (const word64        value) = 0;

                virtual void write_float32(const float32       value) = 0;
                virtual void write_float64(const float64       value) = 0;

                virtual void write_bool   (const bool          value) = 0;
                virtual void write_char   (const char          value) = 0;
                virtual void write_string (const std::string&  value) = 0;
                virtual void write_pointer(const void*         value) = 0;
        };

} // namespace sword

#include "sword.private/streams.OStream.inl"

#endif // _SWORD_STREAMS_OSTREAM_

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