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/****************************************************************************
*
* FILE
*     $Archive: /Commando/Code/Launcher/Toolkit/Storage/Stream.h $
*
* DESCRIPTION
*     Base class for data streaming functionality
*
* PROGRAMMER
*     Denzil E. Long, Jr.
*     $Author: Denzil_l $
*
* VERSION INFO
*     $Modtime: 9/23/00 6:17p $
*     $Revision: 1 $
*
****************************************************************************/

#ifndef STREAM_H
#define STREAM_H

#include <Support\UTypes.h>

class Stream
	{
	public:
		// Stream marker positioning
		typedef enum
			{
			FromStart = 0,
			FromMarker,
			FromEnd,
			} EStreamFrom;

		//! Get the length of the stream
		virtual UInt32 GetLength(void) = 0;

		//! Set the length of the stream
		virtual void SetLength(UInt32 length) = 0;

		//! Get current position of stream marker
		virtual UInt32 GetMarker(void) = 0;

		//! Set position of stream marker
		virtual void SetMarker(Int32 offset, EStreamFrom from) = 0;

		//! End of stream test
		virtual bool AtEnd(void) = 0;
		
		//! Retrieve a sequence of bytes.
		virtual UInt32 GetBytes(void* ptr, UInt32 bytes) = 0;

		//! Write a sequence of bytes
		virtual UInt32 PutBytes(const void* ptr, UInt32 bytes) = 0;
		
		//! Retrieve a sequence of bytes without advancing marker.
		virtual UInt32 PeekBytes(void* ptr, UInt32 bytes) = 0;

		//! Flush the stream
		virtual void Flush(void) = 0;
	};

#endif // STREAM_H