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// Copyright (c) 1995-2014 by Bradford W. Mott, Stephen Anthony
// and the Stella Team
//
// See the file "License.txt" for information on usage and redistribution of
// this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
//
// $Id$
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#ifndef SERIALIZER_HXX
#define SERIALIZER_HXX

#include <iostream>
#include "bspf.hxx"

/**
  This class implements a Serializer device, whereby data is serialized and
  read from/written to a binary stream in a system-independent way.  The
  stream can be either an actual file, or an in-memory structure.

  Bytes are written as characters, shorts as 2 characters (16-bits),
  integers as 4 characters (32-bits), strings are written as characters
  prepended by the length of the string, boolean values are written using
  a special character pattern.

  All bytes, shorts and ints should be cast to their appropriate data type upon
  method return.

  @author  Stephen Anthony
  @version $Id$
*/
class Serializer
{
  public:
    /**
      Creates a new Serializer device for streaming binary data.

      If a filename is provided, the stream will be to the given
      filename.  Otherwise, the stream will be in memory.

      If a file is opened readonly, we can never write to it.

      The isValid() method must immediately be called to verify the stream
      was correctly initialized.
    */
    Serializer(const string& filename, bool readonly = false);
    Serializer(void);

    /**
      Destructor
    */
    virtual ~Serializer(void);

  public:
    /**
      Answers whether the serializer is currently initialized for reading
      and writing.
    */
    bool isValid(void);

    /**
      Resets the read/write location to the beginning of the stream.
    */
    void reset(void);

    /**
      Reads a byte value (unsigned 8-bit) from the current input stream.

      @result The byte value which has been read from the stream.
    */
    uInt8 getByte(void);

    /**
      Reads a byte array (unsigned 8-bit) from the current input stream.

      @param array  The location to store the bytes read
      @param size   The size of the array (number of bytes to read)
    */
    void getByteArray(uInt8* array, uInt32 size);


    /**
      Reads a short value (unsigned 16-bit) from the current input stream.

      @result The short value which has been read from the stream.
    */
    uInt16 getShort(void);

    /**
      Reads a short array (unsigned 16-bit) from the current input stream.

      @param array  The location to store the shorts read
      @param size   The size of the array (number of shorts to read)
    */
    void getShortArray(uInt16* array, uInt32 size);

    /**
      Reads an int value (unsigned 32-bit) from the current input stream.

      @result The int value which has been read from the stream.
    */
    uInt32 getInt(void);

    /**
      Reads an integer array (unsigned 32-bit) from the current input stream.

      @param array  The location to store the integers read
      @param size   The size of the array (number of integers to read)
    */
    void getIntArray(uInt32* array, uInt32 size);

    /**
      Reads a string from the current input stream.

      @result The string which has been read from the stream.
    */
    string getString(void);

    /**
      Reads a boolean value from the current input stream.

      @result The boolean value which has been read from the stream.
    */
    bool getBool(void);

    /**
      Writes an byte value (unsigned 8-bit) to the current output stream.

      @param value The byte value to write to the output stream.
    */
    void putByte(uInt8 value);

    /**
      Writes a byte array (unsigned 8-bit) to the current output stream.

      @param array  The bytes to write
      @param size   The size of the array (number of bytes to write)
    */
    void putByteArray(const uInt8* array, uInt32 size);

    /**
      Writes a short value (unsigned 16-bit) to the current output stream.

      @param value The short value to write to the output stream.
    */
    void putShort(uInt16 value);

    /**
      Writes a short array (unsigned 16-bit) to the current output stream.

      @param array  The short to write
      @param size   The size of the array (number of shorts to write)
    */
    void putShortArray(const uInt16* array, uInt32 size);

    /**
      Writes an int value (unsigned 32-bit) to the current output stream.

      @param value The int value to write to the output stream.
    */
    void putInt(uInt32 value);

    /**
      Writes an integer array (unsigned 32-bit) to the current output stream.

      @param array  The integers to write
      @param size   The size of the array (number of integers to write)
    */
    void putIntArray(const uInt32* array, uInt32 size);

    /**
      Writes a string to the current output stream.

      @param str The string to write to the output stream.
    */
    void putString(const string& str);

    /**
      Writes a boolean value to the current output stream.

      @param b The boolean value to write to the output stream.
    */
    void putBool(bool b);

  private:
    // The stream to send the serialized data to.
    iostream* myStream;
    bool myUseFilestream;

    enum {
      TruePattern  = 0xfe,
      FalsePattern = 0x01
    };
};

#endif