src/encoding/buffer-stream.hpp

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 * @author Alexander Afanasyev <http://lasr.cs.ucla.edu/afanasyev/index.html>
 */

#ifndef NDN_ENCODING_BUFFER_STREAM_HPP
#define NDN_ENCODING_BUFFER_STREAM_HPP

#include "buffer.hpp"

#include <boost/iostreams/categories.hpp>
#include <boost/iostreams/stream.hpp>

namespace ndn {

namespace detail {

/** @brief (implementation detail) a Boost.Iostreams.Sink which appends to an \p ndn::Buffer
 */
class BufferAppendDevice
{
public:
  typedef char char_type;
  typedef boost::iostreams::sink_tag category;

  explicit
  BufferAppendDevice(Buffer& container);

  std::streamsize
  write(const char_type* s, std::streamsize n);

protected:
  Buffer& m_container;
};

} // namespace detail

/** @brief implements an output stream that constructs \p ndn::Buffer
 *
 *  The benefit of using stream interface is that it provides automatic buffering of
 *  written data and eliminates (or reduces) overhead of resizing the underlying buffer
 *  when writing small pieces of data.
 *
 *  Usage example:
 *  @code
 *  OBufferStream obuf;
 *  obuf.put(0);
 *  obuf.write(anotherBuffer, anotherBufferSize);
 *  shared_ptr<Buffer> buf = obuf.buf();
 *  @endcode
 */
class OBufferStream : public boost::iostreams::stream<detail::BufferAppendDevice>
{
public:
  OBufferStream();

  /**
   * Flush written data to the stream and return shared pointer to the underlying buffer
   */
  shared_ptr<Buffer>
  buf();

private:
  BufferPtr m_buffer;
  detail::BufferAppendDevice m_device;
};

} // namespace ndn

#endif // NDN_ENCODING_BUFFER_STREAM_HPP