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// Name:        datstrm.h
// Purpose:     interface of wxDataInputStream and wxDataOutputStream
// Author:      wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID:      $Id$
// Licence:     wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
    @class wxDataOutputStream

    This class provides functions that write binary data types in a portable
    way.

    Data can be written in either big-endian or little-endian format,
    little-endian being the default on all architectures but BigEndianOrdered()
    can be used to change this. The default format for the floating point types
    is 80 bit "extended precision" unless @c wxUSE_APPLE_IEEE was turned off
    during the library compilation, in which case extended precision is not
    available at all. You can call UseBasicPrecisions() to change this and
    use the standard IEEE 754 32 bit single precision format for floats and
    standard 64 bit double precision format for doubles. This is recommended
    for the new code for better interoperability with other software that
    typically uses standard IEEE 754 formats for its data, the use of extended
    precision by default is solely due to backwards compatibility.

    If you want to write data to text files (or streams) use wxTextOutputStream
    instead.

    The "<<" operator is overloaded and you can use this class like a standard
    C++ iostream. See wxDataInputStream for its usage and caveats.

    @library{wxbase}
    @category{streams}

    @see wxDataInputStream
*/
class wxDataOutputStream
{
public:
    /**
        Constructs a datastream object from an output stream.
        Only write methods will be available.

        Note that the @a conv parameter is only available in Unicode builds of wxWidgets.

        @param stream
            The output stream.
        @param conv
            Charset conversion object used to encoding Unicode strings
            before writing them to the stream in Unicode mode (see
            WriteString() for a detailed description). Note that you must not
            destroy @a conv before you destroy this wxDataOutputStream
            instance! It is recommended to use the default value (UTF-8).
    */
    wxDataOutputStream(wxOutputStream& stream,
                       const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvUTF8);

    /**
        Destroys the wxDataOutputStream object.
    */
    ~wxDataOutputStream();

    /**
        If @a be_order is @true, all data will be written in big-endian order,
        e.g. for reading on a Sparc or from Java-Streams (which always use
        big-endian order), otherwise data will be written in little-endian
        order.
    */
    void BigEndianOrdered(bool be_order);

    /**
       Returns the current text conversion class used for
       writing strings.
    */
    wxMBConv *GetConv() const;

    /**
       Sets the text conversion class used for writing strings.
    */
    void SetConv( const wxMBConv &conv );

    /**
        Disables the use of extended precision format for floating point
        numbers.

        This method disables the use of 80 bit extended precision format for
        the @c float and @c double values written to the stream, which is used
        by default (unless @c wxUSE_APPLE_IEEE was set to @c 0 when building
        the library, in which case the extended format support is not available
        at all and this function does nothing).

        After calling it, @c float values will be written out in one of IEEE
        754 "basic formats", i.e. 32 bit single precision format for floats and
        64 bit double precision format for doubles.

        @since 2.9.5
    */
    void UseBasicPrecisions();

    /**
        Explicitly request the use of extended precision for floating point
        numbers.

        This function allows the application code to explicitly request the use
        of 80 bit extended precision format for the floating point numbers.
        This is the case by default but using this function explicitly ensures
        that the compilation of code relying on producing the output stream
        using extended precision would fail when using a version of wxWidgets
        compiled with @c wxUSE_APPLE_IEEE==0 and so not supporting this format
        at all.

        @since 2.9.5
     */
    void UseExtendedPrecision();

    /**
        Writes the single byte @a i8 to the stream.
    */
    void Write8(wxUint8 i8);
    /**
        Writes an array of bytes to the stream. The number of bytes to write is
        specified with the @a size variable.
    */
    void Write8(const wxUint8* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Writes the 16 bit unsigned integer @a i16 to the stream.
    */
    void Write16(wxUint16 i16);
    /**
        Writes an array of 16 bit unsigned integer to the stream. The number of
        16 bit unsigned integer to write is specified with the @a size variable.
    */
    void Write16(const wxUint16* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Writes the 32 bit unsigned integer @a i32 to the stream.
    */
    void Write32(wxUint32 i32);
    /**
        Writes an array of 32 bit unsigned integer to the stream. The number of
        32 bit unsigned integer to write is specified with the @a size variable.
    */
    void Write32(const wxUint32* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Writes the 64 bit unsigned integer @a i64 to the stream.
    */
    void Write64(wxUint64 i64);
    /**
        Writes an array of 64 bit unsigned integer to the stream. The number of
        64 bit unsigned integer to write is specified with the @a size variable.
    */
    void Write64(const wxUint64* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Writes the float @a f to the stream.

        If UseBasicPrecisions() had been called, the value is written out using
        the standard IEEE 754 32 bit single precision format. Otherwise, this
        method uses the same format as WriteDouble(), i.e. 80 bit extended
        precision representation.

        @since 2.9.5
    */
    void WriteFloat(float f);

    /**
        Writes an array of float to the stream. The number of floats to write is
        specified by the @a size variable.

        @since 2.9.5
    */
    void WriteFloat(const float* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Writes the double @a d to the stream.

        The output format is either 80 bit extended precision or, if
        UseBasicPrecisions() had been called, standard IEEE 754 64 bit double
        precision.
    */
    void WriteDouble(double d);

    /**
        Writes an array of double to the stream. The number of doubles to write is
        specified by the @a size variable.
    */
    void WriteDouble(const double* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Writes @a string to the stream. Actually, this method writes the size
        of the string before writing @a string itself.

        In ANSI build of wxWidgets, the string is written to the stream in
        exactly same way it is represented in memory. In Unicode build,
        however, the string is first converted to multibyte representation with
        @e conv object passed to stream's constructor (consequently, ANSI
        applications can read data written by Unicode application, as long as
        they agree on encoding) and this representation is written to the
        stream. UTF-8 is used by default.
    */
    void WriteString(const wxString& string);
};



/**
    @class wxDataInputStream

    This class provides functions that read binary data types in a portable
    way.

    Please see wxDataOutputStream for the discussion of the format expected by
    this stream on input, notably for the floating point values.

    If you want to read data from text files (or streams) use wxTextInputStream
    instead.

    The ">>" operator is overloaded and you can use this class like a standard
    C++ iostream. Note, however, that the arguments are the fixed size types
    wxUint32, wxInt32 etc and on a typical 32-bit computer, none of these match
    to the "long" type (wxInt32 is defined as signed int on 32-bit
    architectures) so that you cannot use long. To avoid problems (here and
    elsewhere), make use of the wxInt32, wxUint32, etc types.

    For example:

    @code
    wxFileInputStream input( "mytext.dat" );
    wxDataInputStream store( input );
    wxUint8 i1;
    float f2;
    wxString line;

    store >> i1;       // read a 8 bit integer.
    store >> i1 >> f2; // read a 8 bit integer followed by float.
    store >> line;     // read a text line
    @endcode

    @library{wxbase}
    @category{streams}

    @see wxDataOutputStream
*/
class wxDataInputStream
{
public:
    /**
        Constructs a datastream object from an input stream.
        Only read methods will be available.

        Note that the @a conv parameter is only available in Unicode builds of wxWidgets.

        @param stream
            The input stream.
        @param conv
            Charset conversion object used to decode strings in Unicode
            mode (see ReadString() for a detailed description). Note that you
            must not destroy @a conv before you destroy this wxDataInputStream
            instance!
    */
    wxDataInputStream(wxInputStream& stream,
                      const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvUTF8 );

    /**
        Destroys the wxDataInputStream object.
    */
    ~wxDataInputStream();

    /**
        If @a be_order is @true, all data will be read in big-endian order,
        such as written by programs on a big endian architecture (e.g. Sparc)
        or written by Java-Streams (which always use big-endian order).
    */
    void BigEndianOrdered(bool be_order);

    /**
       Returns the current text conversion class used for
       reading strings.
    */
    wxMBConv *GetConv() const;

    /**
        Reads a single byte from the stream.
    */
    wxUint8 Read8();
    /**
        Reads bytes from the stream in a specified buffer. The number of bytes
        to read is specified by the @a size variable.
    */
    void Read8(wxUint8* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Reads a 16 bit unsigned integer from the stream.
    */
    wxUint16 Read16();
    /**
        Reads 16 bit unsigned integers from the stream in a specified buffer.
        The number of 16 bit unsigned integers to read is specified by the
        @a size variable.
    */
    void Read16(wxUint16* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Reads a 32 bit unsigned integer from the stream.
    */
    wxUint32 Read32();
    /**
        Reads 32 bit unsigned integers from the stream in a specified buffer.
        The number of 32 bit unsigned integers to read is specified by the
        @a size variable.
    */
    void Read32(wxUint32* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Reads a 64 bit unsigned integer from the stream.
    */
    wxUint64 Read64();
    /**
        Reads 64 bit unsigned integers from the stream in a specified buffer.
        The number of 64 bit unsigned integers to read is specified by the
        @a size variable.
    */
    void Read64(wxUint64* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Reads a float from the stream.

        Notice that if UseBasicPrecisions() hadn't been called, this function
        simply reads a double and truncates it to float as by default the same
        (80 bit extended precision) representation is used for both float and
        double values.

        @since 2.9.5
    */
    float ReadFloat();

    /**
        Reads float data from the stream in a specified buffer.

        The number of floats to read is specified by the @a size variable.

        @since 2.9.5
    */
    void ReadFloat(float* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Reads a double from the stream.

        The expected format is either 80 bit extended precision or, if
        UseBasicPrecisions() had been called, standard IEEE 754 64 bit double
        precision.
    */
    double ReadDouble();

    /**
        Reads double data  from the stream in a specified buffer.

        The number of doubles to read is specified by the @a size variable.
    */
    void ReadDouble(double* buffer, size_t size);

    /**
        Reads a string from a stream. Actually, this function first reads a
        long integer specifying the length of the string (without the last null
        character) and then reads the string.

        In Unicode build of wxWidgets, the fuction first reads multibyte
        (char*) string from the stream and then converts it to Unicode using
        the @e conv object passed to constructor and returns the result as
        wxString. You are responsible for using the same converter as when
        writing the stream.

        @see wxDataOutputStream::WriteString()
    */
    wxString ReadString();

    /**
       Sets the text conversion class used for reading strings.
    */
    void SetConv( const wxMBConv &conv );

    /**
        Disables the use of extended precision format for floating point
        numbers.

        This method disables the use of 80 bit extended precision format for
        the @c float and @c double values read from the stream, which is used
        by default (unless @c wxUSE_APPLE_IEEE was set to @c 0 when building
        the library, in which case the extended format support is not available
        at all and this function does nothing).

        After calling it, @c float values will be expected to appear in one of
        IEEE 754 "basic formats", i.e. 32 bit single precision format for
        floats and 64 bit double precision format for doubles in the input.

        @since 2.9.5
    */
    void UseBasicPrecisions();

    /**
        Explicitly request the use of extended precision for floating point
        numbers.

        This function allows the application code to explicitly request the use
        of 80 bit extended precision format for the floating point numbers.
        This is the case by default but using this function explicitly ensures
        that the compilation of code relying on reading the input containing
        numbers in extended precision format would fail when using a version of
        wxWidgets compiled with @c wxUSE_APPLE_IEEE==0 and so not supporting
        this format at all.

        @since 2.9.5
     */
    void UseExtendedPrecision();
};