/** 
 * @file lliobuffer.h
 * @author Phoenix
 * @date 2005-05-04
 * @brief Declaration of buffers for use in IO Pipes.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2005-$CurrentYear$, Linden Research, Inc.
 * $License$
 */

#ifndef LL_LLIOBUFFER_H
#define LL_LLIOBUFFER_H

#include "lliopipe.h"

/** 
 * @class LLIOBuffer
 * @brief This class is an io class that represents an automtically
 * resizing io buffer.
 * @see LLIOPipe
 *
 * This class is currently impelemented quick and dirty, but should be
 * correct. This class should be extended to have a more flexible
 * (and capped) memory allocation and usage scheme. Eventually, I
 * would like to have the ability to share this buffer between
 * different objects.
 */
class LLIOBuffer : public LLIOPipe
{
public:
	LLIOBuffer();
	virtual ~LLIOBuffer();

	/** 
	 * @brief Return a raw pointer to the current data set.
	 *
	 * The pointer returned can be used for reading or even adjustment
	 * if you are a bit crazy up to size() bytes into memory.
	 * @return A potentially NULL pointer to the raw buffer data
	 */
	U8* data() const;

	/** 
	 * @brief Return the size of the buffer
	 */
	S64 size() const;

	/** 
	 * @brief Return a raw pointer to the current read position in the data.
	 *
	 * The pointer returned can be used for reading or even adjustment
	 * if you are a bit crazy up to bytesLeft() bytes into memory.
	 * @return A potentially NULL pointer to the buffer data starting
	 * at the read point
	 */
	U8* current() const;

	/** 
	 * @brief Return the number of unprocessed bytes in buffer.
	 */
	S64 bytesLeft() const;

	/** 
	 * @brief Move the buffer offsets back to the beginning.
	 *
	 * This method effectively clears what has been stored here,
	 * without mucking around with memory allocation.
	 */
	void clear();

	/** 
	 * @brief Enumeration passed into the seek function
	 *
	 * The READ head is used for where to start processing data for
	 * the next link in the chain, while the WRITE head specifies
	 * where new data processed from the previous link in the chain
	 * will be written.
	 */
	enum EHead
	{
		READ,
		WRITE
	};

	/** 
	 * @brief Seek to a place in the buffer
	 *
	 * @param head The READ or WRITE head.
	 * @param delta The offset from the current position to seek.
	 * @return The status of the operation. status >= if head moved.
	 */
	EStatus seek(EHead head, S64 delta);

public:
	/* @name LLIOPipe virtual implementations
	 */
	//@{
protected:
	/** 
	 * @brief Process the data in buffer
	 */
	virtual EStatus process_impl(
		const LLChannelDescriptors& channels,
		buffer_ptr_t& buffer,
		bool& eos,
		LLSD& context,
		LLPumpIO* pump);
	//@}

protected:
	U8* mBuffer;
	S64 mBufferSize;
	U8* mReadHead;
	U8* mWriteHead;
};

#endif // LL_LLIOBUFFER_H