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#ifndef _DECAF_IO_READER_H
#define _DECAF_IO_READER_H

#include <string>
#include <decaf/io/IOException.h>
#include <decaf/io/InputStream.h>

namespace decaf{
namespace io{

    /*
     * Reader interface that wraps around an input stream and provides
     * an interface for extracting the data from the input stream.
     */
    class DECAF_API Reader
    {
    public:

        virtual ~Reader(){};

        /**
         * Sets the target input stream.
         */
        virtual void setInputStream( InputStream* is ) = 0;

        /**
         * Gets the target input stream.
         */
        virtual InputStream* getInputStream() = 0;

        /**
         * Attempts to read an array of bytes from the stream.
         * @param buffer The target byte buffer.
         * @param count The number of bytes to read.
         * @return The number of bytes read.
         * @throws IOException thrown if an error occurs.
         */
        virtual std::size_t read( unsigned char* buffer, std::size_t count )
            throw( IOException ) = 0;

        /**
         * Attempts to read a byte from the input stream
         * @return The byte.
         * @throws IOException thrown if an error occurs.
         */
        virtual unsigned char readByte() throw( IOException ) = 0;

    };

}}

#endif /*_DECAF_IO_READER_H*/