src/main/include/log4cxx/helpers/reader.h

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#ifndef _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_READER_H
#define _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_READER_H

#include <log4cxx/helpers/objectimpl.h>

namespace log4cxx
{

namespace helpers
{

/**
 * Abstract class for reading from character streams.
 *
 */
class LOG4CXX_EXPORT Reader : public ObjectImpl
{
	public:
		DECLARE_ABSTRACT_LOG4CXX_OBJECT(Reader)
		BEGIN_LOG4CXX_CAST_MAP()
		LOG4CXX_CAST_ENTRY(Reader)
		END_LOG4CXX_CAST_MAP()

	protected:
		/**
		 * Creates a new character-stream reader.
		 */
		Reader();

		virtual ~Reader();

	public:
		/**
		 * Closes the stream.
		 * @param p The memory pool associated with the reader.
		 */
		virtual void close(Pool& p) = 0;

		/**
		 * @return The complete stream contents as a LogString.
		 * @param p The memory pool associated with the reader.
		 */
		virtual LogString read(Pool& p) = 0;

	private:
		Reader(const Reader&);

		Reader& operator=(const Reader&);
};

LOG4CXX_PTR_DEF(Reader);
} // namespace helpers

}  //namespace log4cxx

#endif //_LOG4CXX_HELPERS_READER_H