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/**
 * $Log$
 * Revision 1.1  1999/11/09 01:05:50  twl
 * Initial revision
 *
 * Revision 1.2  1999/11/08 20:45:20  rahul
 * Swat for adding in Product name and CVS comment log variable.
 *
 */

#if !defined(XMLNETACCESSOR_HPP)
#define XMLNETACCESSOR_HPP

#include <util/XML4CDefs.hpp>

class BinInputStream;


//
//  This class is an abstract interface via which the URL class accesses
//  net access services. When any source URL is not in effect a local file
//  path, then the URL class is used to look at it. Then the URL class can
//  be asked to make a binary input stream via which the referenced resource
//  can be read in.
//
//  The URL class will use an object derived from this class to create a
//  binary stream for the URL to return. The object it uses is provided by
//  the platform utils, and is actually provided by the per-platform init
//  code so each platform can decide what actual implementation it wants to
//  use.
//
class XMLUTIL_EXPORT XMLNetAccessor
{
public :
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Virtual destructor
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    virtual ~XMLNetAccessor()
    {
    }


    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  The virtual net accessor interface
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    virtual BinInputStream* makeNew
    (
        const   XMLCh* const            urlSource
        ,       XML4CExcepts::Codes&    failReason
    ) = 0;


protected :
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Hidden constructors
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    XMLNetAccessor()
    {
    }


private :
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Unimplemented constructors and operators
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    XMLNetAccessor(const XMLNetAccessor&);
    void operator=(const XMLNetAccessor&);
};

#endif