BansheeEngine/BansheeUtility/Include/BsFileSerializer.h

#pragma once

#include "BsPrerequisitesUtil.h"

namespace BansheeEngine
{
	/** @addtogroup Serialization
	 *  @{
	 */

	// TODO - Low priority. Eventually I'll want to generalize BinarySerializer to Serializer class, then I can make this class accept
	// a generic Serializer interface so it may write both binary, plain-text or some other form of data.

	/** Encodes the provided object to the specified file using the RTTI system. */
	class BS_UTILITY_EXPORT FileEncoder
	{
	public:
		FileEncoder(const Path& fileLocation);
		~FileEncoder();

		/**
		 * Parses the provided object, serializes all of its data as specified by its RTTIType and saves the serialized 
		 * data to the provided file location.
		 */
		void encode(IReflectable* object);

	private:
		/** Called by the binary serializer whenever the buffer gets full. */
		UINT8* flushBuffer(UINT8* bufferStart, UINT32 bytesWritten, UINT32& newBufferSize);

		std::ofstream mOutputStream;
		UINT8* mWriteBuffer;

		static const UINT32 WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
	};

	/** Decodes objects from the specified file using the RTTI system. */
	class BS_UTILITY_EXPORT FileDecoder
	{
	public:
		FileDecoder(const Path& fileLocation);
		~FileDecoder();

		/**	Deserializes an IReflectable object by reading the binary data at the provided file location. */
		std::shared_ptr<IReflectable> decode();

		/** Skips over than object in the file. Calling decode() will decode the next object. */
		void skip();

	private:
		std::ifstream mInputStream;
	};

	/** @} */
}