urho3d/Engine/IO/MemoryBuffer.h

//
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// Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Lasse Oorni
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#pragma once

#include "Deserializer.h"
#include "Serializer.h"

namespace Urho3D
{

/// Memory area that can be read and written to as a stream.
class MemoryBuffer : public Deserializer, public Serializer
{
public:
    /// Construct with a pointer and size.
    MemoryBuffer(void* data, unsigned size);
    /// Construct as read-only with a pointer and size.
    MemoryBuffer(const void* data, unsigned size);
    /// Construct from a vector, which must not go out of scope before MemoryBuffer.
    MemoryBuffer(PODVector<unsigned char>& data);
    /// Construct from a read-only vector, which must not go out of scope before MemoryBuffer.
    MemoryBuffer(const PODVector<unsigned char>& data);
    
    /// Read bytes from the memory area. Return number of bytes actually read.
    virtual unsigned Read(void* dest, unsigned size);
    /// Set position from the beginning of the memory area.
    virtual unsigned Seek(unsigned position);
    /// Write bytes to the memory area.
    virtual unsigned Write(const void* data, unsigned size);
    
    /// Return memory area.
    unsigned char* GetData() { return buffer_; }
    /// Return whether buffer is read-only.
    bool IsReadOnly() { return readOnly_; }
    
private:
    /// Pointer to the memory area.
    unsigned char* buffer_;
    /// Read-only flag.
    bool readOnly_;
};

}