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/**
 * @file BinaryWriter.hh
 *
 * Declaration of BinaryWriter class.
 *
 * @author Mikael Lepistö 2003 (tmlepist-no.spam-cs.tut.fi)
 * @author Pekka Jääskeläinen 2006 (pjaaskel-no.spam-cs.tut.fi)
 *
 * @note rating: yellow
 */
 
#ifndef TTA_BINARY_WRITER_HH
#define TTA_BINARY_WRITER_HH
 
#include "Binary.hh"
#include "Section.hh"
 
namespace TPEF {
    class BinaryStream;
 
/**
 * Interface for actual binary writer classes and for clients
 * to write binary object representation.
 *
 * Provides a way for calling the concrete writers with better error checking.
 */
class BinaryWriter {
public:
    virtual ~BinaryWriter();
 
    void writeBinary(BinaryStream& stream, const Binary* bin) const;
 
protected:
    BinaryWriter();
 
    /// Does real writing of binary.
    virtual void actualWriteBinary(
        BinaryStream& stream,
        const Binary* bin) const = 0;
 
    void setWriter(const BinaryWriter* writer);
 
private:
    /// Contains concrete writer instance that is used for writing binary.
    const BinaryWriter* writerToUse_;
};
}
 
#endif