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 *
 * BHAPI++ Copyright (C) 2017, Stanislaw Stasiak, based on Haiku & ETK++, The Easy Toolkit for C++ programing
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2007, Anthony Lee, All Rights Reserved
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 * File: Flattenable.h
 *
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#ifndef BHAPI_FLATTENABLE_H
#define BHAPI_FLATTENABLE_H

#include <Haiku.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus /* Just for C++ */

class BHAPI_IMPEXP BFlattenable {
public:
    virtual ~BFlattenable();

    virtual bool		IsFixedSize() const = 0;

    virtual type_code	TypeCode() const = 0;
    virtual bool		AllowsTypeCode(type_code code) const;

    virtual  ssize_t		FlattenedSize() const = 0;
    virtual status_t	Flatten(void *buffer,  ssize_t numBytes);
    virtual status_t	Unflatten(type_code, const void *buffer,  ssize_t numBytes);
};

#endif /* __cplusplus */

#endif /* BHAPI_FLATTENABLE_H */

