/*
* IOManager.h
*
*  Created on: Oct 1, 2010
*      Author: daniele
*/

#ifndef IOMANAGER_H_
#define IOMANAGER_H_

#include <list>
#include <boost/ptr_container/ptr_list.hpp>

#include "BufferDescriptor.h"
#include "BufferObserver.h"
#include "IOBuffer.h"
#include "prototypes.h"

class Chunk;
class IOOperation;

class IOManager
{
public:
	IOManager();
	virtual ~IOManager();

	/**
	* Check if a specific Chunk is available from the input buffer.
	* @param descriptor A descriptor for the chunk of data to be checked for availability
	* @return true if chunk is available, false otherwise.
	*/
	bool available( BufferDescriptor descriptor );

	/**
	* Appends a Chunk to the input buffer.
	* @param c the Chunk to be appended.
	* @return number of bytes appended.
	*/
	std::size_t append_to_input( Chunk& c );

	/**
	* Checks if output buffer is empty (if true, use read_from_output to get data).
	* @return true if there is data to read, false if empty.
	*/
	bool empty() { return _output->empty(); }

	/**
	* Reads all the available data from the output buffer.
	* @return A Chunk of data.
	*/
	Chunk read_from_output();

	/**
	* Reads a specific Chunk from the input buffer.
	* @param descriptor descriptor for the Chunk to be read.
	* @return A Chunk of data.
	*/
	Chunk read_for_parsing( BufferDescriptor descriptor );

	/**
	* Queues an IO operation to be executed later.
	* @param operation A pointer to the IOOperation to be queued.
	*/
	void queue_operation( ::prototype::IOOperation* operation );

	/**
	* Returns the number of pending operations.
	* @return number of pending operations.
	*/
	std::size_t num_pending_operations() { return _pending_operations.size(); }

	/**
	* Queues a flush operation for deferred execution.
	* @param to_offset
	*/
	void queue_flush( std::size_t to_offset );

	/**
	* Processes all pending IO operations in order of insertion.
	*/
	void process_pending();

	/**
	* Registers a BufferObserver object whose update() method will be called when new data is available
	* in the input buffer.
	* @param observer The BufferObserver object to be notified.
	*/
	void register_source_observer( ::prototype::BufferObserver& observer );

	/**
	* Unregister a BufferObserver object previously registered calling register_source_observer.
	* @param observer The BufferObserver object to be deregistered.
	*/
	void remove_source_observer( ::prototype::BufferObserver& observer );

	/**
	* Tells the input buffer to discard all the data up to the specified offset.
	* @param to_offset
	*/
	void flush(std::size_t to_offset);

	/**
	* Moves data up to the specified offset from the input buffer to the output buffer.
	* @param size
	*/
	void complete(std::size_t size);

	/**
	* Appends some data to the output buffer.
	* @param chunk The Chunk of data to be appended.
	*/
	void append( Chunk& chunk );

	/**
	* Returns a const reference to the input buffer.
	* @return An IOBuffer reference.
	*/
	IOBuffer& input() const { return *_input; }

	/**
	* Returns a const reference to the output buffer.
	* @return An IOBuffer reference.
	*/
	IOBuffer& output() const { return *_output; }

	bool operator==(IOManager const & another ) const {
		bool input = (_input == another._input);
		bool output = (_output == another._output);

		return ( input && output );
	}

private:
	IOBuffer* _input;
	IOBuffer* _output;

	boost::ptr_list< ::prototype::IOOperation > _pending_operations;
};

#endif /* IOMANAGER_H_ */

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