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+/**\flexbuf.h
+ * Describes the FlexBuf class.
+ *@author Mike Buland
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLEXBUF_H
+#define FLEXBUF_H
+
+/** Stores any amount of data, but starts small, growing as necesarry.
+  * It is optimized to work with stream type situations, with data being
+  * added to the end while it is being taken from the begning.
+  *@todo Set this class up to auto-shrink back to a specified sized buffer each
+  * time it has shrunk below that for enough operations.
+  *@author Mike Buland
+  */
+class FlexBuf
+{
+public:
+        /**
+         * Construct a blank FlexBuf containing about 1k of buffer space.
+         */
+        FlexBuf();
+
+        /**
+         * Clean up the FlexBuf, delete all buffers.
+         */
+        ~FlexBuf();
+
+        /** Appends a whole string of data to the buffer.  The string
+          * must be null terminated.
+          *@param lpData The data to append to the buffer.
+          *@param nDSize The size of the data described by lpData.  If this
+          * value is -1 lpData is treated as a null-terminated string.
+          *@returns True if no problems occured, false otherwise.
+          */
+        bool appendData( const char *lpData, int nDSize=-1 );
+
+        /** Appends a single character to the end of the buffer.
+          *@param lData The character to append to the buffer.
+          *@returns True if no problems occured, false otherwise.
+          */
+        bool appendData( const char lData );
+        
+        /**
+         * Append the short to the buffer.
+         *@param lData The short to add to the buffer queue.
+         *@returns True if everything is ok, false otherwise.
+         */
+        bool appendData( const short lData );
+
+        /**
+         * Append the int to the buffer.
+         *@param lData The int to add to the buffer queue.
+         *@returns True if everything is ok, false otherwise.
+         */
+        bool appendData( const int lData );
+
+        /**
+         * Append the long to the buffer.
+         *@param lData The long to add to the buffer queue.
+         *@returns True if everything is ok, false otherwise.
+         */
+        bool appendData( const long lData );
+
+        /**
+         * Append the float to the buffer.
+         *@param lData The float to add to the buffer queue.
+         *@returns True if everything is ok, false otherwise.
+         */
+        bool appendData( const float lData );
+
+        /**
+         * Append the double to the buffer.
+         *@param lData The double to add to the buffer queue.
+         *@returns True if everything is ok, false otherwise.
+         */
+        bool appendData( const double lData );
+
+        /**
+         * Append the unsigned char to the buffer.
+         *@param lData The unsigned char to add to the buffer queue.
+         *@returns True if everything is ok, false otherwise.
+         */
+        bool appendData( const unsigned char lData );
+
+        /**
+         * Append the unsigned short to the buffer.
+         *@param lData The unsigned short to add to the buffer queue.
+         *@returns True if everything is ok, false otherwise.
+         */
+        bool appendData( const unsigned short lData );
+
+        /**
+         * Append the unsigned int to the buffer.
+         *@param lData The unsigned int to add to the buffer queue.
+         *@returns True if everything is ok, false otherwise.
+         */
+        bool appendData( const unsigned int lData );
+
+        /**
+         * Append the unsigned long to the buffer.
+         *@param lData The unsigned long to add to the buffer queue.
+         *@returns True if everything is ok, false otherwise.
+         */
+        bool appendData( const unsigned long lData );
+
+        /** Removes all pending data from the buffer.
+          *@returns True if no problems occured, false otherwise.
+          */
+        bool clearData();
+
+        /** Gets a pointer to the internal buffer, at the begining of the current
+          * data stream.
+          *@returns A pointer to the internal data buffer.
+          */
+        const char *getData();
+
+        /** Gets the length of the current buffer (how much data is really in the
+          * buffer, not it's current capacity, for that check getCapacity)
+          *@returns The length of the current buffer.
+          */
+        int getLength();
+
+        /** Gets the current capacity of the FlexBuf.  If the size nears this value
+          * then the entire buffer is resized to accomidate more data.
+          *@returns The current capacity of the FlexBuf.
+          */
+        int getCapacity();
+
+        /**
+         * Removes nAmount bytes from the begning of the buffer.  Actually, if
+         * nAmount happens to be negative it will remove tha absolute value of
+         * nValue bytes from the end of the buffer, like the old delData command.
+         *@param nAmount The number of bytes used.
+         *@returns True if everything was successful, false if there was an error.
+         */
+        bool usedData( int nAmount );
+
+        /** Finds the first instance of the given character in the buffer and
+          * returns an index to it.
+          *@param cTarget The character you're looking for.
+          *@returns The index of the first instance of the given character, or
+          * -1 if it just wasn't found.
+          */
+        int findChar( char cTarget );
+
+private:
+        /** The raw storage location of the FlexBuf. */
+        char *lpBuf;
+        /** The real size of the FlexBuf.  */
+        int nSize;
+        /** Where the last char is. */
+        int nLastChar;
+        /** Where the first char is. */
+        int nFirstChar;
+        /** The amount of real data in the FlexBuf.  This is effectively nLastChar-nFirstChar. */
+        int nFill;
+};
+
+#endif