/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Xagasoft, All rights reserved.
 *
 * This file is part of the libbu++ library and is released under the
 * terms of the license contained in the file LICENSE.
 */

#ifndef BU_CONDUIT_H
#define BU_CONDUIT_H

#include "bu/stream.h"
#include "bu/string.h"
#include "bu/queuebuf.h"
#include "bu/mutex.h"
#include "bu/condition.h"

namespace Bu
{
    /**
     * Simple inter-thread communication stream.  This acts like a pair of
     * pipes for stream communication between any two things, but without the
     * use of pipes, making this a bad choice for IPC.
     */
    class Conduit : public Stream
    {
    public:
        Conduit( int iBlockSize=256 );
        virtual ~Conduit();

        virtual void close();
        virtual Bu::size read( void *pBuf, Bu::size nBytes );
        virtual Bu::size peek( void *pBuf, Bu::size nBytes );
        virtual Bu::size peek( void *pBuf, Bu::size nBytes, Bu::size nSkip );
        virtual Bu::size write( const void *pBuf, Bu::size nBytes );
        virtual Bu::size tell();
        virtual void seek( Bu::size offset );
        virtual void setPos( Bu::size pos );
        virtual void setPosEnd( Bu::size pos );
        virtual bool isEos();
        virtual bool isOpen();
        virtual void flush();
        virtual bool canRead();
        virtual bool canWrite();
        virtual bool isReadable();
        virtual bool isWritable();
        virtual bool isSeekable();
        virtual bool isBlocking();
        virtual void setBlocking( bool bBlocking=true );
        virtual void setSize( Bu::size iSize );

        virtual size getSize() const;
        virtual size getBlockSize() const;
        virtual Bu::String getLocation() const;

    private:
        QueueBuf qb;
        mutable Mutex im;
        Condition cBlock;
        bool bBlocking;
        bool bOpen;
    };
}

#endif