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+#ifndef GATS_STREAM_H
+#define GATS_STREAM_H
+
+#include <QIODevice>
+#include <QByteArray>
+
+namespace Gats
+{
+        class Object;
+
+        class GatsStream : public QObject
+        {
+                Q_OBJECT;
+        public:
+                GatsStream( QIODevice &rStream );
+                virtual ~GatsStream();
+
+                /**
+                 * Read an object packet from the assosiated stream.  This will make
+                 * every effort to only read exactly enough data to describe one packet,
+                 * in case you want to do other things with your stream.  It will
+                 * automatically skip NULL byte spacing between packets, which makes
+                 * a convinient padding method for encrypted data streams.  Since
+                 * sizing information is available in the packet header exact amounts
+                 * of data can be read, however this function doesn't assume that it
+                 * can read the entire object in one operation.  If it fails to read
+                 * a complete packet in one call, it will keep the data it's read so
+                 * far buffered and return NULL, ready for another attempt.  You can
+                 * use the function hasReadBuffer() to deterimne if readObject()
+                 * has read part of an object packet or not.  If readObject returns
+                 * non-null then hasReadBuffer should return false on it's next call.
+                 */
+                Gats::Object *readObject();
+
+                /**
+                 * Write an object 
+                 */
+                void writeObject( Gats::Object *pObject );
+
+                /**
+                 * Tells you if there is data still in the read buffer, i.e. that a
+                 * packet is part way through being read.  If readObject has returned
+                 * non-null in the most recent call, this should always be false.
+                 */
+                bool hasReadBuffer() { return qbRead.size() > 0; }
+                int getReadBufferSize() { return qbRead.size(); }
+
+        private:
+                bool skipReadNulls();
+
+        private:
+                QIODevice &rStream;
+                QByteArray qbRead;
+        };
+};
+
+#endif