JUCE/modules/juce_core/streams/juce_OutputStream.h

/*
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   All other JUCE modules are covered by a dual GPL/commercial license, so if you are
   using any other modules, be sure to check that you also comply with their license.

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  ==============================================================================
*/

#ifndef __JUCE_OUTPUTSTREAM_JUCEHEADER__
#define __JUCE_OUTPUTSTREAM_JUCEHEADER__

#include "../text/juce_String.h"
#include "../text/juce_NewLine.h"
class InputStream;
class MemoryBlock;
class File;


//==============================================================================
/**
    The base class for streams that write data to some kind of destination.

    Input and output streams are used throughout the library - subclasses can override
    some or all of the virtual functions to implement their behaviour.

    @see InputStream, MemoryOutputStream, FileOutputStream
*/
class JUCE_API  OutputStream
{
protected:
    //==============================================================================
    OutputStream();

public:
    /** Destructor.

        Some subclasses might want to do things like call flush() during their
        destructors.
    */
    virtual ~OutputStream();

    //==============================================================================
    /** If the stream is using a buffer, this will ensure it gets written
        out to the destination. */
    virtual void flush() = 0;

    /** Tries to move the stream's output position.

        Not all streams will be able to seek to a new position - this will return
        false if it fails to work.

        @see getPosition
    */
    virtual bool setPosition (int64 newPosition) = 0;

    /** Returns the stream's current position.

        @see setPosition
    */
    virtual int64 getPosition() = 0;

    //==============================================================================
    /** Writes a block of data to the stream.

        When creating a subclass of OutputStream, this is the only write method
        that needs to be overloaded - the base class has methods for writing other
        types of data which use this to do the work.

        @param dataToWrite      the target buffer to receive the data. This must not be null.
        @param numberOfBytes    the number of bytes to write.
        @returns false if the write operation fails for some reason
    */
    virtual bool write (const void* dataToWrite,
                        size_t numberOfBytes) = 0;

    //==============================================================================
    /** Writes a single byte to the stream.

        @see InputStream::readByte
    */
    virtual void writeByte (char byte);

    /** Writes a boolean to the stream as a single byte.
        This is encoded as a binary byte (not as text) with a value of 1 or 0.
        @see InputStream::readBool
    */
    virtual void writeBool (bool boolValue);

    /** Writes a 16-bit integer to the stream in a little-endian byte order.
        This will write two bytes to the stream: (value & 0xff), then (value >> 8).
        @see InputStream::readShort
    */
    virtual void writeShort (short value);

    /** Writes a 16-bit integer to the stream in a big-endian byte order.
        This will write two bytes to the stream: (value >> 8), then (value & 0xff).
        @see InputStream::readShortBigEndian
    */
    virtual void writeShortBigEndian (short value);

    /** Writes a 32-bit integer to the stream in a little-endian byte order.
        @see InputStream::readInt
    */
    virtual void writeInt (int value);

    /** Writes a 32-bit integer to the stream in a big-endian byte order.
        @see InputStream::readIntBigEndian
    */
    virtual void writeIntBigEndian (int value);

    /** Writes a 64-bit integer to the stream in a little-endian byte order.
        @see InputStream::readInt64
    */
    virtual void writeInt64 (int64 value);

    /** Writes a 64-bit integer to the stream in a big-endian byte order.
        @see InputStream::readInt64BigEndian
    */
    virtual void writeInt64BigEndian (int64 value);

    /** Writes a 32-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format.
        The binary 32-bit encoding of the float is written as a little-endian int.
        @see InputStream::readFloat
    */
    virtual void writeFloat (float value);

    /** Writes a 32-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format.
        The binary 32-bit encoding of the float is written as a big-endian int.
        @see InputStream::readFloatBigEndian
    */
    virtual void writeFloatBigEndian (float value);

    /** Writes a 64-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format.
        The eight raw bytes of the double value are written out as a little-endian 64-bit int.
        @see InputStream::readDouble
    */
    virtual void writeDouble (double value);

    /** Writes a 64-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format.
        The eight raw bytes of the double value are written out as a big-endian 64-bit int.
        @see InputStream::readDoubleBigEndian
    */
    virtual void writeDoubleBigEndian (double value);

    /** Writes a byte to the output stream a given number of times. */
    virtual void writeRepeatedByte (uint8 byte, size_t numTimesToRepeat);

    /** Writes a condensed binary encoding of a 32-bit integer.

        If you're storing a lot of integers which are unlikely to have very large values,
        this can save a lot of space, because values under 0xff will only take up 2 bytes,
        under 0xffff only 3 bytes, etc.

        The format used is: number of significant bytes + up to 4 bytes in little-endian order.

        @see InputStream::readCompressedInt
    */
    virtual void writeCompressedInt (int value);

    /** Stores a string in the stream in a binary format.

        This isn't the method to use if you're trying to append text to the end of a
        text-file! It's intended for storing a string so that it can be retrieved later
        by InputStream::readString().

        It writes the string to the stream as UTF8, including the null termination character.

        For appending text to a file, instead use writeText, or operator<<

        @see InputStream::readString, writeText, operator<<
    */
    virtual void writeString (const String& text);

    /** Writes a string of text to the stream.

        It can either write the text as UTF-8 or UTF-16, and can also add the UTF-16 byte-order-mark
        bytes (0xff, 0xfe) to indicate the endianness (these should only be used at the start
        of a file).

        The method also replaces '\\n' characters in the text with '\\r\\n'.
    */
    virtual void writeText (const String& text,
                            bool asUTF16,
                            bool writeUTF16ByteOrderMark);

    /** Reads data from an input stream and writes it to this stream.

        @param source               the stream to read from
        @param maxNumBytesToWrite   the number of bytes to read from the stream (if this is
                                    less than zero, it will keep reading until the input
                                    is exhausted)
    */
    virtual int writeFromInputStream (InputStream& source, int64 maxNumBytesToWrite);

    //==============================================================================
    /** Sets the string that will be written to the stream when the writeNewLine()
        method is called.
        By default this will be set the the value of NewLine::getDefault().
    */
    void setNewLineString (const String& newLineString);

    /** Returns the current new-line string that was set by setNewLineString(). */
    const String& getNewLineString() const noexcept         { return newLineString; }

private:
    //==============================================================================
    String newLineString;

    JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (OutputStream)
};

//==============================================================================
/** Writes a number to a stream as 8-bit characters in the default system encoding. */
JUCE_API OutputStream& JUCE_CALLTYPE operator<< (OutputStream& stream, int number);

/** Writes a number to a stream as 8-bit characters in the default system encoding. */
JUCE_API OutputStream& JUCE_CALLTYPE operator<< (OutputStream& stream, int64 number);

/** Writes a number to a stream as 8-bit characters in the default system encoding. */
JUCE_API OutputStream& JUCE_CALLTYPE operator<< (OutputStream& stream, double number);

/** Writes a character to a stream. */
JUCE_API OutputStream& JUCE_CALLTYPE operator<< (OutputStream& stream, char character);

/** Writes a null-terminated text string to a stream. */
JUCE_API OutputStream& JUCE_CALLTYPE operator<< (OutputStream& stream, const char* text);

/** Writes a block of data from a MemoryBlock to a stream. */
JUCE_API OutputStream& JUCE_CALLTYPE operator<< (OutputStream& stream, const MemoryBlock& data);

/** Writes the contents of a file to a stream. */
JUCE_API OutputStream& JUCE_CALLTYPE operator<< (OutputStream& stream, const File& fileToRead);

/** Writes the complete contents of an input stream to an output stream. */
JUCE_API OutputStream& JUCE_CALLTYPE operator<< (OutputStream& stream, InputStream& streamToRead);

/** Writes a new-line to a stream.
    You can use the predefined symbol 'newLine' to invoke this, e.g.
    @code
    myOutputStream << "Hello World" << newLine << newLine;
    @endcode
    @see OutputStream::setNewLineString
*/
JUCE_API OutputStream& JUCE_CALLTYPE operator<< (OutputStream& stream, const NewLine&);


#endif   // __JUCE_OUTPUTSTREAM_JUCEHEADER__