note
	description: "Ancestor for reading/writing basic known entities from and to a particular location specified in concrete descendants of current."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date: 2020-05-19 14:29:33 +0000 (Tue, 19 May 2020) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 104259 $"

deferred class interface
	SED_READER_WRITER

feature -- Header/Footer

	read_header
			-- Action being executed before starting to read data.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	write_header
			-- Action being executed before starting to write data.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	read_footer
			-- Action being executed after finishing to read data.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	write_footer
			-- Action being executed after finishing to write data.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing
	
feature -- Status report

	is_ready_for_reading: BOOLEAN
			-- Is Current ready for future read operations?

	is_ready_for_writing: BOOLEAN
			-- Is Current ready for future write operations?

	is_pointer_value_stored: BOOLEAN
			-- Is value of a POINTER stored?
	
feature -- Settings

	set_is_pointer_value_stored (v: like is_pointer_value_stored)
			-- Set is_pointer_value_stored with v.
		ensure
			is_pointer_value_stored_set: is_pointer_value_stored = v
	
feature -- Access

	read_character_8: CHARACTER_8
			-- Read next 8-bits character
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_character_32: CHARACTER_32
			-- Read next 32-bits character
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_string_8: STRING_8
			-- Read next 8-bits sequence of character
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading
		ensure
			read_string_8_not_void: Result /= Void

	read_immutable_string_8: IMMUTABLE_STRING_8
			-- Read next 8-bits sequence of character as an IMMUTABLE_STRING_8
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading
		ensure
			read_immutable_string_8_not_void: Result /= Void

	read_string_32: STRING_32
			-- Read next sequence of characters encoded in UTF-8.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading
		ensure
			read_string_8_not_void: Result /= Void

	read_immutable_string_32: IMMUTABLE_STRING_32
			-- Read next sequence of characters encoded in UTF-8 as an IMMUTABLE_STRING_32.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading
		ensure
			read_string_8_not_void: Result /= Void

	read_boolean: BOOLEAN
			-- Read next boolean
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_natural_8: NATURAL_8
			-- Read next natural_8
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_natural_16: NATURAL_16
			-- Read next natural_16
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_natural_32: NATURAL_32
			-- Read next natural_32
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_natural_64: NATURAL_64
			-- Read next natural_64
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_integer_8: INTEGER_8
			-- Read next integer_8
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_integer_16: INTEGER_16
			-- Read next integer_16
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_integer_32: INTEGER_32
			-- Read next integer_32
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_integer_64: INTEGER_64
			-- Read next integer_64
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_real_32: REAL_32
			-- Read next real_32
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_real_64: REAL_64
			-- Read next real_64
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_pointer: POINTER
			-- Read next pointer
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_compressed_integer_32: INTEGER_32
			-- Read next compressed integer_32.
			-- See read_compressed_natural_32 for more details about encoding.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	read_compressed_natural_32: NATURAL_32
			-- Read next compressed natural_32.
			-- Depending on first natural_8 value read, it will tell how much more we need to read:
			-- 1 - Of the form 0xxxxxxx (0x00) for values between 0 and 127
			-- 2 - Of the form 10xxxxxx (0x80) for values between 128 and 16382 and one more to read.
			-- 3 - Of the form 110xxxxx (0xC0) for values between 16383 and 2097150 and 2 more to read.
			-- 4 - Of the form 1110xxxx (0xE0) for values between 2097151 and 268435454 and 3 more to read
			-- 5 - Otherwise a full natural_32 to read.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading

	cleanup
			-- When a reading is stopped, perform the necessary cleanup to perform
			-- another reading or writing.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_reading
	
feature -- Element change

	write_character_8 (v: CHARACTER_8)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_character_32 (v: CHARACTER_32)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_string_8 (v: READABLE_STRING_8)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing
			v_not_void: v /= Void

	write_string_32 (v: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL)
			-- Write v in UTF-8 format.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing
			v_not_void: v /= Void

	write_boolean (v: BOOLEAN)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_natural_8 (v: NATURAL_8)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_natural_16 (v: NATURAL_16)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_natural_32 (v: NATURAL_32)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_natural_64 (v: NATURAL_64)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_integer_8 (v: INTEGER_8)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_integer_16 (v: INTEGER_16)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_integer_32 (v: INTEGER_32)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_integer_64 (v: INTEGER_64)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_real_32 (v: REAL_32)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_real_64 (v: REAL_64)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_pointer (v: POINTER)
			-- Write v.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_compressed_integer_32 (v: INTEGER_32)
			-- Write v as a compressed integer_32.
			-- See write_compressed_natural_32 for details about encoding.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing

	write_compressed_natural_32 (v: NATURAL_32)
			-- Write v as a compressed natural_32.
			-- Depending on value of v, it will tell how many natural_8 will
			-- be written. Below here is the actual encoding where x represents
			-- a meaningful bit for v and the last number in parenthesis is the
			-- marker value in hexadecimal which is added to the value of v.
			-- 1 - For values between 0 and 127, write 0xxxxxxx (0x00).
			-- 2 - For values between 128 and 16382, write 0x10xxxxxx xxxxxxxx (0xE0).
			-- 3 - For values between 16383 and 2097150, write 0x110xxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx (0xC0).
			-- 4 - For values between 2097151 and 268435454, write 0x1110xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx (0xE0).
			-- 5 - Otherwise write v as a full natural_32.
		require
			is_ready: is_ready_for_writing
	
note
	library: "EiffelBase: Library of reusable components for Eiffel."
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2020, Eiffel Software and others"
	license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
		Eiffel Software
		5949 Hollister Ave., Goleta, CA 93117 USA
		Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
		Website http://www.eiffel.com
		Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
	]"

end -- class SED_READER_WRITER

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