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+/*******************************************************************************
+
+ Copyright (c) 2009, Charles McGarvey
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+ this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
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+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _MOOF_SERIALIZER_HH_
+#define _MOOF_SERIALIZER_HH_
+
+/**
+ * @file Serializer.hh
+ * Serialize structures and types for output on a stream.
+ */
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+#include <ostream>
+
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+
+
+namespace Mf {
+
+
+class Serializer
+{
+public:
+
+ /**
+ * Construction is initialization. Use either an output stream or a string
+ * representing a path to a fill to which the serialized data will be
+ * written (replacing any previous file).
+ * @param indent If non-empty, the string's characters will be used as
+ * indentation. Otherwise, the serialized data will not be formatted neatly
+ * but will be tightly packed.
+ */
+
+ Serializer(const std::string& filePath, const std::string& indent = "");
+ Serializer(std::ostream& output, const std::string& indent = "");
+
+ ~Serializer();
+
+ /**
+ * Push various types of data onto the stream.
+ */
+
+ void push(long value);
+ void push(double value);
+ void push(bool value);
+ void push(const std::string& value);
+ void push(const std::wstring& value);
+ void pushNull();
+
+ /**
+ * Push a map onto the stream. Each map head must be matched by a map tail.
+ */
+
+ void pushMapHead();
+ void pushMapTail();
+
+ /**
+ * Push an array onto the stream. Each array head must be matched by an
+ * array tail.
+ */
+
+ void pushArrayHead();
+ void pushArrayTail();
+
+ /**
+ * Write any pending bytes to the stream. This is called automatically by
+ * the destructor of this class.
+ */
+
+ void flush();
+
+ /**
+ * This exception is thrown for serializer-related exceptional errors.
+ */
+
+ struct Exception : std::runtime_error
+ {
+ explicit Exception(const std::string& what_arg) :
+ std::runtime_error(what_arg) {}
+ };
+
+private:
+ class SerializerImpl;
+ boost::shared_ptr<SerializerImpl> impl_;
+};
+
+} // namespace Mf
+
+
+#endif // _MOOF_SERIALIZER_HH_
+
+/** vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=80: *************************************************/
+