/*
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 * 02111-1307, USA.
 */
#ifndef _COMPRESSION_
#define _COMPRESSION_

#include <cstdio>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

/**
 * Clase "Compression".
 * Class methods to access compressed data by the byte-aligned method
 */
class Compression
{
public:
  /**
   * Encodes an integer value and writes it into the output stream
   * @see multibyte_read()
   * @param value integer to write.
   * @param output output stream.
   */
  static void multibyte_write(unsigned int value, FILE *output);
  
  /**
   * Read and decode an integer from the input stream.
   * @see multibyte_read()
   * @param input input stream.
   * @return the integer value readed.
   */
  static unsigned int multibyte_read(FILE *input);
  
  /**
   * This method allows to write a wide string to an output stream
   * using its UCSencoding as integer.
   * @see wstring_read()
   * @param str the string to write.
   * @param output the output stream.
   */
  static void wstring_write(wstring const &str, FILE *output);
  
  /**
   * This method reads a wide string from the input stream.
   * @see wstring_write()
   * @param input the input stream.
   * @return the wide string readed.
   */
  static wstring wstring_read(FILE *input);
};

#endif
