root/src/apps/cortex/Persistence/Wrappers/FlatMessageIO.h
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// FlatMessageIO.h
// * PURPOSE
//   Efficient export/import of BMessages to and from
//   XML using the Cortex persistence library.
//   Messages are stored in flattened form.
// * HISTORY
//   e.moon             6jul99          Begun.
//
// Example:
//
// <flat-BMessage
//   encoding = 'base64'>
//   nKJNFBlkn3lknbxlkfnbLKN/lknlknlDSLKn3lkn3l2k35234ljk234
//   lkdsg23823nlknsdlkbNDSLKBNlkn3lk23n4kl23n423lknLKENL+==
// </flat-BMessage>

#ifndef __FlatMessageIO_H__
#define __FlatMessageIO_H__

#include <Message.h>
#include <String.h>
#include "XML.h"

#include "cortex_defs.h"
__BEGIN_CORTEX_NAMESPACE

class FlatMessageIO :
        public          IPersistent {

public:                                 // *** ctor/dtor/accessor
        virtual ~FlatMessageIO();

        FlatMessageIO();
        
        // When given a message to export, this object does NOT take
        // responsibility for deleting it.  It will, however, handle
        // deletion of an imported BMessage.  
        
        FlatMessageIO(const BMessage* message);
        void setMessage(BMessage* message);     
        
        // Returns 0 if no message has been set, and if no message has
        // been imported.
        
        const BMessage* message() const { return m_message; }
        
        // Returns true if the message will be automatically deleted.
        
        bool ownsMessage() const { return m_ownMessage; }

public:                                 // *** static setup method
        // call this method to install hooks for the tags needed by
        // FlatMessageIO into the given document type
        static void AddTo(XML::DocumentType* pDocType);
        
public:                                 // *** XML formatting
        static const char* const                        s_element;
        static const uint16                                     s_encodeToMax                   = 72;
        static const uint16                                     s_encodeToMin                   = 24;

public:                                 // *** IPersistent impl.

//      virtual void xmlExport(
//              ostream&                                        stream,
//              ExportContext&          context) const;

        // EXPORT:
        
        void xmlExportBegin(
                ExportContext& context) const;
                
        void xmlExportAttributes(
                ExportContext& context) const;
        
        void xmlExportContent(
                ExportContext& context) const;
        
        void xmlExportEnd(
                ExportContext& context) const;


        // IMPORT:

        virtual void xmlImportBegin(
                ImportContext&          context);

        virtual void xmlImportAttribute(
                const char*                                     key,
                const char*                                     value,
                ImportContext&          context);
        
        virtual void xmlImportContent(
                const char*                                     data,
                uint32                                          length,
                ImportContext&          context);
        
        virtual void xmlImportChild(
                IPersistent*                    child,
                ImportContext&          context);
                        
        virtual void xmlImportComplete(
                ImportContext&          context);
                
private:                                        // *** members
        bool                                            m_ownMessage;
        BMessage*                       m_message;

        // encoded data is cached here during the import process        
        BString                         m_base64Data;
};

__END_CORTEX_NAMESPACE

#endif /*__FlatMessageIO_H__*/