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--  Utility subprograms for data representation methods and buffer access.

with Ada.Streams;
with PolyORB.Buffers;

package PolyORB.Utils.Buffers is

   pragma Elaborate_Body;

   use PolyORB.Buffers;
   use Ada.Streams;

   ----------------------------------------------------
   --  Marshalling/unmarshalling of elementary types --
   ----------------------------------------------------

   --  This generic package provides marshalling and unmarshalling operations
   --  that transfer the memory representation of T to/from the buffer,
   --  with optional alignment (equal to the data size), and performing byte
   --  swapping if the buffer endianness differs from the host order.

   generic
      type T is private;
      with function Swapped (Item : T) return T is <>;

      With_Alignment : Boolean := True;
      --  If With_Alignment is False, then don't align the buffer prior to
      --  transfers in the routines below.

   package Align_Transfer_Elementary is
      procedure Marshall (Buffer : access Buffer_Type; Item : T);
      --  Align buffer on T'Size, then marshall a copy of Item, swapping its
      --  bytes using the provided procedure if Buffer's endianness is not
      --  Host_Order.

      function Unmarshall (Buffer : access Buffer_Type) return T;
      --  Align buffer on T'Size, then unmarshall a T value, swapping its bytes
      --  using the provided swapper if Buffer's endianness is not Host_Order.
   end Align_Transfer_Elementary;

   procedure Align_Marshall_Copy
     (Buffer    : access Buffer_Type;
      Octets    : Stream_Element_Array;
      Alignment : Alignment_Type := Align_1);
   --  Align Buffer on Alignment, then marshall a copy of Octets into it, as is

   procedure Align_Unmarshall_Copy
     (Buffer    : access Buffer_Type;
      Alignment : Alignment_Type := Align_1;
      Data      : out Stream_Element_Array);
   --  Align Buffer on Alignment, then fill Data by extracting Data'Length
   --  bytes at the current position. The data need not be contiguous in the
   --  in (it may span multiple chunks).

end PolyORB.Utils.Buffers;
