/**
 * @cond doxygenLibsbmlInternal
 *
 * @file    XMLBuffer.h
 * @brief   XMLBuffer interface
 * @author  Ben Bornstein
 * 
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#ifndef XMLBuffer_h
#define XMLBuffer_h

#include <sbml/xml/XMLExtern.h>

LIBSBML_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class LIBLAX_EXTERN XMLBuffer
{
public:

  /**
   * Destroys this XMLBuffer.
   */
  virtual ~XMLBuffer ();


  /**
   * Copies at most nbytes from this XMLFileBuffer to the memory pointed to
   * by destination.
   *
   * @return the number of bytes actually copied (may be 0).
   */
  virtual unsigned int copyTo (void* destination, unsigned int bytes) = 0;


  /**
   * Returns @c true if there was an error reading from the underlying buffer,
   * @c false otherwise.
   *
   * @return @c true if there was an error reading from the underlying buffer,
   * @c false otherwise.
   */
  virtual bool error () = 0;


protected:

  XMLBuffer ();
  XMLBuffer (const XMLBuffer&);
  XMLBuffer& operator= (const XMLBuffer&);
};

LIBSBML_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif  /* XMLBuffer_h */
/** @endcond */
