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// MANIFEST: interface definition for common/file/output/normal.cc
//

#ifndef COMMON_FILE_OUTPUT_NORMAL_H
#define COMMON_FILE_OUTPUT_NORMAL_H

#include <file/output.h>
#include <rcstring.h>

/**
  * The file_output_normal class is used to represent an output stream
  * writing to a normal file.
  */
class file_output_normal:
    public file_output
{
public:
    /**
      * The destructor.
      */
    virtual ~file_output_normal();

    /**
      * The constructor.
      *
      * \param filename
      *     The name of the file to write the output to.
      */
    file_output_normal(const char *filename);

    // See base class for documentation.
    virtual void write(const void *data, int nbytes);

    // See base class for documentation.
    virtual const char *filename() const;

private:
    /**
      * The fn instance variable is used to remember the name of the
      * file being written.
      */
    rcstring fn;

    /**
      * The fd instance variable is used to remember the file descriptor
      * of the open file.
      */
    int fd;

    /**
      * The default constructor.  Do not use.
      */
    file_output_normal();

    /**
      * The copy constructor.  Do not use.
      */
    file_output_normal(const file_output_normal &);

    /**
      * The assignment operator.  Do not use.
      */
    file_output_normal &operator = (const file_output_normal &);
};

#endif // COMMON_FILE_OUTPUT_NORMAL_H