////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Copyright (c) Nehmulos 2011-2014
// This file is part of N0 Strain Serialization Library.
//
// N0Strain-Serialization-Library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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//
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//
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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////




#ifndef BINARY_WRITER_H_
#define BINARY_WRITER_H_

#include "Describer.h"
#include "BinaryFstream.h"
#include <stack>

namespace nw {

class BinaryWriter : public Describer{
public:
        BinaryWriter(const String filepath);
        virtual ~BinaryWriter();

        void virtual close();
        void readFromFile(const String filename);

        bool isInWriteMode();

        bool push(const String tagName);
        void describeArray(const String arrayName, const String elementsName, unsigned int size);
        void describeValueArray(const String arrayName, unsigned int size);
        bool enterTag(const String childrenTagName);
        bool enterNextElement(unsigned int iterator);
        void autoEnterTags(bool doIt);

        /* Serialize functions */
        void describeName(const String name);
        void describeValue(bool&);
        void describeValue(char&);
        void describeValue(unsigned char&);
        void describeValue(signed char&);
        void describeValue(short&);
        void describeValue(unsigned short&);
        void describeValue(int&);
        void describeValue(unsigned int&);
        void describeValue(long&);
        void describeValue(unsigned long&);
        void describeValue(float&);
        void describeValue(Pointer);
        void describeValue(double&);
        void describeValue(long long&);
        void describeValue(long double&);
        void describeValue(String&);
        void describeBlob(const String childName,nw::Pointer binaryBlob, unsigned int blobSize);
        void comment(const String text);
        String getParentName();
        void pop();

private:
        BinaryFstream file;
        std::stack<unsigned int> arraySize;
        //helpers

        inline void registerPointer(DescribedObject*);

        inline void writeValidationSequence();
};

}  // namespace nw
#endif /* BINARY_WRITER_H_ */