TypeMarshaller.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Thu Oct 22 11:59:08 CEST 2009  TypeMarshaller.hpp

                        TypeMarshaller.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Thu October 22 2009
    copyright            : (C) 2009 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter@thesourcworks.com

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/*
 * TypeMarshaller.hpp
 *
 *  Created on: Sep 17, 2009
 *      Author: kaltan
 */

#ifndef TYPEMARSHALLER_HPP_
#define TYPEMARSHALLER_HPP_

#include "TypeTransporter.hpp"

namespace RTT
{

    namespace types
    {

        class TypeMarshaller: public RTT::types::TypeTransporter
        {
        public:
            virtual void* createCookie() const { return 0; }
            virtual void deleteCookie(void* cookie) const {}
            virtual std::pair<void const*,int> fillBlob( base::DataSourceBase::shared_ptr source, void* blob, int size, void* cookie = 0) const = 0;

            virtual bool updateFromBlob(const void* blob, int size, base::DataSourceBase::shared_ptr target, void* cookie = 0) const = 0;

            virtual unsigned int getSampleSize( base::DataSourceBase::shared_ptr sample, void* cookie = 0) const = 0;

        };

    }

}

#endif /* TYPEMARSHALLER_HPP_ */