laswriteitem.hpp

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/*
===============================================================================

  FILE:  LASwriteitem.hpp
  
  CONTENTS:
  
    Common interface for all classes that write the items that compose a point.

  PROGRAMMERS:
  
    martin.isenburg@gmail.com
  
  COPYRIGHT:

    (c) 2007-2011, Martin Isenburg, LASSO - tools to catch reality

    This is free software; you can redistribute and/or modify it under the
    terms of the GNU Lesser General Licence as published by the Free Software
    Foundation. See the COPYING file for more information.

    This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and without even the
    implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  
  CHANGE HISTORY:
  
    10 January 2011 -- licensing change for LGPL release and liblas integration
    12 December 2010 -- refactored after watching two movies with silke
  
===============================================================================
*/
#ifndef LAS_WRITE_ITEM_H
#define LAS_WRITE_ITEM_H

#include "mydefs.hpp"

class ByteStreamOut;

class LASwriteItem
{
public:
  virtual BOOL write(const U8* item)=0;

  virtual ~LASwriteItem(){};
};

class LASwriteItemRaw : public LASwriteItem
{
public:
  LASwriteItemRaw()
  {
    outstream = 0;
  };
  BOOL init(ByteStreamOut* outstream)
  {
    if (!outstream) return FALSE;
    this->outstream = outstream;
    return TRUE;
  };
  virtual ~LASwriteItemRaw(){};
protected:
  ByteStreamOut* outstream;
};

class LASwriteItemCompressed : public LASwriteItem
{
public:
  virtual BOOL init(const U8* item)=0;

  virtual ~LASwriteItemCompressed(){};
};

#endif