CFile.h

// -*- C++ -*-
#ifndef THEPEG_CFile_H
#define THEPEG_CFile_H
//
// This is the declaration of the CFile class.
//
 
#include "Exception.h"
 
namespace ThePEG {
 
class CFile {
 
public:
 
  enum FileType {
    undefined, plain, pipe, gzip, bzip2
  };
 
public:
 
  CFile(): file(0), fileType(undefined) {}
 
  CFile(string filename, string mode)
  : file(0), fileType(undefined) {
    open(filename, mode);
  }
    
  ~CFile() {}
 
  void open(string filename, string mode);
 
  void close();
 
  operator void * () const {
    return fileType != undefined? file: 0;
  }
 
  bool operator!() const {
    return !(operator void * ());
  }
 
  char * gets(char * s, int size);
 
  int puts(const char * s);
 
  int getc();
 
  int putc(int c);
 
  int ungetc(int c);
 
  size_t read(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb = 1);
 
  size_t write(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb = 1);
 
private:
 
  void * file;
 
  FileType fileType;
 
public:
 
  class FileError: public Exception {};
};
 
}
 
 
#endif /* THEPEG_CFile_H */