#ifndef CONNECT___NCBI_FILE_CONNECTOR__H
#define CONNECT___NCBI_FILE_CONNECTOR__H

/*  $Id: ncbi_file_connector.h,v 6.4 2003/04/09 17:58:50 siyan Exp $
 * ===========================================================================
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 *
 * Author:  Vladimir Alekseyev, Denis Vakatov
 *
 * File Description:
 *   Implement CONNECTOR for a FILE stream
 *
 *   See in "connectr.h" for the detailed specification of the underlying
 *   connector("CONNECTOR", "SConnectorTag") methods and structures.
 *
 */

#include <connect/ncbi_connector.h>


/** @addtogroup Connectors
 *
 * @{
 */


#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif


/* Create new CONNECTOR structure to handle a data transfer between two files.
 * Return NULL on error.
 */
extern NCBI_XCONNECT_EXPORT CONNECTOR FILE_CreateConnector
(const char* in_file_name,   /* to read data from */
 const char* out_file_name   /* to write the read data to */
 );


/* Open mode for the output data file
 */
typedef enum {
    eFCM_Truncate, /* create new or replace existing file */
    eFCM_Seek,     /* seek before the first i/o */
    eFCM_Append    /* add after the end of file */
} EFileConnMode;


/* Extended file connector attributes
 */
typedef struct {
    size_t        r_pos;  /* file position to start reading at */
    EFileConnMode w_mode; /* how to open output file */
    size_t        w_pos;  /* eFCM_Seek mode only: begin to write at "w_pos" */
} SFileConnAttr;


/* An extended version of FILE_CreateConnector().
 */
extern NCBI_XCONNECT_EXPORT CONNECTOR FILE_CreateConnectorEx
(const char*          in_file_name,
 const char*          out_file_name,
 const SFileConnAttr* attr
 );


#ifdef __cplusplus
}  /* extern "C" */
#endif


/* @} */


/*
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * $Log: ncbi_file_connector.h,v $
 * Revision 6.4  2003/04/09 17:58:50  siyan
 * Added doxygen support
 *
 * Revision 6.3  2003/01/08 01:59:32  lavr
 * DLL-ize CONNECT library for MSVC (add NCBI_XCONNECT_EXPORT)
 *
 * Revision 6.2  2002/09/19 18:00:42  lavr
 * Header file guard macro changed; log moved to the end
 *
 * Revision 6.1  2000/04/12 15:18:10  vakatov
 * Initial revision
 *
 * ==========================================================================
 */

#endif /* CONNECT___NCBI_FILE_CONNECTOR__H */