IoFilter.h

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#ifndef _ESN_IOFILTER_H_
#define _ESN_IOFILTER_H_

#include <vector>

#include "Session.h"
#include "IoBuffer.h"

namespace esnlib
{
class IoFilter
{
public:
    IoFilter();
    virtual ~IoFilter();

    virtual bool Extract(SessionPtr session, IoBufferPtr data, std::vector<IoBufferPtr>& readylist) = 0;

    virtual IoBufferPtr Encode(SessionPtr session, void* data) = 0;

    virtual void* Decode(SessionPtr session, IoBufferPtr data) = 0;

protected:
private:
};

typedef boost::shared_ptr<IoFilter> IoFilterPtr;

}

#endif // IOFILTER_H