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+//
+// VMime library (http://vmime.sourceforge.net)
+// Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Vincent Richard <[email protected]>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+// General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+//
+
+#ifndef VMIME_COMPONENT_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define VMIME_COMPONENT_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+
+#include "base.hpp"
+
+
+namespace vmime
+{
+
+
+/** This abstract class is the base for all the classes in the library.
+  * It defines the methods for parsing and generating all the components.
+  */
+
+class component
+{
+protected:
+
+	virtual ~component() {}
+
+protected:
+
+	/** Parse RFC-822/MIME data for this component.
+	  *
+	  * @param buffer input buffer
+	  */
+	void parse(const string& buffer);
+
+	/** Parse RFC-822/MIME data for this component.
+	  *
+	  * @param buffer input buffer
+	  * @param position current position in the input buffer
+	  * @param end end position in the input buffer
+	  * @param newPosition will receive the new position in the input buffer
+	  */
+	virtual void parse(const string& buffer, const string::size_type position, const string::size_type end, string::size_type* newPosition = NULL) = 0;
+
+public:
+
+	/** Generate RFC-2822/MIME data for this component.
+	  *
+	  * \deprecated Use the new generate() method, which takes an outputStream parameter.
+	  *
+	  * @param maxLineLength maximum line length for output
+	  * @param curLinePos length of the current line in the output buffer
+	  * @return generated data
+	  */
+	virtual const string generate(const string::size_type maxLineLength = lineLengthLimits::infinite, const string::size_type curLinePos = 0) const;
+
+	/** Generate RFC-2822/MIME data for this component.
+	  *
+	  * @param os output stream
+	  * @param maxLineLength maximum line length for output
+	  * @param curLinePos length of the current line in the output buffer
+	  * @param newLinePos will receive the new line position (length of the last line written)
+	  */
+	virtual void generate(utility::outputStream& os, const string::size_type maxLineLength = lineLengthLimits::infinite, const string::size_type curLinePos = 0, string::size_type* newLinePos = NULL) const = 0;
+};
+
+
+} // vmime
+
+
+#endif // VMIME_COMPONENT_HPP_INCLUDED