vmime/vmime/component.hpp
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//
// VMime library (http://www.vmime.org)
// Copyright (C) 2002-2009 Vincent Richard <vincent@vincent-richard.net>
//
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//
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#ifndef VMIME_COMPONENT_HPP_INCLUDED
#define VMIME_COMPONENT_HPP_INCLUDED
#include "vmime/base.hpp"
namespace vmime
{
/** This abstract class is the base class for all the components of a message.
* It defines methods for parsing and generating a component.
*/
class component : public object
{
public:
component();
virtual ~component();
/** 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;
/** 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
*/
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;
/** Clone this component.
*
* @return a copy of this component
*/
virtual ref <component> clone() const = 0;
/** Replace data in this component by data in other component.
* Both components must be of the same type.
*
* @throw std::bad_cast_exception if the components are not
* of the same (dynamic) type
* @param other other component to copy data from
*/
virtual void copyFrom(const component& other) = 0;
/** Return the start position of this component in the
* parsed message contents.
*
* @return start position in parsed buffer
* or 0 if this component has not been parsed
*/
string::size_type getParsedOffset() const;
/** Return the length of this component in the
* parsed message contents.
*
* @return length of the component in parsed buffer
* or 0 if this component has not been parsed
*/
string::size_type getParsedLength() const;
/** Return the list of children of this component.
*
* @return list of child components
*/
const std::vector <ref <component> > getChildComponents();
/** Return the list of children of this component (const version).
*
* @return list of child components
*/
virtual const std::vector <ref <const component> > getChildComponents() const = 0;
protected:
void setParsedBounds(const string::size_type start, const string::size_type end);
private:
string::size_type m_parsedOffset;
string::size_type m_parsedLength;
};
} // vmime
#endif // VMIME_COMPONENT_HPP_INCLUDED