// -*- mode: c++; c-basic-offset:4 -*-

// This file is part of libdap, A C++ implementation of the OPeNDAP Data
// Access Protocol.

// Copyright (c) 2002,2003 OPeNDAP, Inc.
// Author: James Gallagher <jgallagher@opendap.org>
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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//
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// (c) COPYRIGHT URI/MIT 1994-1999
// Please read the full copyright statement in the file COPYRIGHT_URI.
//
// Authors:
//      jhrg,jimg       James Gallagher <jgallagher@gso.uri.edu>

// Interface for Byte type.
//
// jhrg 9/7/94

#ifndef _byte_h
#define _byte_h 1


#ifndef _dods_datatypes_h
#include "dods-datatypes.h"
#endif

#ifndef _basetype_h
#include "BaseType.h"
#endif

#ifndef constraint_evaluator_h
#include "ConstraintEvaluator.h"
#endif

namespace libdap
{

/** This class is used to hold eight bits of information.  No sign
    information is implied in its value.

    @brief Holds a single byte.
    @see BaseType
    */
class Byte: public BaseType
{
    /** This class allows Int16, ..., Float64 access to <tt>_buf</tt> to
    simplify and speed up the relational operators. 

    NB: According to Stroustrup it does not matter where (public, private
    or protected) friend classes are declared. */
    friend class Int16;
    friend class UInt16;
    friend class Int32;
    friend class UInt32;
    friend class Float32;
    friend class Float64;

protected:
    dods_byte _buf;

public:
    Byte(const string &n = "");

    virtual ~Byte()
    {}

    Byte(const Byte &copy_from);

    Byte &operator=(const Byte &rhs);

    virtual unsigned int width();

    virtual BaseType *ptr_duplicate();

    bool serialize(const string &dataset, ConstraintEvaluator &eval,
                   DDS &dds, Marshaller &m, bool ce_eval);
    bool deserialize(UnMarshaller &um, DDS *, bool);

    virtual unsigned int val2buf(void *val, bool reuse = false);
    virtual unsigned int buf2val(void **val);

    virtual bool set_value(const dods_byte value);
    virtual dods_byte value() const;

    virtual void print_val(FILE *out, string space = "",
                           bool print_decl_p = true);
    virtual void print_val(ostream &out, string space = "",
                           bool print_decl_p = true);

    virtual bool ops(BaseType *b, int op, const string &dataset);

    virtual void dump(ostream &strm) const ;
};

} // namespace libdap

#endif // _byte_h