//
// VMime library (http://www.vmime.org)
// Copyright (C) 2002-2013 Vincent Richard <vincent@vmime.org>
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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//
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//

#ifndef VMIME_UTILITY_STREAM_HPP_INCLUDED
#define VMIME_UTILITY_STREAM_HPP_INCLUDED


#include <sstream>

#include "vmime/config.hpp"
#include "vmime/types.hpp"
#include "vmime/base.hpp"


namespace vmime {
namespace utility {



/** Base class for input/output stream.
  */

class VMIME_EXPORT stream : public object, private noncopyable
{
public:

	virtual ~stream() { }

	/** Return the preferred maximum block size when reading
	  * from or writing to this stream.
	  *
	  * @return block size, in bytes
	  */
	virtual size_t getBlockSize();
};


} // utility
} // vmime


#endif // VMIME_UTILITY_STREAM_HPP_INCLUDED
