poco/Foundation/include/Poco/StreamCopier.h

//
// StreamCopier.h
//
// $Id: //poco/svn/Foundation/include/Poco/StreamCopier.h#2 $
//
// Library: Foundation
// Package: Streams
// Module:  StreamCopier
//
// Definition of class StreamCopier.
//
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#ifndef Foundation_StreamCopier_INCLUDED
#define Foundation_StreamCopier_INCLUDED


#include "Poco/Foundation.h"
#include <istream>
#include <ostream>


namespace Poco {


class Foundation_API StreamCopier
	/// This class provides static methods to copy the contents from one stream
	/// into another.
{
public:
    static std::streamsize copyStream(std::istream& istr, std::ostream& ostr, unsigned bufferSize = 8192);
		/// Writes all bytes readable from istr to ostr, using an internal buffer.
		///
		/// Returns the number of bytes copied.

    static std::streamsize copyStreamUnbuffered(std::istream& istr, std::ostream& ostr);
		/// Writes all bytes readable from istr to ostr.
		///
		/// Returns the number of bytes copied.

    static std::streamsize copyToString(std::istream& istr, std::string& str, unsigned bufferSize = 8192);
		/// Appends all bytes readable from istr to the given string, using an internal buffer.
		///
		/// Returns the number of bytes copied.
};


} // namespace Poco


#endif // Foundation_StreamCopier_INCLUDED