#ifndef COIN_SOBYTESTREAM_H
#define COIN_SOBYTESTREAM_H

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#include <Inventor/system/inttypes.h>
#include <Inventor/SbBasic.h>

class SoNode;
class SoPath;
class SoPathList;


class COIN_DLL_API SoByteStream {

public:
  SoByteStream(void);
  ~SoByteStream();

  void convert(SoNode * node, SbBool binary = TRUE);
  void convert(SoPath * path, SbBool binary = TRUE);
  void convert(SoPathList * pl, SbBool binary = TRUE);

  void * getData(void);
  uint32_t getNumBytes(void);

  static SoPathList * unconvert(SoByteStream * stream);
  static SoPathList * unconvert(void * data, uint32_t bytesinstream);

  void copy(void * d, size_t len);
  SbBool isRawData(void) const;

private:
  // Placeholder for any data for the instance. Just added for the
  // sake of making it possible to implement this class after release
  // without breaking ABI compatibility.
  void * pimpl;
};

#endif // !COIN_SOBYTESTREAM_H