/***************************************************************************/

/*
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1999 GMRS Software GmbH
 * Carl-von-Linde-Str. 38, D-85716 Unterschleissheim, http://www.gmrs.de
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Author: Arno Unkrig <arno@unkrig.de>
 */
 
/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License in the file COPYING for more details.
 */

 /***************************************************************************/

/*
 * Changes to version 1.2.2 were made by Martin Bayer <mbayer@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
 * Dates and reasons of modifications:
 * Thu Oct  4 21:50:51 CEST 2001: ported to g++ 3.0
 * Sun Apr  7 12:00:50 CEST 2002: Handle URLs with missing node
 * Wed Jul  2 22:08:05 CEST 2003: ported to g++ 3.3
 * Tue Nov 11 21:11:51 CET 2003: fd_ might be uninitialized
 */
  
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#ifndef __urlistream_h_INCLUDED__ /* { */
#define __urlistream_h_INCLUDED__

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <unistd.h>

using std::string;

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

/*
 * Similar to an "ifstream", but "open()" is overloaded: Pass an URL instead
 * of a file name.
 */
class urlistream /* : public ifstream */ {

public:
  enum { default_timeout = 10000 };

  urlistream() : open_error_(0), fd_(-1) {}
  urlistream(
    const char *url,
    int        timeout = default_timeout   // Milliseconds
  ) : open_error_(0), fd_(-1) { open(url, timeout); }
  urlistream(
    const string &url,
    int          timeout = default_timeout   // Milliseconds
  ) : open_error_(0), fd_(-1) { open(url, timeout); }

  void open(
    const char *url,
    int        timeout = default_timeout   // Milliseconds
  );
  void open(
    const string &url,
    int          timeout = default_timeout   // Milliseconds
  );
  int is_open() const { return (fd_ > 0); }
  void close() { ::close(fd_); }
  const char *open_error() const;
  int get();

private:
  void http_open(const char *address, int timeout);
  void file_open(const char *file_name);

  const char *open_error_;
  int fd_;
};

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

#endif /* } */

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */