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#ifndef GNASH_STREAMPROVIDER_H
#define GNASH_STREAMPROVIDER_H

#include "NetworkAdapter.h"
#include "dsodefs.h" // for DSOEXPORT
#include "NamingPolicy.h"

#include <string>
#include <memory>

// Forward declarations
namespace gnash {
	class URL;
	class IOChannel;
}


namespace gnash {

/// A StreamProvider makes IOChannels available to the core on request.
//
/// The current functions of this class are:
/// 1. Inform users whether a connection to a certain URL is allowed.
/// 2. Make a connection and return an IOChannel (this performs a separate
///    access check).
///
/// The class should in future also:
/// 3. Take relative URLs and resolve them against the base URL.
//
/// TODO: this class should become an abstract interface.
class DSOEXPORT StreamProvider
{
public:

    /// Construct a StreamProvider
    //
    /// @param original     The original URL, used to decide whether to allow
    ///                     connections.
    /// @param base         The base URL, used to resolve URLs.
    /// @param np           A policy to decide the name of cached files.
	StreamProvider(const URL& original, const URL& base,
            std::auto_ptr<NamingPolicy> np =
            std::auto_ptr<NamingPolicy>(new NamingPolicy));

	virtual ~StreamProvider() {}

	/// Returned stream ownership is transferred to caller.
	//
	/// On error NULL is returned
	/// Derive from this for a CachingStreamProvider
	virtual std::auto_ptr<IOChannel> getStream(const URL& url,
            bool namedCacheFile = false) const;

	/// Get a stream from the response of a POST operation
	//
	/// Returned stream ownership is transferred to caller.
	///
	/// On error NULL is returned
	/// Derive from this for a CachingStreamProvider
	///
	/// @param url      The url to post to.
	/// @param postdata Post data in url-encoded form.
	virtual std::auto_ptr<IOChannel> getStream(const URL& url,
            const std::string& postdata, bool namedCacheFile = false) const;
	
	virtual std::auto_ptr<IOChannel> getStream(const URL& url,
            const std::string& postdata,
            const NetworkAdapter::RequestHeaders& headers,
            bool namedCacheFile = false) const;
	
    /// Set the NamingPolicy for cache files
    //
    /// This is only used when cache file naming is requested in getStream()
    /// This StreamProvider owns the NamingPolicy instance.
    void setNamingPolicy(std::auto_ptr<NamingPolicy> np) {
        _namingPolicy = np;
    }

    /// Return the currently selected policy for converting URL to filename
    const NamingPolicy& namingPolicy() const {
        assert(_namingPolicy.get());
        return *_namingPolicy;
    }

    /// Check whether access to a URL is allowed
    //
    /// This is used by the core to check whether a connection can be
    /// made before trying to make it. It's useful currently for
    /// some functions to decide what to return.
    //
    /// @param url      The url to check
    /// @return         true if allowed, false if not.
    bool allow(const URL& url) const;

    /// The base URL that should be used to resolve all relative URLs.
    //
    /// TODO: drop this if possible and handle all resolution in
    /// this class.
    const URL& baseURL() const {
        return _base;
    }

private:

    /// The current naming policy for cache files.
    std::auto_ptr<NamingPolicy> _namingPolicy;

    const URL _base;

    const URL _original;

};

} // namespace gnash

#endif 


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