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/**
 * @file
 *
 * Defines a simple structure for maintaining a write buffer.
 */

#pragma once

#include <stdint.h>
#include <vector>
#include <pthread.h>

class WriteBuffer
{
public:
  static const size_t DEFAULT_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE= 1024; /* Many GPB messages are < 1 KB... */
  /**
   * Constructor.
   */
  WriteBuffer();
  ~WriteBuffer();
  /**
   * Locks the log write buffer
   */
  void lock()
  {
    pthread_mutex_lock(&latch);
  }
  /**
   * Unlocks the log's write buffer
   */
  void unlock()
  {
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&latch);
  }
  /**
   * Resizes the internal raw byte buffer
   *
   * @param[in] New size to allocate
   */
  void resize(size_t new_size);
  /**
   * Returns the pointer to the raw bytes.
   */
  uint8_t *getRawBytes()
  {
    return &buffer[0];
  }
  /**
   * Returns the size of the write buffer
   */
  size_t getCapacity()
  {
    return buffer.size();
  }
private:
  /* Prohibit these */
  WriteBuffer(const WriteBuffer&);
  WriteBuffer &operator=(const WriteBuffer&);

  std::vector<uint8_t> buffer; ///< Raw memory buffer managed by the log
  pthread_mutex_t latch; ///< Lock around the synchronized parts of the log (the write buffer)
};