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// dar - disk archive - a backup/restoration program
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    /// \file proto_compressor.hpp
    /// \brief abstracted ancestor class for compressor and parallel_compressor classes
    /// \ingroup Private

#ifndef PROTO_COMPRESSOR_HPP
#define PROTO_COMPRESSOR_HPP

#include "/usr/pkg/include/dar/libdar_my_config.h"

#include "/usr/pkg/include/dar/infinint.hpp"
#include "/usr/pkg/include/dar/generic_file.hpp"
#include "/usr/pkg/include/dar/compression.hpp"

namespace libdar
{


	/// \addtogroup Private
	/// @{

    class proto_compressor : public generic_file
    {
    public :
	using generic_file::generic_file;

	proto_compressor(const proto_compressor & ref) = default;
	proto_compressor(proto_compressor && ref) noexcept = default;
	proto_compressor & operator = (const proto_compressor & ref) = default;
	proto_compressor & operator = (proto_compressor && ref) noexcept = default;
        virtual ~proto_compressor() = default;

	    /// give the compression algo at the current time (must return compression:none if suspended)
        virtual compression get_algo() const = 0;

	    /// temporary disable compression (reading or writing is just copy to/from the below layer)
	virtual void suspend_compression() = 0;

	    /// reactivate the compression
	virtual void resume_compression() = 0;

	    /// whether compression is currently suspended
	virtual bool is_compression_suspended() const = 0;
    };


	// used only for block compression

    constexpr const U_I default_uncompressed_block_size = 102400;
    constexpr const U_I min_uncompressed_block_size = 100;

	/// @}

} // end of namespace

#endif
