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 * Icinga 2                                                                   *
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#ifndef NETSTRING_H
#define NETSTRING_H

#include "base/i2-base.hpp"
#include "base/stream.hpp"

namespace icinga
{

class String;

/**
 * Helper functions for reading/writing messages in the netstring format.
 *
 * @see http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt
 *
 * @ingroup base
 */
class I2_BASE_API NetString
{
public:
	static bool ReadStringFromStream(const Stream::Ptr& stream, String *message);
	static void WriteStringToStream(const Stream::Ptr& stream, const String& message);

private:
	NetString(void);
};

}

#endif /* NETSTRING_H */