/**
 *@endcond doxygen-libsbml-internal 
 **
 *
 * @file    OutputCompressor.h
 * @brief   utility class for output compression
 * @author  Akiya Jouraku
 *
 * $Id: OutputCompressor.h 10049 2009-08-20 13:00:02Z ajouraku $
 * $HeadURL: https://sbml.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/sbml/branches/rel-4-0-0/src/compress/OutputCompressor.h $
 *
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#ifndef OutputCompressor_h
#define OutputCompressor_h

#include <iostream>
#include <sbml/common/extern.h>
#include <sbml/compress/CompressCommon.h>

LIBSBML_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class LIBSBML_EXTERN OutputCompressor
{
public:

 /**
  * Opens the given gzip file as a gzofstream (subclass of std::ofstream class) object
  * for write access and returned the stream object.
  *
  * @param filename a string, the gzip file name to be written.
  *
  * @note ZlibNotLinked will be thrown if zlib is not linked with libSBML at compile time.
  *
  * @return a ostream* object bound to the given gzip file or NULL if the initialization
  * for the object failed.
  */
  static std::ostream* openGzipOStream(const std::string& filename);


 /**
  * Opens the given bzip2 file as a bzofstream (subclass of std::ofstream class) object
  * for write access and returned the stream object.
  *
  * @param filename a string, the bzip2 file name to be written.
  *
  * @note Bzip2NotLinked will be thrown if zlib is not linked with libSBML at compile time.
  *
  * @return a ostream* object bound to the given bzip2 file or NULL if the initialization
  * for the object failed.
  */
  static std::ostream* openBzip2OStream(const std::string& filename);


 /**
  * Opens the given zip file as a zipofstream (subclass of std::ofstream class) object
  * for write access and returned the stream object.
  *
  * @param filename a string, the zip archive file name to be written.
  * @param filenameinzip a string, the file name to be archived in the above zip archive file.
  * ('filenameinzip' will be extracted when the 'filename' is unzipped)
  *
  * @note ZlibNotLinked will be thrown if zlib is not linked with libSBML at compile time.
  *
  * @return a ostream* object bound to the given zip file or NULL if the initialization
  * for the object failed.
  */
  static std::ostream* openZipOStream(const std::string& filename, const std::string& filenameinzip);

};

LIBSBML_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif // OutputCompressor_h

/** @endcond doxygen-libsbml-internal */
