/*
	Copyright (C) 2006,2007 John Anderson

	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
	the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
	(at your option) any later version.

	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
	GNU General Public License for more details.

	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
	along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
	Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
#ifndef midi_byte_array_h
#define midi_byte_array_h

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

#include <boost/shared_array.hpp>

//#include <midi++/types.h>
namespace MIDI {
	typedef unsigned char byte;
}

/**
	To make building arrays of bytes easier. Thusly:

	MidiByteArray mba;
	mba << 0xf0 << 0x00 << 0xf7;

	MidiByteArray buf;
	buf << mba;

	MidiByteArray direct( 3, 0xf0, 0x00, 0xf7 );

	cout << mba << endl;
	cout << buf << endl;
	cout << direct << endl;

	will all result in "f0 00 f7" being output to stdout
*/
class MidiByteArray : public std::vector<MIDI::byte>
{
public:
	MidiByteArray() : std::vector<MIDI::byte>() {}

	MidiByteArray( size_t count, MIDI::byte array[] );

	bool compare_n (const MidiByteArray& other, MidiByteArray::size_type len) const;

	/**
		Accepts a preceding count, and then a list of bytes
	*/
	MidiByteArray( size_t count, MIDI::byte first, ... );

	/// copy the given number of bytes from the given array
	void copy( size_t count, MIDI::byte arr[] );
};

/// append the given byte to the end of the array
MidiByteArray & operator << ( MidiByteArray & mba, const MIDI::byte & b );

/// append the given string to the end of the array
MidiByteArray & operator << ( MidiByteArray & mba, const std::string & );

/// append the given array to the end of this array
MidiByteArray & operator << ( MidiByteArray & mba, const MidiByteArray & barr );

/// output the bytes as hex to the given stream
std::ostream & operator << ( std::ostream & os, const MidiByteArray & mba );

#endif