// Interface to FileAccess


// Implementation is in FileAccess.cpp


#ifndef FILEACCESS_DECL


#define FILEACCESS_DECL true


#include <stdio.h>


// FileAccess class

class fileaccess
{
private:
    
    FILE*   fptr;                       // File pointer

    HANDLE  file_sema;                  // Semaphore to ensure mutually exclusive file access

    config* settings;                   // Program settings

    char    filename[100];              // Filename of file

    char    type[2];                    // Type of file access eg. "r", "w", etc.

    bool    always_flush;               // Always flush file after writing to it (good for log files)


    void    writefooterstart( void );   // Write first part of footer

    void    writefooterend( void );     // Write last part of footer

                                        
public:                                 
                                        
    bool    error;                      // Used to indicate an error opening the file

    bool    last_was_break;             // Was the last thing written <BR>?

    bool    last_was_space;             // Was the last thing read a space?

    bool    ignored_section;            // Is this a section that should be ignored?


    // Functions:


    fileaccess(char*, char*, config*);  // Constructor - open the file

    ~fileaccess();                      // Destructor - close the file

  
    void    write( char* );             // Write data to file (overloaded)

    void    write( char );              // Write data to file (overloaded)

    void    write( char*, int );        // Write data to file (overloaded) - fixed width

    char    read( void );               // Read data from file

    void    writetime( void );          // Write time and date to file

    void    writeheaders(char*, char*); // Write HTML headers

    void    writefooters(char*);        // Write HTML footers

    void    writeerrorfooters( void );  // Write HTML error footers

    void    alwaysflush( void );        // Set always flush to true

    void    lock( void );               // Locks file access to ensure mutual exclusion

    void    unlock( void );             // Unlocks file access to ensure mutual exclusion

};

#endif