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#ifndef _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_WRITER_H

#define _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_WRITER_H

#include <log4cxx/helpers/object.h>

#include <log4cxx/helpers/outputstream.h>

namespace LOG4CXX_NS

{

namespace helpers

{

/**

*   Abstract class for writing to character streams.

*/

class LOG4CXX_EXPORT Writer : public Object

{

  public:

    DECLARE_ABSTRACT_LOG4CXX_OBJECT(Writer)

    BEGIN_LOG4CXX_CAST_MAP()

    LOG4CXX_CAST_ENTRY(Writer)

    END_LOG4CXX_CAST_MAP()

  protected:

    Writer();

    virtual ~Writer();

  public:

    virtual void close(Pool& p) = 0;

    virtual void flush(Pool& p) = 0;

    virtual void write(const LogString& str, Pool& p) = 0;

  private:

    Writer(const Writer&);

    Writer& operator=(const Writer&);

};

LOG4CXX_PTR_DEF(Writer);

} // namespace helpers

}  //namespace log4cxx

#endif //_LOG4CXX_HELPERS_WRITER_H