#ifndef GENERS_CHARBUFFER_HH_
#define GENERS_CHARBUFFER_HH_

#include <iostream>

#include "Alignment/Geners/interface/CStringBuf.hh"
#include "Alignment/Geners/interface/ClassId.hh"

namespace gs {
  class CharBuffer : public std::basic_iostream<char> {
  public:
    inline CharBuffer() { this->init(&buf_); }

    unsigned long size() const;

    inline ClassId classId() const { return ClassId(*this); }
    bool write(std::ostream &of) const;

    static inline const char *classname() { return "gs::CharBuffer"; }
    static inline unsigned version() { return 1; }
    static void restore(const ClassId &id, std::istream &in, CharBuffer *buf);

    bool operator==(const CharBuffer &r) const;
    inline bool operator!=(const CharBuffer &r) const { return !(*this == r); }

  private:
    CStringBuf buf_;
  };
}  // namespace gs

#endif  // GENERS_CHARBUFFER_HH_