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#ifndef _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_WRITER_H
#define _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_WRITER_H

#include <log4cxx/helpers/objectimpl.h>
#include <log4cxx/helpers/outputstream.h>

namespace log4cxx
{

namespace helpers
{

/**
*   Abstract class for writing to character streams.
*/
class LOG4CXX_EXPORT Writer : public ObjectImpl
{
	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;
#ifdef LOG4CXX_MULTI_PROCESS
		virtual OutputStreamPtr getOutPutStreamPtr();
#endif

	private:
		Writer(const Writer&);
		Writer& operator=(const Writer&);
};

LOG4CXX_PTR_DEF(Writer);
} // namespace helpers

}  //namespace log4cxx

#endif //_LOG4CXX_HELPERS_WRITER_H