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 * Purpose:  Primary public include file for PCIDSK SDK.
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#ifndef __INCLUDE_SEGMENT_PCIDSKSEGMENT_H
#define __INCLUDE_SEGMENT_PCIDSKSEGMENT_H

#include "pcidsk_config.h"
#include "pcidsk_types.h"
#include <string>
#include <vector>

namespace PCIDSK
{
/************************************************************************/
/*                            PCIDSKSegment                             */
/************************************************************************/

//! Public tnterface for the PCIDSK Segment Type

    class PCIDSKSegment 
    {
    public:
        virtual	~PCIDSKSegment() {}

        virtual void WriteToFile( const void *buffer, uint64 offset, uint64 size)=0;
        virtual void ReadFromFile( void *buffer, uint64 offset, uint64 size ) = 0;

        virtual eSegType    GetSegmentType() = 0;
        virtual std::string GetName() = 0;
        virtual std::string GetDescription() = 0;
        virtual int         GetSegmentNumber() = 0;
        virtual uint64      GetContentSize() = 0;
        virtual bool        IsAtEOF() = 0;

        virtual std::string GetMetadataValue( std::string key ) = 0;
        virtual void SetMetadataValue( std::string key, std::string value ) = 0;
        virtual std::vector<std::string> GetMetadataKeys() = 0;

        virtual void Synchronize() = 0;
    };

} // end namespace PCIDSK

#endif // __INCLUDE_SEGMENT_PCIDSKSEGMENT_H
