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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2003-2014 The Music Player Daemon Project
+ * http://www.musicpd.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MPD_READER_HXX
+#define MPD_READER_HXX
+
+#include "check.h"
+#include "Compiler.h"
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+class Error;
+
+/**
+ * An interface that can read bytes from a stream until the stream
+ * ends.
+ *
+ * This interface is simpler and less cumbersome to use than
+ * #InputStream.
+ */
+class Reader {
+public:
+	Reader() = default;
+	Reader(const Reader &) = delete;
+
+	/**
+	 * Read data from the stream.
+	 *
+	 * @return the number of bytes read into the given buffer or 0
+	 * on error/end-of-stream
+	 */
+	virtual size_t Read(void *data, size_t size, Error &error) = 0;
+};
+
+#endif