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/// @author Simon Smart
/// @author Tiago Quintino
/// @date   March 2021

#pragma once

#include <list>

#include "eckit/io/Buffer.h"
#include "eckit/io/Length.h"
#include "eckit/memory/OnlyMovable.h"

namespace eckit {

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/// A class to aggregate buffers into a single object that can be read as a whole

class BufferList : public OnlyMovable {

public: // methods

    void append(Buffer&& buf);

    size_t count() const { return buffers_.size(); }
    Length size() const;

    /// @note After consolidation the internal list is cleared and memory is deallocated
    /// @post count() == 0 and size() == 0
    Buffer consolidate();

private: // members

    std::list<Buffer> buffers_;
};

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}  // namespace eckit
