// AudioDecoder.h: Audio decoding base class.
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#ifndef GNASH_AUDIODECODER_H
#define GNASH_AUDIODECODER_H

#include <boost/cstdint.hpp> // for C99 int types

// Forward declarations
namespace gnash {
	namespace media {
		class EncodedAudioFrame;
	}
}

namespace gnash {
namespace media {

/// Audio decoding base class.
class AudioDecoder {
	
public:

	AudioDecoder() {}

	// virtual classes need a virtual destructor !
	virtual ~AudioDecoder() {}

	/// Decodes a frame and returns a pointer to the data
	//
	/// @param input
	/// 	The audio data
	///
	/// @param inputSize
	/// 	The size of the video data
	///
	/// @param outputSize
	/// 	The output size of the video data, is passed by reference.
	///
	/// @param decodedData
	/// 	The amount of bytes that has been decoded when decoding is done,
	///		is passed by reference.
	///
	/// @return a pointer to the decoded data, or NULL if decoding fails.
	///     The caller owns the decoded data, which was allocated with new [].
	///
	/// @todo return a SimpleBuffer by auto_ptr
	///
	virtual boost::uint8_t* decode(const boost::uint8_t* input,
        boost::uint32_t inputSize, boost::uint32_t& outputSize,
        boost::uint32_t& decodedData);

	/// Decodes an EncodedAudioFrame and returns a pointer to the decoded data
	//
	/// @param input
	/// 	The audio data
	///
	/// @param outputSize
	/// 	The output size of the video data, is passed by reference.
	///
	/// @return a pointer to the decoded data, or NULL if decoding fails.
	///     The caller owns the decoded data, which was allocated with new [].
	///
	/// @todo return a SimpleBuffer by auto_ptr
	///
	virtual boost::uint8_t* decode(const EncodedAudioFrame& input,
	                               boost::uint32_t& outputSize);

};

inline boost::uint8_t*
AudioDecoder::decode(const boost::uint8_t*, boost::uint32_t, boost::uint32_t&,
        boost::uint32_t&)
{
    return 0;
}

inline boost::uint8_t*
AudioDecoder::decode(const EncodedAudioFrame&, boost::uint32_t&)
{
    return 0;
}
	
} // gnash.media namespace 
} // gnash namespace

#endif 
