/***
    Copyright (C) 2022 J Reece Wilson (a/k/a "Reece"). All rights reserved.

    File: IIOPipeProcessor.hpp
    Date: 2022-6-6
    Author: Reece
***/
#pragma once

namespace Aurora::IO
{
    /**
     * @brief Different operating systems implement high level stream copy abstraction between network, file, and/or file descriptors.
     *        This interface connects arbitrary stream objects to one another by piping data under an iprocessor tick; or delegates
     *        such task to the operating system, if possible.
    */
    struct IIOPipeProcessor
    {
        /**
         * @brief
         * @param request
         * @return
        */
        virtual AuSPtr<IIOPipeWork> NewBasicPipe(const IOPipeRequestBasic &request) = 0;

        /**
         * @brief 
         * @param request
         * @return
        */
        virtual AuSPtr<IIOPipeWork> NewAIOPipe(const IOPipeRequestAIO &request) = 0;
    };
}