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

    File: IProtocolStack.hpp
    Date: 2022-9-29
    Author: Reece
***/
#pragma once

namespace Aurora::IO::Protocol
{
    struct IProtocolPiece
    {
        /**
         * @brief Removes this piece from the stack
        */
        virtual void Remove() = 0;

        /**
         * @brief Fetches an IStreamWriter representation of the next piece
         *        in the stack
         * @return 
        */
        virtual AuSPtr<IStreamWriter> ToNextWriter() = 0;

        /**
         * @brief 
         * @warning returns self shared reference
         * @return 
        */
        virtual AuSPtr<Memory::ByteBuffer> GetNextPieceBuffer() = 0;
    };
}