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    Copyright (c) 20011 Hovanes Egiyan <hovanes@jlab.org>

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#ifndef _BaseIUMessage_HH_
#define _BaseIUMessage_HH_

extern "C" {
  #include <stdint.h>
  #include <stdio.h>
};

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

typedef vector<uint8_t>  ByteArray;

class BaseIUMessage : public ByteArray {
  
  protected:
    
  public:
    
    static int bmsDebFlag;
    
    //! Mask for one byte (0xFF)
    static const uint8_t bmsByteMask;
    
    //! Default constructor
    BaseIUMessage() {;}
    
    //! Constructor with just one single element
    BaseIUMessage( uint8_t number ) : ByteArray( 1, number ) {;}
    
    //! Create a buffer based on the address and the length
    BaseIUMessage( const unsigned char* buffer, int bufLength );
    
    //! Copy constructor utilizing assignment operator
    BaseIUMessage( const BaseIUMessage& msg ) 
    { *this = operator=( msg ); }
    
    //! Append the message from the right end, which is the 
    //! last byte of the message in the argument will be the 
    //! lasst byte of the resulting message. 
    BaseIUMessage& operator<<( const BaseIUMessage& msg );
    
    //! Method to print the content of the message
    void print( ostream& os ) const;
    
    //! Assignment operator    
    BaseIUMessage& operator=( const BaseIUMessage& msg );
    
    //! Return the address of the first element of the data array
    //! Although this is not an official feature of the STL vectors
    //! it always seems to work. Returns the address of the fist 
    //! element of the vector.
    uint8_t* data_addr() { return &((*this)[0]); }        
};

//! Non-member function to print BaseIUMessage class through stream
ostream& operator<<( ostream& os, const BaseIUMessage& msg );

#endif // _BaseIUMessage_HH_