//
//  FileSource.cs - the abstract base class for defining how a deferred File retrieves its data
//
//  Author:
//       Michael Becker <alcexhim@gmail.com>
//
//  Copyright (c) 2011-2020 Mike Becker's Software
//
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//
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namespace UniversalEditor.ObjectModels.FileSystem
{
	/// <summary>
	/// The abstract base class for defining how a deferred <see cref="File" /> retrieves its data.
	/// </summary>
	public abstract class FileSource
	{

		private FileSourceTransformation.FileSourceTransformationCollection mvarTransformations = new FileSourceTransformation.FileSourceTransformationCollection();
		public FileSourceTransformation.FileSourceTransformationCollection Transformations { get { return mvarTransformations; } }

		public byte[] GetData() { return GetData(0, GetLength()); }

		public abstract byte[] GetData(long offset, long length);
		public abstract long GetLength();
	}
}