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#ifndef OPENDNP3_IVARIABLELENGTH_H
#define OPENDNP3_IVARIABLELENGTH_H

#include <openpal/container/WSlice.h>

#include "opendnp3/app/GroupVariationID.h"

namespace opendnp3
{

class IVariableLength
{

public:

	virtual ~IVariableLength() {}

	virtual GroupVariationID InstanceID() const = 0;

	// The size of the object in its current configuration
	virtual uint32_t Size() const = 0;

	// attempt to write the object to the destination buffer
	virtual bool Write(openpal::WSlice& dest) const = 0;

	// attempt to read the object from the input buffer
	virtual bool Read(const openpal::RSlice& input) = 0;

};

}

#endif
