#pragma once

#include <iostream>

#include <vector>

#include "typedefs.h"

#include "TypeId.h"

namespace relpipe {

namespace writer {

class RelationalWriter {

public:

	virtual ~RelationalWriter() = default;

	/**

	 * @param typeCode string type code as defined in Specification

	 * @return numeric id of given type

	 * @throws RelpipeWriterException on unsupported typeCode

	 */

	virtual TypeId toTypeId(const string_t typeCode) = 0;

	/**

	 * TODO: use custom extensible class instead of std::pair 

	 * 

	 * @param name name of the relation (table)

	 * @param attributes list of attributes (columns) containing their names and types

	 * @param writeHeader header might be omitted – when appending new records to a stream alreaready containing the header

	 */

	/**

	 * Writes a single attribute.

	 * @param value string representation of value of given attribute type as defined in Specification

	 */

	virtual void writeAttribute(const string_t& value) = 0;

	// TODO: fluent interface?

	// TODO: << operator?

	// TODO: write bitmap + attribute:

	// virtual void writeBitmap(...) = 0;

	// virtual void writeAttribute(string_t attribute) = 0;

	/**

	 * Writes a single attribute.

	 * @param value raw pointer to the value in format of given attribute type as defined in Specification

	 * @param type used as a safety mechanism to avoid wrong pointer interpretation;

	 * should be called in this way: writeAttribute(&value, typeid(value));

	 * if the type does not match, the RelpipeWriterException is thrown

	 */

	virtual void writeAttribute(const void* value, const std::type_info& type) = 0;

};

}

}