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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//	Copyright (c) 2001-2002, OpenBeOS
+//
+//	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+//	copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+//	to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+//	the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+//	and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+//	Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+//	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+//	all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+//	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+//	IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+//	FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+//	AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+//	LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+//	FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+//	DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+//	File Name:		AreaLink.h
+//	Author:			DarkWyrm <bpmagic@columbus.rr.com>
+//	Description:	Helper class for managing chunks of small data in an area
+//  
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#ifndef AREALINK_H
+#define AREALINK_H
+
+#include <List.h>
+#include <InterfaceDefs.h>
+#include <OS.h>
+
+#define MAX_ATTACHMENT_SIZE 65535	// in bytes
+#define SIZE_SIZE 2					// size of the size records in an AreaLink area
+
+class AreaLinkHeader;
+
+class AreaLink
+{
+	AreaLink(area_id area, bool is_arealink_area=false);
+	AreaLink(void);
+	~AreaLink(void);
+
+	void SetTarget(area_id area, bool is_arealink_area=false);
+	area_id GetTarget(void) { return target; }
+
+	void Attach(const void *data, size_t size);
+	inline void Attach(const int32 &data);
+	inline void Attach(const int16 &data);
+	inline void Attach(const int8 &data);
+	inline void Attach(const float &data);
+	inline void Attach(const bool &data);
+	inline void Attach(const rgb_color &data);
+	inline void Attach(const BRect &data);
+	inline void Attach(const BPoint &data);
+
+	void MakeEmpty(void);
+	void *ItemAt(int32 index) { return attachlist->ItemAt(index); }
+	int32 CountAttachments(void) { return attachlist->CountItems(); }
+	void *BaseAddress(void) { return (void *)baseaddress; }
+	
+	void Lock(void);
+	void Unlock(void);
+	bool IsLocked(void);
+protected:
+	void _ReadAttachments(void);
+
+	BList *attachlist;
+	area_id target;
+	bool area_ok;
+	bool have_lock;
+	int8 *baseaddress;
+	AreaLinkHeader *header;
+};
+
+#endif
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