#ifndef SERIALBUFFERADAPTER_H_
#define SERIALBUFFERADAPTER_H_

#include <framework/serialize/SerializeIF.h>
#include <framework/serialize/SerializeAdapter.h>

/**
 * This adapter provides an interface for SerializeIF to serialize or deserialize
 * buffers with no length header but a known size.
 *
 * Additionally, the buffer length can be serialized too and will be put in
 * front of the serialized buffer.
 *
 * Can be used with SerialLinkedListAdapter by declaring a SerializeElement with
 * SerialElement<SerialBufferAdapter<bufferLengthType(will be uint8_t mostly)>>.
 * Right now, the SerialBufferAdapter must always
 * be initialized with the buffer and size !
 *
 * \ingroup serialize
 */
template<typename count_t>
class SerialBufferAdapter: public SerializeIF {
public:

	/**
	 * Constructor for constant uint8_t buffer. Length field can be serialized optionally.
	 * Type of length can be supplied as template type.
	 * @param buffer
	 * @param bufferLength
	 * @param serializeLength
	 */
	SerialBufferAdapter(const uint8_t* buffer, count_t bufferLength,
			bool serializeLength = false);

	/**
	 * Constructor for non-constant uint8_t buffer.
	 * Length field can be serialized optionally.
	 * Type of length can be supplied as template type.
	 * @param buffer
	 * @param bufferLength
	 * @param serializeLength Length field will be serialized with size count_t
	 */
	SerialBufferAdapter(uint8_t* buffer, count_t bufferLength,
			bool serializeLength = false);

	virtual ~SerialBufferAdapter();

	virtual ReturnValue_t serialize(uint8_t** buffer_, size_t* size,
			const size_t max_size, bool bigEndian) const override;

	virtual size_t getSerializedSize() const;

	/**
	 * @brief This function deserializes a buffer into the member buffer.
	 * @details
	 * If a length field is present, it is ignored, as the size should have
	 * been set in the constructor. If the size is not known beforehand,
	 * consider using SerialFixedArrayListAdapter instead.
	 * @param buffer [out] Resulting buffer
	 * @param size remaining size to deserialize, should be larger than buffer
	 *        + size field size
	 * @param bigEndian
	 * @return
	 */
	virtual ReturnValue_t deSerialize(const uint8_t** buffer, size_t* size,
			bool bigEndian) override;

	uint8_t * getBuffer();
	const uint8_t * getConstBuffer();
	void setBuffer(uint8_t* buffer_, count_t bufferLength_);
private:
	bool serializeLength = false;
	const uint8_t *constBuffer = nullptr;
	uint8_t *buffer = nullptr;
	count_t bufferLength = 0;
};

#endif /* SERIALBUFFERADAPTER_H_ */