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#pragma once

#include "LogBuffer.h"

/**********************************************************************
The LogBufferSink class in an abstract class that provides an interface
for classes that take a LogBuffer and write it to disk or send it over
the network
**********************************************************************/

class LogBufferSink
{
public:
  //
  // The preproc_and_try_delete() function should be responsible for
  // freeing memory pointed to by _buffer_ parameter.
  //
  // Of course, this function may not free memory directly, it
  // can delegate another function to do it.
  //
  // return 0 if success, -1 on error.
  //
  virtual int preproc_and_try_delete(LogBuffer *buffer) = 0;
  virtual ~LogBufferSink(){};
};
