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#ifndef FXJSONFILE_H
#define FXJSONFILE_H

#ifndef FXJSON_H
#include "FXJSON.h"
#endif

namespace FX {


/**
* Serialize a variant to or from JSON formatted file.
*/
class FXAPI FXJSONFile : public FXJSON {
private:
  FXFile file;
public:

  /**
  * Create JSON file i/o object.
  */
  FXJSONFile();

  /**
  * Create JSON file i/o object and open it.
  */
  FXJSONFile(const FXString& filename,Direction d=Load,FXuval sz=4096);

  /**
  * Open JSON file from given handle for direction d.
  */
  FXbool open(FXInputHandle h,Direction d=Load,FXuval sz=4096);

  /**
  * Open JSON file for direction d.
  */
  FXbool open(const FXString& filename,Direction d=Load,FXuval sz=4096);

  /**
  * Fill buffer from file.
  * Return false if not open for reading, or fail to read from disk.
  */
  virtual FXbool fill();

  /**
  * Flush buffer to file.
  * Return false if not open for writing, or if fail to write to disk.
  */
  virtual FXbool flush();

  /**
  * Close JSON file and delete buffers.
  */
  FXbool close();

  /**
  * Close JSON file.
  */
  virtual ~FXJSONFile();
  };

}

#endif
