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// This is a lightweight channel sample source interface

#ifndef SDRBASE_DSP_CHANNELSAMPLESOURCE_H_
#define SDRBASE_DSP_CHANNELSAMPLESOURCE_H_

#include "export.h"
#include "dsp/dsptypes.h"

class SDRBASE_API ChannelSampleSource {
public:
	ChannelSampleSource();
	virtual ~ChannelSampleSource();

	virtual void pull(SampleVector::iterator begin, unsigned int nbSamples) = 0; //!< pull nbSamples from the source and write them starting at begin
    virtual void pullOne(Sample& sample) = 0; //!< pull a single sample from the source
	virtual void prefetch(unsigned int nbSamples) = 0; //!< Do operation(s) before pulling nbSamples
};

#endif // SDRBASE_DSP_CHANNELSAMPLESOURCE_H_