/*
  DIAGNOSTIC-BUFFER-PROVIDER.hpp  -  helper for testing against the BufferProvider interface

  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
    2011,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>

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  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
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  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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*/

/** @file diagnostic-buffer-provider.hpp
 ** An facility for writing unit-tests targetting the BufferProvider interface.
 **
 ** @see buffer-provider-protocol-test.cpp
 */

#ifndef PROC_ENGINE_DIAGNOSTIC_BUFFR_PROVIDER_H
#define PROC_ENGINE_DIAGNOSTIC_BUFFR_PROVIDER_H


#include "lib/error.hpp"
#include "proc/engine/buffer-provider.hpp"

#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>


namespace engine {
  
  
  /********************************************************************
   * Helper for unit tests: Buffer provider reference implementation.
   * 
   * @todo write type comment
   */
  class DiagnosticBufferProvider
    : public BufferProvider
    {
    public:
      /** build a new Diagnostic Buffer Provider instance,
       *  discard the existing one. Use the static query API
       *  for investigating collected data. */
      static BufferProvider&
      build()
        {
          UNIMPLEMENTED ("Diagnostic Buffer Provider instance");
        }
      
    private:
      
    };
  
  
  
} // namespace engine
#endif