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+// -*- C++ -*-
+/* This file is part of KDVI (C) 2001 by Stefan Kebekus (kebekus@kde.org)
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License
+   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+   the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * Byte reading routines which read big endian numbers from memory and
+ * convert them to native integers.
+ *
+ * @author Stefan Kebekus (kebekus@kde.org)
+ *
+ **/
+
+#ifndef _bigEndianByteReader_H
+#define _bigEndianByteReader_H
+
+#include <qglobal.h>
+
+class bigEndianByteReader {
+ public:
+  /** Set this pointer to the location where the number resides which
+      you want to read. */
+  Q_UINT8      * command_pointer;
+
+  /** This pointer marks the end of the memory area where bytes can be
+      read. It should point to the first byte which CANNOT be
+      read. The idea is to have a safety net which protects us against
+      SEGFAULTs. This is also used in virtual fonts, where the macro
+      does not have an EOP command at the end of the macro. */
+  Q_UINT8      * end_pointer;
+
+  /** If command_pointer >= end_pointer, this method return EOP (=140)
+      and exists. Otherwise, the method returns the unsigned byte
+      and increases the command_pointer by one. */
+  Q_UINT8        readUINT8();
+
+  /** Similar to the method above, only that the method reads a big
+      endian 2-byte word and increases the pointer by two. */
+  Q_UINT16       readUINT16();
+
+  /** Similar to the method above, only that the method reads a big
+      endian 4-byte word and increases the pointer by four. */
+  Q_UINT32       readUINT32();
+
+  void writeUINT32(Q_UINT32 a);
+
+  /** Similar to the method above, only that the method reads a big
+      endian number of length size, where 1 <= size <= 4. Note that
+      the value 3 is allowed (and is acually used in DVI files)!!!  */
+  Q_UINT32       readUINT(Q_UINT8 size);
+
+  /** Similar to the method above, only that the method reads a SIGNED
+      number */
+  Q_INT32        readINT(Q_UINT8);
+
+};
+
+#endif //ifndef _bigEndianByteReader_H