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#ifndef INCLUDED_BLOCKS_FILE_SOURCE_H
#define INCLUDED_BLOCKS_FILE_SOURCE_H

#include <gnuradio/blocks/api.h>
#include <gnuradio/sync_block.h>

namespace gr {
namespace blocks {

/*!
 * \brief Read stream from file
 * \ingroup file_operators_blk
 */
class BLOCKS_API file_source : virtual public sync_block
{
public:
    // gr::blocks::file_source::sptr
    typedef boost::shared_ptr<file_source> sptr;

    /*!
     * \brief Create a file source.
     *
     * Opens \p filename as a source of items into a flowgraph. The
     * data is expected to be in binary format, item after item. The
     * \p itemsize of the block determines the conversion from bits
     * to items.
     *
     * If \p repeat is turned on, the file will repeat the file after
     * it's reached the end.
     *
     * \param itemsize  the size of each item in the file, in bytes
     * \param filename  name of the file to source from
     * \param repeat    repeat file from start
     */
    static sptr make(size_t itemsize, const char* filename, bool repeat = false);

    /*!
     * \brief seek file to \p seek_point relative to \p whence
     *
     * \param seek_point        sample offset in file
     * \param whence    one of SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, SEEK_END (man fseek)
     */
    virtual bool seek(long seek_point, int whence) = 0;

    /*!
     * \brief Opens a new file.
     *
     * \param filename  name of the file to source from
     * \param repeat    repeat file from start
     */
    virtual void open(const char* filename, bool repeat) = 0;

    /*!
     * \brief Close the file handle.
     */
    virtual void close() = 0;

    /*!
     * \brief Add a stream tag to the first sample of the file if true
     */
    virtual void set_begin_tag(pmt::pmt_t val) = 0;
};

} /* namespace blocks */
} /* namespace gr */

#endif /* INCLUDED_BLOCKS_FILE_SOURCE_H */