// -*-C++-*- 

/*  inc/platform/POSIXPlatform.hpp  */

/*
 * Author: Philogelos A. <Philogelos@yahoo.com>
 * Maintainer: Philogelos A.
 * Keywords: C++, library, containers
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1998 Philogelos A.
 *
 * This file is part of Quercus Robusta.
 *
 * Quercus Robusta 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, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
 * along with this software; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */



#ifndef __POSIXPLATFORM_HPP__
#define __POSIXPLATFORM_HPP__

/* $Id$ */

#include "ANSICPlatform.hpp"
#include "Object.hpp"
#include "defines.h"

/**

   @author Philogelos
   @created
*/
class POSIXPlatform : public ANSICPlatform,
					  public virtual Object
{

/**
*/
public: POSIXPlatform();

/**
*/
public: virtual ~POSIXPlatform();


public: virtual char *getErrorDescription( int errCode );
public: virtual void exitImmediate( long status );
  
public: static void *allocateMemoryBootstrapPOSIX( Index aSize );
public: static void  deallocateMemoryBootstrapPOSIX( void *aPointer );

public: virtual void suicide() NORETURN;
public: virtual void attachDebugger();

public: virtual void setImageName( const char *aName );
public: virtual const char *getImageName() const;

public: virtual char *getTimeStampString();

/**
*/
public:  virtual boolean equals( const Top *anOther ) const;

/**
*/
public:  virtual Top *clone() const;

public:  virtual String  toString() const;
/**
*/
public:  virtual String  getClassName() const;

protected: const char *imageName;
};


/* $Log$ */

/* __POSIXPLATFORM_HPP__ */
#endif