// $Id: eeprom.h,v 1.1 2014/09/24 06:39:16 querbach Exp $

// eeprom.h			   Copyright (C) 2010, Real-Time Systems Inc.
//-------------------------------------------- All Rights Reserved ----------
//
//	Abstract Base Class for all EEPROM Drivers
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifndef EEPROM_H
#define EEPROM_H

#include <stddef.h>


// EEPROM address type.

typedef unsigned int EeAddr;


// Base class for all EEPROM drivers.

class Eeprom
{
public:
  virtual ~Eeprom() { }
  virtual bool erase() { return false; }

  // Operations on raw buffers.
  
  virtual bool write(EeAddr addr, const void* buf, size_t len) = 0;
  virtual bool read(EeAddr addr, void* buf, size_t len) = 0;

  // Operations on known data types.
  
  template <typename T>
  bool write(EeAddr addr, const T& t) { return write(addr, &t, sizeof(t)); }

  template <typename T>
  bool read(EeAddr addr, T& t) { return read(addr, &t, sizeof(t)); }
};


#endif // EEPROM_H