(* mcStream.def provides an interface to create a file from fragments.

Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Contributed by Gaius Mulley <gaius@glam.ac.uk>.

This file is part of GNU Modula-2.

GNU Modula-2 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
any later version.

GNU Modula-2 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
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GNU Modula-2; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  *)

DEFINITION MODULE mcStream ;


FROM FIO IMPORT File ;

(*
   openFrag - create and open fragment, id, and return the file.
              The file should not be closed by the user.
*)

PROCEDURE openFrag (id: CARDINAL) : File ;


(*
   setDest - informs the stream module and all fragments must be copied
             info, f.
*)

PROCEDURE setDest (f: File) ;


(*
   combine - closes all fragments and then writes them in
             order to the destination file.  The dest file
             is returned.
*)

PROCEDURE combine () : File ;


(*
   removeFiles - remove any fragment.
*)

PROCEDURE removeFiles ;


END mcStream.