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*/

#ifndef SRS_RTMP_PROTOCOL_MSG_ARRAY_HPP
#define SRS_RTMP_PROTOCOL_MSG_ARRAY_HPP

/*
#include <srs_rtmp_msg_array.hpp>
*/

#include <srs_core.hpp>

class SrsSharedPtrMessage;

/**
* the class to auto free the shared ptr message array.
* when need to get some messages, for instance, from Consumer queue,
* create a message array, whose msgs can used to accept the msgs,
* then send each message and set to NULL.
*
* @remark: user must free all msgs in array, for the SRS2.0 protocol stack
*       provides an api to send messages, @see send_and_free_messages
*/
class SrsMessageArray
{
public:
    /**
    * when user already send the msg in msgs, please set to NULL,
    * for instance, msg= msgs.msgs[i], msgs.msgs[i]=NULL, send(msg),
    * where send(msg) will always send and free it.
    */
    SrsSharedPtrMessage** msgs;
    int max;
public:
    /**
    * create msg array, initialize array to NULL ptrs.
    */
    SrsMessageArray(int max_msgs);
    /**
    * free the msgs not sent out(not NULL).
    */
    virtual ~SrsMessageArray();
public:
    /**
    * free specified count of messages.
    */
    virtual void free(int count);
private:
    /**
    * zero initialize the message array.
    */
    virtual void zero(int count);
};

#endif