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+/*
+ Printable.h - Interface class that allows printing of complex types
+ Copyright (c) 2011 Adrian McEwen. All right reserved.
+
+ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This library 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
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+*/
+
+#ifndef Printable_h
+#define Printable_h
+
+#include <new.h>
+
+class Print;
+
+/** The Printable class provides a way for new classes to allow themselves to be printed.
+ By deriving from Printable and implementing the printTo method, it will then be possible
+ for users to print out instances of this class by passing them into the usual
+ Print::print and Print::println methods.
+*/
+
+class Printable
+{
+ public:
+ virtual size_t printTo(Print& p) const = 0;
+};
+
+#endif
+