//$Header$
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//This file is part of "David T. Ashley's Shared Source Code", a set of shared components
//integrated into many of David T. Ashley's projects.
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#ifndef FCMIOF_H_INCLUDED
   #define FCMIOF_H_INCLUDED

   #ifdef MODULE_FCMIOF
      #define DECMOD_FCMIOF
   #else
      #define DECMOD_FCMIOF extern
   #endif


   //********************************************************************************
   // FCMIOF_stream_repchar():
   //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // DESCRIPTION
   //   Emits a character to a stream a specified number of times.
   //
   // INPUTS
   //    s       
   //       The stream to which to output the characters.  NULL and otherwise
   //       invalid pointers are not allowed.
   //    n       
   //       The number of times to emit the character.  0 is a permitted value
   //       and results in no output.
   //
   // RETURN VALUE
   //   The return value from the final fprintf() function call, unless any
   //   fprintf() function call returns a negative value (an error code), in which
   //   case this function returns immediately with that error code.
   //********************************************************************************
   DECMOD_FCMIOF int FCMIOF_stream_repchar(FILE *s, char c, size_t n);


   //********************************************************************************
   // FCMIOF_repchar():
   //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // DESCRIPTION
   //   Emits a character to stdout a specified number of times.
   //
   // INPUTS
   //    n       
   //       The number of times to emit the character.  0 is a permitted value
   //       and results in no output.
   //
   // RETURN VALUE
   //   The return value from the final printf() function call, unless any
   //   printf() function call returns a negative value (an error code), in which
   //   case this function returns immediately with that error code.
   //********************************************************************************
   DECMOD_FCMIOF int FCMIOF_repchar(char c, size_t n);


   //********************************************************************************
   // FCMIOF_stream_hline():
   //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // DESCRIPTION
   //   Emits a horizontal line of the hyphens of the specified length to the
   //   specified stream.
   //
   // INPUTS
   //    s       
   //       The stream to which to output the characters.  NULL and otherwise
   //       invalid pointers are not allowed.
   //    line_len
   //       The number of characters to use for the line.  0 is an allowed value
   //       and results in 
   //
   // RETURN VALUE
   //   The return value from the final fprintf() function call, unless any
   //   fprintf() function call returns a negative value (an error code), in which
   //   case this function returns immediately with that error code.
   //********************************************************************************
   DECMOD_FCMIOF int FCMIOF_stream_hline(FILE *s, size_t line_len);


   //********************************************************************************
   // FCMIOF_hline():
   //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // DESCRIPTION
   //   Emits a horizontal line of the hyphens of the specified length to stdout.
   //
   // INPUTS
   //    line_len
   //       The number of characters to use for the line.  0 is an allowed value
   //       and results in 
   //
   // RETURN VALUE
   //   The return value from the final printf() function call, unless any
   //   printf() function call returns a negative value (an error code), in which
   //   case this function returns immediately with that error code.
   //********************************************************************************
   DECMOD_FCMIOF int FCMIOF_hline(size_t line_len);


   //********************************************************************************
   // FCMIOF_stream_bannerheading():
   //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // DESCRIPTION
   //   Prints a banner heading bracketed by asterisks to the specified stream.
   //   This function is useful for separating different sections of output.
   //
   // INPUTS
   //    f       
   //       The stream to which to output the characters.  NULL and otherwise
   //       invalid pointers are not allowed.
   //    s
   //       The text to use for the banner.  This string may be of 0 length, but
   //       the pointer "s" may not be NULL or otherwise invalid.
   //    line_len
   //       The number of characters to use for each line.  0 is an allowed value
   //       and results in lines with no output.
   //    n_extra_lines
   //       The number of lines of asterisks to use before and after the banner.
   //       0 is an allowed value and results in no lines of asterisks.
   //
   // RETURN VALUE
   //   The return value from the final printf() function call, unless any
   //   printf() function call returns a negative value (an error code), in which
   //   case this function returns immediately with that error code.
   //********************************************************************************
   DECMOD_FCMIOF int FCMIOF_stream_bannerheading(FILE *f,
                                                 char *s, 
                                                 size_t line_len,
                                                 size_t n_extra_lines);

   /****************************************************************************/
   /* FCMIOF_bannerheading():                                                  */
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 
   /* DESCRIPTION                                                              */
   /*   Prints a banner heading bracketed by astreisks to the standard output. */
   /*   This function is useful for separating different sections of output.   */
   /****************************************************************************/
   DECMOD_FCMIOF int FCMIOF_bannerheading(char *s, size_t line_len, size_t n_extra_lines);


   DECMOD_FCMIOF void FCMIOF_time_stream(FILE *s, time_t ltime);


   /* Two functions below return version control information for .C and
   ** .H files.
   */
   DECMOD_FCMIOF const char *FCMIOF_cvcinfo(void);
   DECMOD_FCMIOF const char *FCMIOF_hvcinfo(void);
   #define FCMIOF_H_VERSION ("$Header$")

#endif

//End of fcmiof.h.