gr_skiphead.h

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#ifndef INCLUDED_GR_SKIPHEAD_H
#define INCLUDED_GR_SKIPHEAD_H

#include <gr_core_api.h>
#include <gr_sync_block.h>
#include <stddef.h>      // size_t

class gr_skiphead;
typedef boost::shared_ptr<gr_skiphead> gr_skiphead_sptr;

GR_CORE_API gr_skiphead_sptr
gr_make_skiphead (size_t itemsize, uint64_t nitems_to_skip);


/*!
 * \brief skips the first N items, from then on copies items to the output
 * \ingroup slicedice_blk
 *
 * Useful for building test cases and sources which have metadata or junk at the start
 */

class GR_CORE_API gr_skiphead : public gr_block
{
  friend GR_CORE_API gr_skiphead_sptr gr_make_skiphead (size_t itemsize, uint64_t nitems_to_skip);
  gr_skiphead (size_t itemsize, uint64_t nitems_to_skip);

  uint64_t              d_nitems_to_skip;
  uint64_t              d_nitems;               // total items seen

 public:

  int general_work(int noutput_items,
                   gr_vector_int &ninput_items,
                   gr_vector_const_void_star &input_items,
                   gr_vector_void_star &output_items);
};

#endif /* INCLUDED_GR_SKIPHEAD_H */