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--  This package contains the declaration of the control block used for
--  Seqential_IO. This must be declared at the outer library level. It also
--  contains code that is shared between instances of Sequential_IO.

with System.File_Control_Block;
with Ada.Streams;

package System.Sequential_IO is

   package FCB renames System.File_Control_Block;

   type Sequential_AFCB is new FCB.AFCB with null record;
   --  No additional fields required for Sequential_IO

   function AFCB_Allocate
     (Control_Block : Sequential_AFCB)
      return          FCB.AFCB_Ptr;

   procedure AFCB_Close (File : access Sequential_AFCB);
   procedure AFCB_Free  (File : access Sequential_AFCB);

   procedure Read
     (File : in out Sequential_AFCB;
      Item : out Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Array;
      Last : out Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Offset);
   --  Required overriding of Read, not actually used for Sequential_IO

   procedure Write
     (File : in out Sequential_AFCB;
      Item : in Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Array);
   --  Required overriding of Write, not actually used for Sequential_IO

   type File_Type is access all Sequential_AFCB;
   --  File_Type in individual instantiations is derived from this type

   procedure Create
     (File : in out File_Type;
      Mode : in FCB.File_Mode := FCB.Out_File;
      Name : in String := "";
      Form : in String := "");

   procedure Open
     (File : in out File_Type;
      Mode : in FCB.File_Mode;
      Name : in String;
      Form : in String := "");

end System.Sequential_IO;