extending interface of AliHLTDataInflater by reading method NextValue; moving data...

[u/mrichter/AliRoot.git] / HLT / BASE / AliHLTDataInflater.h

diff --git a/HLT/BASE/AliHLTDataInflater.h b/HLT/BASE/AliHLTDataInflater.h
index 9eacf319b71789613618332fe2b09d6f358fb321..b10b0786c7790ceea7815db3d903c965288bed96 100644 (file)
--- a/HLT/BASE/AliHLTDataInflater.h
+++ b/HLT/BASE/AliHLTDataInflater.h
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ public:
    */
   bool InputBytes( AliHLTUInt8_t* data, UInt_t const & byteCount );
 
+  /**
+   * Read the next value.
+   * Data read function for inflaters for different formats
+   */
+  virtual bool NextValue(AliHLTUInt64_t& /*value*/, AliHLTUInt32_t& /*length*/) {return false;}
+
   /// clear the object and reset pointer references
   virtual void Clear(Option_t * /*option*/ ="");