Tidy up the autoconf/automake configuration a bit.

[simgear.git] / simgear / io / iochannel.hxx

diff --git a/simgear/io/iochannel.hxx b/simgear/io/iochannel.hxx
index cd40b6bd466c34ea9e2bb01652a325a73acaab8d..ee43aa64ff35a7d785cf4e28f961463673d1f42c 100644 (file)
--- a/simgear/io/iochannel.hxx
+++ b/simgear/io/iochannel.hxx
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public:
      *  - SG_IO_BI - data will be flowing in both directions. 
      *  - SG_IO_NONE - data will not be flowing in either direction.
      *                 This is here for the sake of completeness. 
+     * @return result of open
      */
     virtual bool open( const SGProtocolDir d );
 
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ public:
      * accomodate your input message
      * @param buf a char pointer to your input buffer 
      * @param length max number of bytes to read
+     * @return number of bytes read
      */
     virtual int read( char *buf, int length );
 
@@ -117,10 +119,37 @@ public:
      * stop at the first end of line encountered in the input buffer.
      * @param buf a char pointer to your input buffer 
      * @param length max number of bytes to read
+     * @return number of bytes read
      */
     virtual int readline( char *buf, int length );
+
+
+    /**
+     * The write() method is modeled after the write() Unix system
+     * call and is analogous to the read() method. You provide a
+     * pointer to a buffer of data, and then length of that data to be
+     * written out. The number of bytes written is returned.
+     * @param buf a char pointer to your output buffer 
+     * @param length number of bytes to write
+     * @return number of bytes written
+     */
     virtual int write( const char *buf, const int length );
+
+    /**
+     * The writestring() method is a simple wrapper that will
+     * calculate the length of a null terminated character array and
+     * write it to the output channel.
+     * @param buf a char pointer to your output buffer 
+     * @return number of bytes written
+     */
     virtual int writestring( const char *str );
+
+    /**
+     * The close() method is modeled after the close() Unix system
+     * call and will close an open device. You should call this method
+     * when you are done using your IO class, before it is destructed.
+     * @return result of close
+     */
     virtual bool close();
 
     inline void set_type( SGChannelType t ) { type = t; }
@@ -129,6 +158,7 @@ public:
     inline void set_dir( const SGProtocolDir d ) { dir = d; }
     inline SGProtocolDir get_dir() const { return dir; }
     inline bool isvalid() const { return valid; }
+    inline void set_valid( const bool v ) { valid = v; }
 };