#ifndef _ACCUM_H_22262839_
#define _ACCUM_H_22262839_

struct mm_accum;
typedef struct mm_accum ACCUM;

#define ACCUM_BINARY   1 /* random binary buffer */
#define ACCUM_NULLTERM 2 /* NUL-terminated string */

/* Starts a new accumulation.  Argument is the type. */
extern ACCUM *accum_init(int);

/* Adds a character to an accumulation. */
extern void accum_char(ACCUM *, int);

/* Adds a bunch of characters to an accumulation. */
extern void accum_block(ACCUM *, const void *, int);

/* Returns the accumulation buffer. */
extern void *accum_buf(ACCUM *);

/* Returns the accumulation length. */
extern int accum_len(ACCUM *);

/* Frees the accumulation. */
extern void accum_free(ACCUM *);

#endif