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+/**
+ * Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
+ * Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2021 Osimis S.A., Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program. If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
+
+namespace Orthanc
+{
+  /**
+   * This class abstracts a memory buffer and its memory unallocation
+   * function.
+   **/
+  class IMemoryBuffer : public boost::noncopyable
+  {
+  public:
+    virtual ~IMemoryBuffer()
+    {
+    }
+
+    // The content of the memory buffer will emptied after this call
+    virtual void MoveToString(std::string& target) = 0;
+
+    virtual const void* GetData() const = 0;
+
+    virtual size_t GetSize() const = 0;
+  };
+}