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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef _FILE_HPP_
+#define _FILE_HPP_
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include "endian.hpp"
+
+namespace nFile {
+
+template<typename t_tStream, typename t_tData>
+t_tStream readLittleEndian(t_tStream &File, t_tData &Data)
+{
+ File.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&Data), sizeof(Data));
+ Data = nEndian::littleToNative(Data);
+}
+
+template<typename t_tStream, typename t_tData>
+void readBigEndian(t_tStream &File, t_tData &Data)
+{
+ File.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&Data), sizeof(Data));
+ Data = nEndian::bigToNative(Data);
+}
+
+template<typename t_tStream, typename t_tData>
+void readData(t_tStream &File, t_tData *pData, size_t ElementCount)
+{
+ File.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(pData), ElementCount * sizeof(*pData));
+}
+
+} // namespace nFile
+
+#endif // _FILE_HPP_