package IO::Compress::Base ;

require 5.004 ;

use strict ;
use warnings;

use IO::Compress::Base::Common 2.015 ;

use IO::File ;
use Scalar::Util qw(blessed readonly);

#use File::Glob;
#require Exporter ;
use Carp ;
use Symbol;
use bytes;

our (@ISA, $VERSION);
@ISA    = qw(Exporter IO::File);

$VERSION = '2.015';

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sub saveStatus
{
    my $self   = shift ;
    ${ *$self->{ErrorNo} } = shift() + 0 ;
    ${ *$self->{Error} } = '' ;

    return ${ *$self->{ErrorNo} } ;
}


sub saveErrorString
{
    my $self   = shift ;
    my $retval = shift ;
    ${ *$self->{Error} } = shift ;
    ${ *$self->{ErrorNo} } = shift() + 0 if @_ ;

    return $retval;
}

sub croakError
{
    my $self   = shift ;
    $self->saveErrorString(0, $_[0]);
    croak $_[0];
}

sub closeError
{
    my $self = shift ;
    my $retval = shift ;

    my $errno = *$self->{ErrorNo};
    my $error = ${ *$self->{Error} };

    $self->close();

    *$self->{ErrorNo} = $errno ;
    ${ *$self->{Error} } = $error ;

    return $retval;
}



sub error
{
    my $self   = shift ;
    return ${ *$self->{Error} } ;
}

sub errorNo
{
    my $self   = shift ;
    return ${ *$self->{ErrorNo} } ;
}


sub writeAt
{
    my $self = shift ;
    my $offset = shift;
    my $data = shift;

    if (defined *$self->{FH}) {
        my $here = tell(*$self->{FH});
        return $self->saveErrorString(undef, "Cannot seek to end of output filehandle: $!", $!) 
            if $here < 0 ;
        seek(*$self->{FH}, $offset, SEEK_SET)
            or return $self->saveErrorString(undef, "Cannot seek to end of output filehandle: $!", $!) ;
        defined *$self->{FH}->write($data, length $data)
            or return $self->saveErrorString(undef, $!, $!) ;
        seek(*$self->{FH}, $here, SEEK_SET)
            or return $self->saveErrorString(undef, "Cannot seek to end of output filehandle: $!", $!) ;