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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2004 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave 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 General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_base_int_matrix_h)
+#define octave_base_int_matrix_h 1
+
+#if defined (__GNUG__) && defined (USE_PRAGMA_INTERFACE_IMPLEMENTATION)
+#pragma interface
+#endif
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "mx-base.h"
+#include "oct-alloc.h"
+#include "so-array.h"
+#include "str-vec.h"
+
+#include "error.h"
+#include "ov-base.h"
+#include "ov-base-mat.h"
+#include "ov-base-scalar.h"
+#include "ov-typeinfo.h"
+
+// base int matrix values.
+
+template <class T>
+class
+octave_base_int_matrix : public octave_base_matrix<T>
+{
+public:
+
+  octave_base_int_matrix (void) : octave_base_matrix<T> () { }
+
+  octave_base_int_matrix (const T& nda) : octave_base_matrix<T> (nda) { }
+
+  ~octave_base_int_matrix (void) { }
+
+  octave_value *clone (void) const { return new octave_base_int_matrix (*this); }
+  octave_value *empty_clone (void) const { return new octave_base_int_matrix (); }
+
+  octave_value *try_narrowing_conversion (void);
+
+  bool is_real_type (void) const { return true; }
+
+  //  void increment (void) { matrix += 1; }
+
+  //  void decrement (void) { matrix -= 1; }
+
+  void print_raw (std::ostream& os, bool pr_as_read_syntax = false) const;
+
+  bool save_ascii (std::ostream& os, bool& infnan_warned,
+		   bool strip_nan_and_inf);
+
+  bool load_ascii (std::istream& is);
+
+  bool save_binary (std::ostream& os, bool& save_as_floats);
+
+  bool load_binary (std::istream& is, bool swap, 
+		    oct_mach_info::float_format fmt);
+
+#if defined (HAVE_HDF5)
+  bool save_hdf5 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, bool save_as_floats);
+
+  bool load_hdf5 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, bool have_h5giterate_bug);
+#endif
+};
+
+// base int scalar values.
+
+template <class T>
+class
+octave_base_int_scalar : public octave_base_scalar<T>
+{
+public:
+
+  octave_base_int_scalar (void) : octave_base_scalar<T> () { }
+
+  octave_base_int_scalar (const T& s) : octave_base_scalar<T> (s) { }
+
+  ~octave_base_int_scalar (void) { }
+
+  octave_value *clone (void) const { return new octave_base_int_scalar (*this); }
+  octave_value *empty_clone (void) const { return new octave_base_int_scalar (); }
+
+  octave_value *try_narrowing_conversion (void) { return 0; }
+
+  bool is_real_type (void) const { return true; }
+
+  //  void increment (void) { scalar += 1; }
+
+  //  void decrement (void) { scalar -= 1; }
+
+  bool save_ascii (std::ostream& os, bool& infnan_warned,
+		   bool strip_nan_and_inf);
+
+  bool load_ascii (std::istream& is);
+
+  bool save_binary (std::ostream& os, bool& save_as_floats);
+
+  bool load_binary (std::istream& is, bool swap, 
+		    oct_mach_info::float_format fmt);
+
+#if defined (HAVE_HDF5)
+  bool save_hdf5 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, bool save_as_floats);
+
+  bool load_hdf5 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, bool have_h5giterate_bug);
+#endif
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/