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+/* ScummVM - Graphic Adventure Engine
+ *
+ * ScummVM is the legal property of its developers, whose names
+ * are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT
+ * file distributed with this source distribution.
+ *
+ * This program 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
+ * 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * $URL$
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GOB_DBASE_H
+#define GOB_DBASE_H
+
+#include "common/system.h"
+#include "common/util.h"
+#include "common/str.h"
+#include "common/stream.h"
+#include "common/array.h"
+
+namespace Gob {
+
+/**
+ * A class for reading dBase files.
+ *
+ * Only dBase III files supported for now, and only field type
+ * string is actually useful. Further missing is reading of MDX
+ * index files and support for the external "Memo" data file.
+ */
+class dBase {
+public:
+	enum Type {
+		kTypeString = 0x43, // 'C'
+		kTypeDate   = 0x44, // 'D'
+		kTypeBool   = 0x4C, // 'L'
+		kTypeMemo   = 0x4D, // 'M'
+		kTypeNumber = 0x4E  // 'N'
+	};
+
+	/** A field description. */
+	struct Field {
+		Common::String name; ///< Name of the field.
+
+		Type  type;     ///< Type of the field.
+		uint8 size;     ///< Size of raw field data in bytes.
+		uint8 decimals; ///< Number of decimals the field holds.
+	};
+
+	/** A record. */
+	struct Record {
+		bool deleted; ///< Has this record been deleted?
+		Common::Array<const byte *> fields; ///< Raw field data.
+	};
+
+	dBase();
+	~dBase();
+
+	bool load(Common::SeekableReadStream &stream);
+	void clear();
+
+	byte getVersion() const;
+
+	/** Return the date the database was last updated. */
+	TimeDate getLastUpdate() const;
+
+	const Common::Array<Field>  &getFields()  const;
+	const Common::Array<Record> &getRecords() const;
+
+	/** Extract a string out of raw field data. */
+	Common::String getString(const Record &record, int field) const;
+
+private:
+	byte _version;
+	bool _hasMemo;
+
+	TimeDate _lastUpdate;
+
+	Common::Array<Field>  _fields;
+	Common::Array<Record> _records;
+
+	byte *_recordData;
+
+	static inline uint32 stringLength(const byte *data, uint32 max);
+	static inline Common::String readString(Common::SeekableReadStream &stream, int n);
+};
+
+} // End of namespace Gob
+
+#endif // GOB_DBASE_H