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/***************************************************************************
 *            inputfilter.h
 *
 *  Tue Jun 14 20:42:52 CEST 2016
 *  Copyright 2016 Bent Bisballe Nyeng
 *  deva@aasimon.org
 ****************************************************************************/

/*
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 *
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 */
#pragma once

#include <event.h>

//! An abstract filter component for the InputProcessor class filter chain.
class InputFilter
{
public:
	virtual ~InputFilter() = default;

	//! Implement to filter a single event.
	//! \param[in,out] event The event being processed. The filter method
	//!  might alter any of the event parameters.
	//! \param pos The absolute position of the buffer in which the event in
	//!  event was received. Add event.pos to it to get the absolute position of
	//!  the event in the stream.
	//! \return true to keep the event, false to discard it.
	virtual bool filter(event_t& event, std::size_t pos) = 0;

	//! Returns the filter delay in samples.
	//! Overload if needed.
	virtual std::size_t getLatency() const
	{
		return 0;
	}
};