#ifndef OAEVENT_IEVENTLOOPSTRIDE_HXX
#define OAEVENT_IEVENTLOOPSTRIDE_HXX

#include <string>

namespace COMET{

class IVInputFile;
class ICOMETEvent;

class IEventLoopStride{
    public:
        IEventLoopStride(){}
        virtual ~IEventLoopStride(){}
        virtual int NextSkip(const COMET::ICOMETEvent& currentEvent)=0;
        virtual bool NewEventSource(const char* filename, int entriesInFile, int firstEvent)=0;
};

IEventLoopStride* BuildEventLoopStride(std::string request);

} //end of COMET namespace

#endif // OAEVENT_IEVENTLOOPSTRIDE_HXX