skiphead.h

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#ifndef INCLUDED_GR_SKIPHEAD_H
#define INCLUDED_GR_SKIPHEAD_H

#include <gnuradio/blocks/api.h>
#include <gnuradio/sync_block.h>
#include <stddef.h>      // size_t

namespace gr {
  namespace blocks {

    /*!
     * \brief skips the first N items, from then on copies items to the output
     * \ingroup misc_blk
     *
     * \details
     * Useful for building test cases and sources which have metadata
     * or junk at the start
     */
    class BLOCKS_API skiphead : virtual public block
    {
    public:
      // gr::blocks::skiphead::sptr
      typedef boost::shared_ptr<skiphead> sptr;

      static sptr make(size_t itemsize,
                       uint64_t nitems_to_skip);
    };

  } /* namespace blocks */
} /* namespace gr */

#endif /* INCLUDED_GR_SKIPHEAD_H */