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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 - 2017 gtalent2@gmail.com
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace ox {
+
+enum class OpType {
+	Read = 0,
+	Write = 1
+};
+
+template<typename T, typename O>
+ox::Error ioOp(T *io, O *obj) {
+	if (io->opType() == ox::OpType::Read) {
+		return ioOpRead(io, obj);
+	} else {
+		return ioOpWrite(io, obj);
+	}
+}
+
+}