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#ifndef INCLUDED_BLOCKS_INTERLEAVE_H
#define INCLUDED_BLOCKS_INTERLEAVE_H

#include <gnuradio/block.h>
#include <gnuradio/blocks/api.h>

namespace gr {
namespace blocks {

/*!
 * \brief interleave N inputs into a single output
 * \ingroup stream_operators_blk
 *
 * \details
 *
 * This block interleaves blocks of samples. For each input
 * connection, the samples are interleaved successively to the
 * output connection. By default, the block interleaves a single
 * sample from each input to the output unless blocksize is given
 * in the constructor.
 *
 * \code
 *   blocksize = 1
 *   connections = 2
 *   input[0] = [a, c, e, g]
 *   input[1] = [b, d, f, h]
 *   output = [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]
 * \endcode
 *
 * \code
 *   blocksize = 2
 *   connections = 2
 *   input[0] = [a, b, e, f]
 *   input[1] = [c, d, g, h]
 *   output = [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]
 * \endcode
 */
class BLOCKS_API interleave : virtual public block
{
public:
    // gr::blocks::interleave::sptr
    typedef boost::shared_ptr<interleave> sptr;

    /*!
     * Make a stream interleave block.
     *
     * \param itemsize stream itemsize
     * \param blocksize size of block of samples to interleave
     */
    static sptr make(size_t itemsize, unsigned int blocksize = 1);
};

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

#endif /* INCLUDED_BLOCKS_INTERLEAVE_H */
