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//
// VMime library (http://www.vmime.org)
// Copyright (C) 2002-2013 Vincent Richard <vincent@vmime.org>
//
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//

#ifndef VMIME_NET_SOCKET_HPP_INCLUDED
#define VMIME_NET_SOCKET_HPP_INCLUDED


#include "../vmime/config.hpp"


#if VMIME_HAVE_MESSAGING_FEATURES


#include "../vmime/base.hpp"

#include "../vmime/net/timeoutHandler.hpp"


namespace vmime {
namespace net {


/** Interface for connecting to servers.
  */

class VMIME_EXPORT socket : public object
{
public:

	enum Status
	{
		STATUS_WOULDBLOCK = 0x1   /**< The receive operation would block. */
	};


	virtual ~socket() { }

	/** Type used for lengths in streams.
	  */
	typedef long size_type;


	/** Connect to the specified address and port.
	  *
	  * @param address server address (this can be a full qualified domain name
	  * or an IP address, doesn't matter)
	  * @param port server port
	  */
	virtual void connect(const string& address, const port_t port) = 0;

	/** Disconnect from the server.
	  */
	virtual void disconnect() = 0;

	/** Test whether this socket is connected.
	  *
	  * @return true if the socket is connected, false otherwise
	  */
	virtual bool isConnected() const = 0;

	/** Receive (text) data from the socket.
	  *
	  * @param buffer buffer in which to write received data
	  */
	virtual void receive(string& buffer) = 0;

	/** Receive (raw) data from the socket.
	  *
	  * @param buffer buffer in which to write received data
	  * @param count maximum number of bytes to receive (size of buffer)
	  * @return number of bytes received/written into output buffer
	  */
	virtual size_type receiveRaw(char* buffer, const size_type count) = 0;

	/** Send (text) data to the socket.
	  *
	  * @param buffer data to send
	  */
	virtual void send(const string& buffer) = 0;

	/** Send (raw) data to the socket.
	  *
	  * @param buffer data to send
	  * @param count number of bytes to send (size of buffer)
	  */
	virtual void sendRaw(const char* buffer, const size_type count) = 0;

	/** Send (raw) data to the socket.
	  * Function may returns before all data is sent.
	  *
	  * @param buffer data to send
	  * @param count number of bytes to send (size of buffer)
	  * @return number of bytes sent
	  */
	virtual size_type sendRawNonBlocking(const char* buffer, const size_type count) = 0;

	/** Return the preferred maximum block size when reading
	  * from or writing to this stream.
	  *
	  * @return block size, in bytes
	  */
	virtual size_type getBlockSize() const = 0;

	/** Return the current status of this socket.
	  *
	  * @return status flags for this socket
	  */
	virtual unsigned int getStatus() const = 0;

	/** Return the hostname of peer this socket is connected to.
	  *
	  * @return name of the peer, or numeric address if it cannot be found
	  */
	virtual const string getPeerName() const = 0;

	/** Return the address of peer this socket is connected to.
	  *
	  * @return numeric address of the peer
	  */
	virtual const string getPeerAddress() const = 0;

protected:

	socket() { }

private:

	socket(const socket&) : object() { }
};


/** A class to create 'socket' objects.
  */

class socketFactory : public object
{
public:

	virtual ~socketFactory() { }

	/** Creates a socket without timeout handler.
	  *
	  * @return a new socket
	  */
	virtual ref <socket> create() = 0;

	/** Creates a socket with the specified timeout handler.
	  *
	  * @param th timeout handler
	  * @return a new socket
	  */
	virtual ref <socket> create(ref <timeoutHandler> th) = 0;
};


} // net
} // vmime


#endif // VMIME_HAVE_MESSAGING_FEATURES

#endif // VMIME_NET_SOCKET_HPP_INCLUDED