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  19 #ifndef __LIBT2N_SOCKET_CLIENT
  20 #define __LIBT2N_SOCKET_CLIENT
  21
  22 #include "client.hxx"
  23 #include "socket_handler.hxx"
  24
  25 namespace libt2n
  26 {
  27 /** @brief a connection from client to server using sockets.
  28
  29     Use this class to connect from a client to a server.
  30  */
  31 class socket_client_connection : public client_connection, public socket_handler
  32 {
  33     public:
  34         static const int max_retries_default=3;
  35
  36     private:
  37         void real_write(const std::string& data)
  38             { socket_write(data); }
  39
  40         void connect();
  41
  42         int max_retries;
  43
  44         std::string path;
  45         std::string server;
  46         int port;
  47
  48     public:
  49         socket_client_connection(const std::string& _server, int _port, int _max_retries=max_retries_default);
  50         socket_client_connection(const std::string& _path, int _max_retries=max_retries_default);
  51
  52         /** @brief read data from the socket and copy it into buffer
  53             @param usec_timeout wait until new data is found, max timeout usecs.
  54                     -1: wait endless
  55                     NULL: no timeout
  56             @retval true if new data was found (does not mean that the received data
  57                     is a complete packet though)
  58         */
  59         bool fill_buffer(long long usec_timeout=-1)
  60             { return socket_handler::fill_buffer(buffer,usec_timeout); }
  61
  62         void close();
  63 };
  64
  65 }
  66
  67 #endif