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 *   Copyright (C) 2006 by Gerd v. Egidy                                   *
 *   gve@intra2net.com                                                     *
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#ifndef __LIBT2N_COMMAND_CLIENT
#define __LIBT2N_COMMAND_CLIENT

#include "client.hxx"
#include "container.hxx"

namespace libt2n
{

/// a client sending out commands to a server
class command_client
{
    protected:
        static const long long command_timeout_usec_default=90000000;
        static const long long hello_timeout_usec_default=30000000;

    private:
        client_connection &c;

        long long hello_timeout_usec;
        long long command_timeout_usec;

        void read_hello();
        std::string read_packet(const long long &usec_timeout);
        bool check_hello(const std::string& hellostr);

    public:
        command_client(client_connection& _c,
            long long _command_timeout_usec=command_timeout_usec_default,
            long long _hello_timeout_usec=hello_timeout_usec_default);
        virtual ~command_client() {}

        void send_command(command* cmd, result_container &res);
};

}

#endif