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 *   Copyright (C) 2006 by Gerd v. Egidy                                   *
 *   gve@intra2net.com                                                     *
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#ifndef __LIBT2N_SOCKET_HANDLER
#define __LIBT2N_SOCKET_HANDLER

#include <iostream>

#include "types.hxx"

namespace libt2n
{

/** @brief handles socket based communication.
    Don't use directly, use socket_server or socket_client_connection instead.
*/
class socket_handler
{
    private:
        static const unsigned int recv_buffer_size=2048;
        static const unsigned int write_block_size=4096;

        socket_type_value socket_type;

        bool data_waiting(long long usec_timeout,long long *timeout_remaining=NULL);

    protected:
        int sock;

        socket_handler(int _sock, socket_type_value _socket_type)
            { sock=_sock; socket_type=_socket_type; }

        void set_socket_options(int sock);

        virtual std::ostream* get_logstream(log_level_values level)
            { return NULL; }

        void socket_write(const std::string& data);

        virtual void close();

        bool fill_buffer(std::string& buffer, long long usec_timeout, long long*timeout_remaining=NULL);
        bool fill_buffer(std::string& buffer);

    public:
        /// is this a tcp or udp socket connection
        socket_type_value get_type()
            { return socket_type; }

        bool is_closed();
};

}

#endif