#ifndef CONNECT___NCBI_SOCKET_CONNECTOR__H
#define CONNECT___NCBI_SOCKET_CONNECTOR__H

/* $Id: ncbi_socket_connector.h,v 6.15 2012/07/12 15:34:33 kazimird Exp $
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 * Author:  Denis Vakatov
 *
 * File Description:
 *   Implement CONNECTOR for a network socket(based on the NCBI "SOCK").
 *
 *   See in "connectr.h" for the detailed specification of the underlying
 *   connector("CONNECTOR", "SConnectorTag") methods and structures.
 *
 */

#include <connect/ncbi_connector.h>
#include <connect/ncbi_socket.h>


/** @addtogroup Connectors
 *
 * @{
 */


#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif


/* Create new CONNECTOR, which handles connection to a network socket.
 * Make up to "max_try" attempts to connect to "host:port" before giving up.
 * On successful connect, send the first "size" bytes from buffer "data"
 * (can be NULL -- then send nothing, regardless of "size") to the newly
 * opened connection.
 * NOTE:  the connector makes (and then uses) its own copy of the "data".
 * Return NULL on error.
 */
extern NCBI_XCONNECT_EXPORT CONNECTOR SOCK_CreateConnectorEx
(const char*    host,      /* host to connect to                             */
 unsigned short port,      /* port to connect to                             */
 unsigned short max_try,   /* max.number of attempts to establish connection */
 const void*    data,      /* block of data to send to server when connected */
 size_t         size,      /* size of the "init_data" block                  */
 TSOCK_Flags    flags      /* bitwise OR of additional socket flags          */
 );


/* Equivalent to SOCK_CreateConnectorEx(host, port, max_try, 0, 0, 0)
 */
extern NCBI_XCONNECT_EXPORT CONNECTOR SOCK_CreateConnector
(const char*    host,      /* host to connect to                             */
 unsigned short port,      /* port to connect to                             */
 unsigned short max_try    /* max.number of attempts to establish connection */
 );


/* Create new CONNECTOR structure on top of existing socket handle (SOCK),
 * acquiring the ownership of the socket "sock" if "own_sock" passed non-zero,
 * and overriding all timeouts that might have been set already in it.
 * Timeout values will be taken from connection (CONN), after the connector
 * is used in the CONN_Create() call.
 * Non-owned socket will not be closed when the connection gets closed;
 * and may further be used, as necessary (including closing it explicitly).
 * Note that this call can build a (dysfunctional) connector on top of a NULL
 * sock, and that the delayed connection open will always result in eIO_Closed.
 */
extern NCBI_XCONNECT_EXPORT CONNECTOR SOCK_CreateConnectorOnTopEx
(SOCK                   sock,    /* existing socket handle (NULL is allowed) */
 unsigned short/*bool*/ own_sock,/* non-zero if connector is to own "sock"   */
 const char*            hostport /* connection point name taken verbatim     */
 );


/* Equivalent to SOCK_CreateConnectorOnTopEx(sock, own_sock, 0)
 */
extern NCBI_XCONNECT_EXPORT CONNECTOR SOCK_CreateConnectorOnTop
(SOCK                   sock,    /* existing socket handle (NULL is allowed) */
 unsigned short/*bool*/ own_sock /* non-zero if connector is to own "sock"   */
 );


#ifdef __cplusplus
}  /* extern "C" */
#endif


/* @} */

#endif /* CONNECT___NCBI_SOCKET_CONNECTOR__H */
