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// Cyphesis Online RPG Server and AI Engine
// Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Alistair Riddoch
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
// Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
// $Id: CommSocket.h,v 1.12 2006-12-24 14:42:06 alriddoch Exp $
#ifndef SERVER_COMM_SOCKET_H
#define SERVER_COMM_SOCKET_H
class CommServer;
/// \brief Base class for all classes for handling socket communication.
/// \ingroup ServerSockets
class CommSocket {
protected:
explicit CommSocket(CommServer & svr);
public:
/// Reference to the object that manages all socket communication.
CommServer & m_commServer;
/// \brief Destructor.
virtual ~CommSocket();
/// \brief Get the socket file descriptor.
///
/// Used to determine if this socket required attention using select().
virtual int getFd() const = 0;
/// \brief Determine whether this socket is open.
/// @return true if the socket conneciton is open, false otherwise.
virtual bool isOpen() const = 0;
/// \brief Determine whether this socket has hung up.
/// @return true if the socket conneciton has hung up, false otherwise.
virtual bool eof() = 0;
/// \brief Read data from the socket.
///
/// Called when select has determined that this socket requires attention.
/// This function should read data from the socket and do any initial
/// processing required, but must not write to the socket. Writing to
/// to the socket during this function could result in a timeout
/// which could result in the server locking up. An processing of the
/// incoming date which might result in a write to the socket must
/// be performed in the dispatch() memeber function.
/// @return true if some exceptional circumstance occured meaning this
/// socket is no longer usable, false otherwise.
virtual int read() = 0;
/// \brief Post process data read from the socket.
///
/// Called after read(), this function should perform post any processing
/// or dispatch on data that has been read which might result in
/// writing to the client. A typical example is an Atlas operation
/// from the client which might have a reply. The Atlas decode is performed
/// in read(), but the dispatch is delayed until dispatch(). It is
/// important to use this function correctly, as allowing interaction with
/// the socket during the read() call can cause the socket to change state
/// while the data is still being read. This can a cause hangs or
/// unpredictable behavior especially in the Atlas::Codec code.
virtual void dispatch() = 0;
};
#endif // SERVER_COMM_SOCKET_H
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