Connection.h

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// $Header: /cvsroot/acdk/acdk/acdkx_rdmi/src/acdkx/rdmi/Connection.h,v 1.2 2005/03/07 17:24:53 kommer Exp $
#ifndef acdkx_rdmi_Connection_h
#define acdkx_rdmi_Connection_h

#include "Protocol.h"

namespace acdkx {
namespace rdmi {


ACDK_DECL_INTERFACE(Connection);
/**
  Connection is a representation of
  a statefull connection between one server and one client
*/
class ACDKX_RDMI_LIB_PUBLIC Connection
      ACDK_INTERFACEBASE
{
  ACDK_WITH_METAINFO(Connection)
public:
  virtual RString getRemoteServerId() = 0;
  virtual RString getLocalServerId() = 0;
  virtual acdk::io::RReader getReader() = 0;
  virtual acdk::io::RWriter getWriter() = 0;
  /**
    may prepare a connection
    will be called before getWriter()
  */
  virtual void startWriteMessage() = 0;
  /**
    Message was written
    may flush/close Writer
  */
  virtual void endWriteMessage() = 0;
  virtual void startReadMessage() = 0;
  virtual void endReadMessage() = 0;
  /**
    close the connection
  */
  virtual void close() = 0;
  virtual bool isClosed() = 0;
  virtual bool dataAvailable() = 0;
};


} // namespace rdmi 
} // namespace acdkx

#endif // acdkx_rdmi_Connection_h