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+/**
+ * @file sender.h
+ *
+ * @brief Interface of sender_t.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Martin Willi
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * 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.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SENDER_H_
+#define SENDER_H_
+
+typedef struct sender_t sender_t;
+
+#include <library.h>
+#include <network/packet.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief Thread responsible for sending packets over the socket.
+ * 
+ * @b Constructors:
+ *  - sender_create()
+ * 
+ * @ingroup network
+ */
+struct sender_t {
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Send a packet over the network.
+	 *
+	 * This function is non blocking and adds the packet to a queue.
+	 * Whenever the sender thread things it's good to send the packet,
+	 * it'll do so.
+	 *
+	 * @param this		calling object
+ 	 * @param packet	packet to send
+	 */
+	void (*send) (sender_t *this, packet_t *packet);
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Destroys a sender object.
+	 *
+	 * @param this	 	calling object
+	 */
+	void (*destroy) (sender_t *this);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create the sender thread.
+ * 
+ * The thread will start to work, getting packets
+ * from its queue and sends them out.
+ * 
+ * @return		created sender object
+ * 
+ * @ingroup network
+ */
+sender_t * sender_create(void);
+
+#endif /*SENDER_H_*/