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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Tobias Brunner, Daniel Roethlisberger
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2010 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup socket socket
+ * @{ @ingroup network
+ */
+
+#ifndef SOCKET_H_
+#define SOCKET_H_
+
+typedef struct socket_t socket_t;
+
+#include <library.h>
+#include <network/packet.h>
+#include <utils/enumerator.h>
+
+/**
+ * Socket interface definition.
+ */
+struct socket_t {
+
+	/**
+	 * Receive a packet.
+	 *
+	 * Reads a packet from the socket and sets source/dest
+	 * appropriately.
+	 *
+	 * @param packet		pinter gets address from allocated packet_t
+	 * @return
+	 * 						- SUCCESS when packet successfully received
+	 * 						- FAILED when unable to receive
+	 */
+	status_t (*receive) (socket_t *this, packet_t **packet);
+
+	/**
+	 * Send a packet.
+	 *
+	 * Sends a packet to the net using source and destination addresses of
+	 * the packet.
+	 *
+	 * @param packet		packet_t to send
+	 * @return
+	 * 						- SUCCESS when packet successfully sent
+	 * 						- FAILED when unable to send
+	 */
+	status_t (*send) (socket_t *this, packet_t *packet);
+};
+
+#endif /** SOCKET_H_ @}*/