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+/**
+ * @file dispatcher.h
+ * 
+ * @brief Interface of dispatcher_t.
+ * 
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Martin Willi
+ * 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 DISPATCHER_H_
+#define DISPATCHER_H_
+
+#include "controller.h"
+
+typedef struct dispatcher_t dispatcher_t;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Dispatcher, accepts connections using multiple threads.
+ *
+ * The dispatcher creates a session for each client (using SID cookies). In
+ * each session, a session context is created using the context constructor.
+ * Each controller is instanciated in the session using the controller
+ * constructor added with add_controller.
+ */
+struct dispatcher_t {
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Register a controller to the dispatcher.
+	 *
+	 * The first controller added serves as default controller. Client's
+	 * get redirected to it if no other controller matches.
+	 *
+	 * @param constructor	constructor function to the conntroller
+	 * @param param			param to pass to constructor
+	 */
+	void (*add_controller)(dispatcher_t *this,
+						   controller_constructor_t constructor, void *param);
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Start with dispatching.
+	 *
+	 * It may be necessary to call per-thread initialization functions. 
+	 * If init is not NULL, the handler is called right after thread
+	 * creation (by the created thread) and the deinit function is called
+	 * before the thread gets destroyed (again by the thread itself).
+	 *
+	 * @param thread		number of dispatching threads
+	 * @param init			thread specific initialization function, or NULL
+	 * @param init_param	param to pass to init function
+	 * @param deinit		thread dpecific deinitialization function, or NULL
+	 * @param deinit_param	param to pass to deinit function
+	 */
+	void (*run)(dispatcher_t *this, int threads,
+				void(*init)(void *param), void *init_param,
+				void(*deinit)(void *param), void *deinit_param);
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Wait for a relevant signal action.
+	 */
+	void (*waitsignal)(dispatcher_t *this);
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Destroy the dispatcher_t.
+	 */
+	void (*destroy) (dispatcher_t *this);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create a dispatcher.
+ *
+ * The context constructor is invoked to create a session context for
+ * each session.
+ *
+ * @param socket		FastCGI socket path, NULL for dynamic
+ * @param timeout		session timeout
+ * @param constructor	construction function for session context
+ * @param param			parameter to supply to context constructor
+ */
+dispatcher_t *dispatcher_create(char *socket, int timeout,
+								context_constructor_t constructor, void *param);
+
+#endif /* DISPATCHER_H_ */