/*
 * 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_ @}*/