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+/**
+ * @file host.h
+ *
+ * @brief host object, identifies a host and defines some useful functions on it.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter, 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 HOST_H_
+#define HOST_H_
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+#include <types.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief The logger object
+ */
+typedef struct host_s host_t;
+struct host_s {
+	/** 
+	 * @brief Build a clone of this host object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param this			object to clone
+	 * @param [out]other	address where to allocate the clone
+	 * @return				
+	 * 						- SUCCESS, or
+	 * 						- OUT_OF_RES
+	 */
+	 
+	status_t (*clone) (host_t *this, host_t **other);
+	/** 
+	 * @brief Get a pointer to the internal sockaddr struct.
+	 * 
+	 * This is used for sending and receiving via sockets.
+	 * 
+	 * @param this			object to clone
+	 * @return				pointer to the internal sockaddr structure
+	 */
+	sockaddr_t  *(*get_sockaddr) (host_t *this);
+	
+	/** 
+	 * @brief Get the length of the sockaddr struct.
+	 * 
+	 * Sepending on the family, the length of the sockaddr struct
+	 * is different. Use this function to get the length of the sockaddr
+	 * struct returned by get_sock_addr.
+	 * 
+	 * This is used for sending and receiving via sockets.
+	 * 
+	 * @param this			object to clone
+	 * @return				length of the sockaddr struct
+	 */
+	socklen_t *(*get_sockaddr_len) (host_t *this);
+	
+	/** 
+	 * @brief get the address of this host
+	 * 
+	 * Mostly used for debugging purposes. 
+	 * @warging string must NOT be freed
+	 * 
+	 * @param this			object to clone
+	 * @return				address string, 
+	 */
+	char* (*get_address) (host_t *this);
+		
+	/** 
+	 * @brief get the port of this host
+	 * 
+	 * Mostly used for debugging purposes. 
+	 * 
+	 * @param this			object to clone
+	 * @return				port number
+	 */
+	u_int16_t (*get_port) (host_t *this);
+	
+	/** 
+	 * @brief Destroy this host object
+	 * 
+	 * @param this			calling
+	 * @return				SUCCESS in any case
+	 */
+	status_t (*destroy) (host_t *this);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Constructor to create a host_t object
+ * 
+ * currently supports only IPv4!
+ *
+ * @param family 		Address family to use for this object, such as AF_INET or AF_INET6
+ * @param address		string of an address, such as "152.96.193.130"
+ * @param port			port number
+ * @return 				the host_t object or NULL, when
+ * 						not enough ressources, or
+ * 						family not supported.
+ */
+host_t *host_create(int family, char *address, u_int16_t port);
+
+
+#endif /*HOST_H_*/