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+/**
+ * @file controller.h
+ *
+ * @brief Interface of controller_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 CONTROLLER_H_
+#define CONTROLLER_H_
+
+typedef struct controller_t controller_t;
+
+#include <config/backends/local_backend.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief controller is a configuration and control interface which
+ * allows other processes to modify charons behavior.
+ *
+ * controller_t allows config manipulation (as whack in pluto). Configurations
+ * are stored in a special backend, the in-memory local_backend_t.
+ * Messages of type controller_msg_t's are sent over a unix socket
+ * (/var/run/charon.ctl).
+ *
+ * @b Constructors:
+ * - controller_create()
+ *
+ * @ingroup control
+ */
+struct controller_t {
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Destroy a controller_t instance.
+ *
+ * @param this controller_t objec to destroy
+ */
+ void (*destroy) (controller_t *this);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create a controller instance.
+ *
+ * @return controller_t object
+ *
+ * @ingroup control
+ */
+controller_t *controller_create();
+
+#endif /* CONTROLLER_H_ */