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+/**
+ * @file receiver.h
+ *
+ * @brief Interface of receiver_t.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * 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 RECEIVER_H_
+#define RECEIVER_H_
+
+#include <types.h>
+
+
+typedef struct receiver_t receiver_t;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Receives packets from the socket and adds them to the job queue.
+ * 
+ * The receiver starts a thread, wich reads on the blocking socket. If 
+ * data is available, a packet_t object is created , wrapped
+ * in an incoming_packet_job_t and added to the job queue.
+ * 
+ * @b Constructors:
+ *  - receiver_create()
+ * 
+ * @ingroup threads
+ */
+struct receiver_t {
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Destroys a receiver_t object.
+	 *
+	 * @param receiver 	receiver object
+	 */
+	void (*destroy) (receiver_t *receiver);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create a receiver_t object.
+ * 
+ * The receiver thread will start working, get data
+ * from the socket and add those packets to the job queue.
+ * 
+ * @return
+ * 					- receiver_t object
+ * 					- NULL of thread could not be started
+ * 
+ * @ingroup threads
+ */
+receiver_t * receiver_create(void);
+
+#endif /*RECEIVER_H_*/