include/axis2_network_handler.h

/*
 * Copyright 2004,2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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#ifndef AXIS2_NETWORK_HANDLER_H
#define AXIS2_NETWORK_HANDLER_H

#include <axis2.h>
#include <axis2_defines.h>
#include <axis2_env.h>
#include <sys/types.h>



#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif


/**
 * @defgroup axis2_network_handler Network Handler
 * @ingroup axis2_util 
 * @{
 */

/**
 * open a socket for a given server
 * @param server ip address or the fqn of the server
 * @param port port of the service
 * @return opened socket
 */ 
AXIS2_DECLARE(int) 
axis2_network_handler_open_socket(axis2_env_t **env, char *server, int port);

/**
 * creates a server socket for a given port
 * @param port port of the socket to be bound
 * @return creates server socket
 */ 
AXIS2_DECLARE(int) 
axis2_network_handler_create_server_socket(axis2_env_t **env, int port);

/**
 * closes a socket
 * @param opened socket that need to be closed
 * @return status code
 */
AXIS2_DECLARE(axis2_status_t) 
axis2_network_handler_close_socket (axis2_env_t **env, int socket);

/**
 * used to set up socket options such as timeouts, non-blocking ..etc
 * @param socket valid socket (obtained by socket() or similar call)
 * @param option the name of the option
 * @param value Value to be set
 * @return status of the operations as axis2_status_t
 */
AXIS2_DECLARE(axis2_status_t)
axis2_network_handler_set_sock_option(axis2_env_t **env, int socket, int option,
						int value);
/**
 * Accepts remote connections for a server socket
 * @param socket valid server socket (obtained by socket() or similar call)
 * @return created socket to handle the incoming client connection
 */						
AXIS2_DECLARE(int)						
axis2_network_handler_svr_socket_accept(axis2_env_t **env, int socket);
/** @} */
    
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif                          /* AXIS2_NETWORK_HANDLER_H */