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+// $Id$
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ *  @file    SOCK_Netlink.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  @author Robert Iakobashvilli <coroberti@gmail.com>
+ *  @author Raz Ben Yehuda <raziebe@013.net.il>
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+
+#ifndef ACE_SOCK_NETLINK_H
+#define ACE_SOCK_NETLINK_H
+
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include /**/ "ace/config-all.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+  #pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#ifdef ACE_HAS_NETLINK
+
+#include "ace/SOCK.h"
+#include "ace/Netlink_Addr.h"
+#include "ace/Addr.h"
+
+ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+/**
+ * @class ACE_SOCK_Netlink
+ *
+ * @brief Defines the member functions for the ACE_SOCK Netlink
+ * abstraction.
+
+ * Netlink sockets are used in Linux as a communication facilty of kernel to user
+ * and user to kernel.
+ * This code was created so one could use ACE reactor
+ * as a gateway to a linux kernel.
+ *
+ */
+class ACE_Export ACE_SOCK_Netlink : public ACE_SOCK {
+public:
+  // = Initialization and termination methods.
+  /// Default constructor.
+  ACE_SOCK_Netlink(void);
+  ~ACE_SOCK_Netlink(void);
+  ACE_SOCK_Netlink (ACE_Netlink_Addr &local,
+                    int protocol_family,
+                    int protocol);
+  /**
+   * opens a RAW socket over an ACE_SOCK and binds it
+   *
+   **/
+  int open (ACE_Netlink_Addr &local,
+            int protocol_family,
+            int protocol);
+
+  /**
+   *  receives abuffer with the size n
+   */
+  ssize_t recv (void *buf,
+                size_t n,
+                int flags) const;
+  /**
+   * send a buffer of size n bytes
+   *
+   */
+  ssize_t send (void *buf,
+                size_t n,
+                int flags) const;
+
+  /**
+   *  Recieves an iovec of size @a n to the netlink socket
+  */
+  ssize_t recv (iovec iov[],
+                int n,
+                ACE_Addr &addr,
+                int flags = 0) const;
+
+  /**
+   *  Sends an iovec of size @a n to the netlink socket
+  */
+  ssize_t send (const iovec iov[],
+                int n,
+                const ACE_Addr &addr,
+                int flags = 0) const;
+
+  /// Declare the dynamic allocation hooks.
+  ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE;
+};
+
+ACE_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
+#include "ace/SOCK_Netlink.inl"
+#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */
+
+#endif /* ACE_HAS_NETLINK */
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+
+#endif /* ACE_SOCK_NETLINK_H */
+