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+// This may look like C, but it's really -*- C++ -*-
+
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ *  @file Connector.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  Define the interface for the Connector component in TAO's
+ *  pluggable protocol framework.
+ *
+ *  @author  Fred Kuhns <fredk@cs.wustl.edu>
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+#ifndef TAO_CONNECTOR_H
+#define TAO_CONNECTOR_H
+#include "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include "corbafwd.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+
+class TAO_Transport_Descriptor_Interface;
+class TAO_InputCDR;
+class TAO_GIOP_Invocation;
+class TAO_Profile;
+class TAO_MProfile;
+class TAO_ORB_Core;
+/**
+ * @class TAO_Connector
+ *
+ * @brief Generic Connector interface definitions.
+ *
+ * Base class for connector bridge object.
+ *
+ * @@TODO: Need to rename the class as TAO_Transport_Connector.
+ */
+class TAO_Export TAO_Connector
+{
+public:
+
+  /// default constructor.
+  TAO_Connector (CORBA::ULong tag);
+
+  /// the destructor.
+  virtual ~TAO_Connector (void);
+
+  /**
+   * The tag identifying the specific ORB transport layer protocol.
+   * For example TAO_TAG_IIOP_PROFILE = 0.  The tag is used in the
+   * IOR to identify the type of profile included. IOR -> {{tag0,
+   * profile0} {tag1, profole1} ...}  GIOP.h defines typedef
+   * CORBA::ULong TAO_IOP_Profile_ID;
+   */
+  CORBA::ULong tag (void) const;
+
+  /// Parse a string containing a URL style IOR and return an
+  /// MProfile.
+  int make_mprofile (const char *ior,
+                     TAO_MProfile &mprofile
+                     ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL);
+
+  ///  Initialize object and register with reactor.
+  virtual int open (TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core) = 0;
+
+  /// Shutdown Connector bridge and concrete Connector.
+  virtual int close (void) = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * To support pluggable we need to abstract away the connect()
+   * method so it can be called from the GIOP code independant of the
+   * actual transport protocol in use.
+   */
+  virtual int connect (TAO_GIOP_Invocation *invocation,
+                       TAO_Transport_Descriptor_Interface *desc
+                       ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL) = 0;
+
+  /// Initial set of connections to be established.
+  /*
+    @@ TODO: Need to be removed from the ORB. People who need this
+    could use  _validate_connections () instead.
+  virtual int preconnect (const char *preconnections) = 0;
+  */
+
+  /// Create a profile for this protocol and initialize it based on the
+  /// encapsulation in <cdr>
+  virtual TAO_Profile *create_profile (TAO_InputCDR& cdr) = 0;
+
+  /// Check that the prefix of the provided endpoint is valid for use
+  /// with a given pluggable protocol.
+  virtual int check_prefix (const char *endpoint) = 0;
+
+  /// Return the object key delimiter to use or expect.
+  virtual char object_key_delimiter (void) const = 0;
+
+protected:
+
+  /// Create a profile with a given endpoint.
+  virtual TAO_Profile *make_profile (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) = 0;
+
+  /// Set the ORB Core pointer
+  void orb_core (TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core);
+
+  /// Return the TAO_ORB_Core pointer
+  TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core (void);
+
+private:
+
+  /// IOP protocol tag.
+  CORBA::ULong tag_;
+
+  /// Pointer to our ORB core
+  TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core_;
+
+};
+
+#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
+# include "Transport_Connector.inl"
+#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */
+
+#include "ace/post.h"
+#endif /*TAO_CONNECTOR_H*/