//=============================================================================
/**
 *  @file   Sock_Connect.h
 *
 *  $Id$
 *
 *  @author Priyanka Gontla <pgontla@ece.uci.edu>
 */
//=============================================================================

#ifndef ACE_SOCK_CONNECT_H
#define ACE_SOCK_CONNECT_H
#include "ace/pre.h"

#include "ace/OS.h"

#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
# pragma once
#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */

// Forward Declarations
class ACE_INET_Addr;

class ACE_Export ACE_Sock_Connect
{
 public:

  // = Socket connection establishment calls.

  /// Bind a new unused port to <handle>.
  static int bind_port (ACE_HANDLE handle,
                        ACE_UINT32 ip_addr = INADDR_ANY);

  /**
   * Get our broadcast address based on our <host_addr>.  If
   * <hostname> is non-0 we'll use it to determine our IP address.  If
   * <handle> is not <ACE_INVALID_HANDLE> then we'll use this to
   * determine our broadcast address, otherwise we'll have to create a
   * socket internally (and free it).  Returns -1 on failure and 0 on
   * success.
   */
  static int get_bcast_addr (ACE_UINT32 &bcast_addr,
                             const ACE_TCHAR *hostname = 0,
                             ACE_UINT32 host_addr = 0,
                             ACE_HANDLE handle = ACE_INVALID_HANDLE);

  /**
   * Return count and array of all configured IP interfaces on this
   * host, rc = 0 on success (count == number of interfaces else -1).
   * Caller is responsible for calling delete [] on <addr_array>.
   */
  static int get_ip_interfaces (size_t &count,
                                ACE_INET_Addr *&addr_array);

  /**
   * Helper routine for get_ip_interfaces, differs by UNIX platform so
   * put into own subroutine.  perform some ioctls to retrieve ifconf
   * list of ifreq structs.
   */
  static int count_interfaces (ACE_HANDLE handle,
                               size_t &how_many);

  /// Routine to return a handle from which <ioctl> requests can be
  /// made.  Caller must <close> the handle.
  static ACE_HANDLE get_handle (void);

};

#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_INLINE_FUNCTIONS)
#include "ace/Sock_Connect.i"
#endif /* ACE_LACKS_INLINE_FUNCTIONS */

#include "ace/post.h"
#endif  /* ACE_SOCK_CONNECT_H */