/*
 * $Id: channel_manager.h 44 2011-02-15 12:32:29Z kaori $
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2011, Communications and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universite catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2011, Professor Benoit Macq
 * Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Kaori Hagihara
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#ifndef   	CHANNEL_MANAGER_H_
# define   	CHANNEL_MANAGER_H_

#include <time.h>
#include "query_parser.h"
#include "cachemodel_manager.h"
#include "auxtrans_manager.h"

/** maximum length of channel identifier*/
#define MAX_LENOFCID 30

/** Channel parameters*/
typedef struct channel_param{
  cachemodel_param_t *cachemodel; /**< reference pointer to the cache model*/
  char cid[MAX_LENOFCID];         /**< channel identifier*/
  cnew_transport_t aux;           /**< auxiliary transport*/
  /* - a record of the client's capabilities and preferences to the extent that the server queues requests*/
  time_t start_tm;                /**< starting time*/
  struct channel_param *next;     /**< pointer to the next channel*/
} channel_param_t;


/** Channel list parameters*/
typedef struct channellist_param{
  channel_param_t *first; /**< first channel pointer of the list*/
  channel_param_t *last;  /**< last  channel pointer of the list*/
} channellist_param_t;


/**
 * generate a channel list
 *
 * @return pointer to the generated channel list
 */
channellist_param_t * gene_channellist();


/**
 * generate a channel under the channel list
 *
 * @param[in] query_param query parameters
 * @param[in] auxtrans    auxiliary transport
 * @param[in] cachemodel  reference cachemodel
 * @param[in] channellist channel list pointer
 * @return                pointer to the generated channel
 */
channel_param_t * gene_channel( query_param_t query_param, auxtrans_param_t auxtrans, cachemodel_param_t *cachemodel, channellist_param_t *channellist);

/**
 * set channel variable parameters
 *
 * @param[in]     query_param query parameters
 * @param[in,out] channel     pointer to the modifying channel
 */
void set_channel_variable_param( query_param_t query_param, channel_param_t *channel);

/**
 * delete a channel
 *
 * @param[in] channel address of the deleting channel pointer
 * @param[in,out] channellist channel list pointer
 */
void delete_channel( channel_param_t **channel, channellist_param_t *channellist);


/**
 * delete channel list
 *
 * @param[in,out] channellist address of the channel list pointer
 */
void delete_channellist( channellist_param_t **channellist);


/**
 * print all channel parameters
 *
 * @param[in] channellist channel list pointer
 */
void print_allchannel( channellist_param_t *channellist);


/**
 * search a channel by channel ID
 *
 * @param[in] cid         channel identifier
 * @param[in] channellist channel list pointer
 * @return                found channel pointer
 */
channel_param_t * search_channel( char cid[], channellist_param_t *channellist);
#endif 	    /* !CHANNEL_MANAGER_H_ */
