/* GNet - Networking library
 * Copyright (C) 2000  David Helder
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the 
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 */

#ifndef _GNET_MCAST_H
#define _GNET_MCAST_H

#include "inetaddr.h"
#include "udp.h"

#include <glib.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */


/*

  All fields in GMcastSocket are private and should be accessed only
  by using the functions below.

 */
typedef struct _GMcastSocket GMcastSocket;



/* ********** */

GMcastSocket* gnet_mcast_socket_new(void);
GMcastSocket* gnet_mcast_socket_port_new (gint port);
GMcastSocket* gnet_mcast_socket_inetaddr_new (const GInetAddr* ia);

void gnet_mcast_socket_delete (GMcastSocket* ms);

void gnet_mcast_socket_ref (GMcastSocket* s);
void gnet_mcast_socket_unref (GMcastSocket* s);


/* ********** */

gint 	 gnet_mcast_socket_join_group (GMcastSocket* ms, const GInetAddr* ia);
gint 	 gnet_mcast_socket_leave_group (GMcastSocket* ms, const GInetAddr* ia);

gint 	 gnet_mcast_socket_send (GMcastSocket* ms, const GUdpPacket* packet);
gint 	 gnet_mcast_socket_receive (GMcastSocket* ms, GUdpPacket* packet);
gboolean gnet_mcast_socket_has_packet (const GMcastSocket* s);


/* ********** */

gint gnet_mcast_socket_is_loopback (const GMcastSocket* ms);
gint gnet_mcast_socket_set_loopback (GMcastSocket* ms, gint b);

/* ********** */


/**
 *  gnet_mcast_socket_to_udp_socket:
 *  @MS: A GMcastSocket
 *
 *  Convert a multicast socket to a UDP socket (since a multicast
 *  socket is just a UDP socket with some special features).
 *
 **/
#define gnet_mcast_socket_to_udp_socket(MS) ((GUdpSocket*) (MS))

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif				/* __cplusplus */

#endif /* _GNET_MCAST_H */

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