// Copyright (c) 2002 David Muse
// See the COPYING file for more information.

#ifndef RUDIMENTS_DATATRANSPORT_FACTORY_H
#define RUDIMENTS_DATATRANSPORT_FACTORY_H

#include <rudiments/client.h>
#include <rudiments/server.h>

// The datatransportfactory class provides factory methods for getting clients
// and servers.

class datatransportfactory {
        public:
                static client   *getClient(const char *type);
                        // Returns an instance of a child of the client
                        // class as follows:
                        //
                        //    type              class
                        // "inet"             inetclientsocket
                        // "unix"             unixclientsocket
                        // anything else      NULL

                static server   *getServer(const char *type);
                        // Returns an instance of a child of the server
                        // class as follows:
                        //
                        //    type              class
                        // "inet"             inetserversocket
                        // "unix"             unixserversocket
                        // anything else      NULL
};

#endif