#pragma once
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// IComm.h - interface for message-passing communication facility  //
// ver 1.1                                                         //
// Jim Fawcett, CSE687-OnLine Object Oriented Design, Fall 2017    //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/*
*  Interface for MsgPassingComm::Comm.
*
*  Required Files:
*  ---------------
*  IComm.h
*
*  Maintenance History:
*  --------------------
*  ver 1.1 : 14 Oct 2018
*  - changed factory function to return a std::shared_ptr<IComm>
*    instead of a pointer to IComm.
*  ver 1.0 : 27 Mar 2018
*  - first release
*/
#include <string>
#include <memory>
#include "../Message/Message.h"

namespace MsgPassingCommunication
{
  class IComm;
  using SPtrIComm = std::shared_ptr<IComm>;

  struct Context;

  class IComm
  {
  public:
    static SPtrIComm create(const std::string& machineAddress, size_t port);
    virtual Context* getContext() = 0;
    virtual std::string setSendFilePath(const std::string& relPath) = 0;
    virtual std::string setSaveFilePath(const std::string& relPath) = 0;
    virtual std::string getSendFilePath() = 0;
    virtual std::string getSaveFilePath() = 0;
    virtual void start() = 0;
    virtual void stop() = 0;
    virtual void postMessage(Message msg) = 0;
    virtual Message getMessage() = 0;
    virtual std::string name() = 0;
    virtual ~IComm() {}
  };
}