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RemoteMapServer.h

/*****************************************************************************
 * Author:   Valient Gough <vgough@pobox.com>
 *
 *****************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2001, Valient Gough
 *
 * This library is free software; you can distribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 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 LGPL in the file COPYING for more
 * details.
 *
 */

#ifndef _RemoteMapServer_incl
#define _RemoteMapServer_incl


#include <rel-base/VMap.h>
#include <rel-server/ServerConnector.h>

namespace rel
{

    class RemoteMapServer
    {
    public:
        // Act as proxy for remote map.  We own the connector passed to us.
        RemoteMapServer(const SmartPtr<ServerConnector> &connector);
        ~RemoteMapServer();

        // enter the main event loop and wait until the server is ready to
        // exit.  Returns a value which can be used as the return value for the
        // program (0 means exited normally - other numbers indicate some sort
        // of error).
        int exec();

        // request the the server shutdown - it will return from the exec()
        // loop when it has finished the current processing.
        void shutdown();

    private:
        SmartPtr<ServerConnector> connector;
    };

} // namespace rel

#endif

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