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#ifndef __IWREMOTE_HOSTCONNECTOR_H
#define __IWREMOTE_HOSTCONNECTOR_H

#include <iwremote/protocol.h>
#include <iwear/uid.h>
#include <string>
using std::string;

namespace iwear
{
    namespace net
    {

class ConnectionDescriptor;

enum RT {
rt_ipv4,
rt_ipv6,
rt_unix,
rt_other,
num_RT
};

/**
 * This holds the description of a host uid and the way how to connect to it
 */
struct HostConnector
{
   /**
    * the host uid
    */
    hostid_t host_id;

    string reachinfo;

    uint32_t reachme;
    
    uint32_t age;
    /**
     * estimated distance in hops
     */
    uint32_t est_hops;

    /**
     * This class is virtual and will contain everything necessary to connect
     * to the host
     */
    ConnectionDescriptor* condis;

    /**
     * This is set to true if the information about that host should never time out
     */
    bool authorative;

    HostConnector( const hostid_t& u, ConnectionDescriptor* c ) : host_id(u), 
					reachme(0), age(0), est_hops(0), condis(c), authorative(false) { }
    HostConnector( ) : reachme(0), age(0), est_hops(0), condis(0), authorative(false) { }

    bool operator<( const HostConnector& ) const;
};

inline bool HostConnector::operator<( const HostConnector& h ) const
{
    if( host_id < h.host_id ) return true;
    if( host_id > h.host_id ) return false;

    if( reachinfo < h.reachinfo ) return true;
    if( reachinfo > h.reachinfo ) return false;

    if( reachme < h.reachme ) return true;
    if( reachme > h.reachme ) return false;

//    if( condis < h.condis ) return true;
//    if( condis > h.condis ) return false;

    return false;
}

}
}
#endif