owlps/owlps-positioning/src/outputtcpsocketevaal.hh

/*
 * This file is part of the Owl Positioning System (OwlPS).
 * OwlPS is a project of the University of Franche-Comté
 * (Université de Franche-Comté), France.
 */


#ifndef _OWLPS_POSITIONING_OUTPUTTCPSOCKETEVAAL_HH_
#define _OWLPS_POSITIONING_OUTPUTTCPSOCKETEVAAL_HH_

class Point3D ;

#include "outputnetworksocket.hh"

/// Sends results to a remote host by TCP (EvAAL competition format)
/**
 * The results are sent through an TCP socket as a string value,
 * conforming to the EvAAL competition format.
 */
class OutputTCPSocketEvAAL: public OutputNetworkSocket
{
protected:
  /** @name Operations */
  //@{
  /// Initialises the socket
  bool init_socket(void) ;
  /// Sends a string through the socket
  bool send_data(const std::string &data) const ;
  /// Receives and parse the acknowledgement from the server
  bool acknowledge(void) const ;
  //@}

public:
  OutputTCPSocketEvAAL(const std::string &_remote_host,
                       const uint_fast16_t _remote_port) ;

  /** @name Operations */
  //@{
  /// Sends a list of results through the socket
  void write(const ResultList &results) ;
  /// Sends a single result through the socket
  void write(const Result &result) ;
  /// Get the area of interest number from the position
  int area_of_interest_number(const Point3D &position) const ;
  //@}
} ;



#endif // _OWLPS_POSITIONING_OUTPUTTCPSOCKETEVAAL_HH_