#ifndef _channel_h_
#define _channel_h_

#include <stdio.h>

#include "bool.h"

class ncp;
class bufferStore;

class channel {
	public:
		channel(ncp *ncpController);
		void newNcpController(ncp *ncpController);

		void setNcpChannel(int chan);
		void ncpSend(bufferStore &a);
		void setVerbose(short int _verbose);
		short int getVerbose();
		virtual void ncpDataCallback(bufferStore &a) = NULL;
		virtual const char *getNcpConnectName() = NULL;
		void ncpConnect();
		virtual void ncpConnectAck() = NULL;
		virtual void ncpConnectTerminate() = NULL;
		void ncpDisconnect();

		// The following two calls are used for destructing an instance
		virtual bool terminate(); // Mainloop will terminate this class if true
		void terminateWhenAsked();

	protected:
		short int verbose;

	private:
		ncp *ncpController;
		bool _terminate;
		int ncpChannel;
};

#endif