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+;;; connection.el -- handling a tcp based connection
+
+;; Author: Torsten Hilbrich <Torsten.Hilbrich@gmx.net>
+;; Keywords: network
+;; $Id: connection.el,v 1.6 2000/04/16 08:45:21 torsten Exp $
+
+;; This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; This file 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
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+(eval-when-compile
+ (require 'cl))
+
+(defcustom connection-broken-end-of-line
+ nil
+ "Set to t (on) if you use a MULE Emacsen and have problems while connecting.
+Usually for the dict protocol, the end of line characters are \\r\\n.
+However, some users reported problems with using Emacs 20.3 and MULE
+which seems to convert the \\r\\n to \\n while inserting the text into
+the buffer. If you encounter these problems please set the value to t
+and try again.
+"
+ :group 'dictionary
+ :type 'boolean)
+
+(defmacro connection-p (connection)
+ "Returns non-nil if `connection' is a connection object"
+ (list 'get connection ''connection))
+
+(defmacro connection-read-point (connection)
+ "Return the read point of the connection object."
+ (list 'get connection ''connection-read-point))
+
+(defmacro connection-process (connection)
+ "Return the process of the connection object."
+ (list 'get connection ''connection-process))
+
+(defmacro connection-buffer (connection)
+ "Return the buffer of the connection object."
+ (list 'get connection ''connection-buffer))
+
+(defmacro connection-set-read-point (connection point)
+ "Set the read-point for `connection' to `point'."
+ (list 'put connection ''connection-read-point point))
+
+(defmacro connection-set-process (connection process)
+ "Set the process for `connection' to `process'."
+ (list 'put connection ''connection-process process))
+
+(defmacro connection-set-buffer (connection buffer)
+ "Set the buffer for `connection' to `buffer'."
+ (list 'put connection ''connection-buffer buffer))
+
+(defun connection-create-data (buffer process point)
+ "Create a new connection data based on `buffer', `process', and `point'."
+ (let ((connection (make-symbol "connection")))
+ (put connection 'connection t)
+ (connection-set-read-point connection point)
+ (connection-set-process connection process)
+ (connection-set-buffer connection buffer)
+ connection))
+
+(defun connection-open (server port)
+ "Open a connection to `server' and `port'.
+A data structure identifing the connection is returned"
+
+ (let ((process-buffer (generate-new-buffer (format " connection to %s:%s"
+ server
+ port)))
+ (process))
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer process-buffer)
+ (setq process (open-network-stream "connection" process-buffer
+ server port))
+ (connection-create-data process-buffer process (point-min)))))
+
+(defun connection-status (connection)
+ "Return the status of the connection.
+Possible return values are the symbols:
+nil: argument is no connection object
+'none: argument has no connection
+'up: connection is open and buffer is existing
+'down: connection is closed
+'alone: connection is not associated with a buffer"
+ (if (connection-p connection)
+ (let ((process (connection-process connection))
+ (buffer (connection-buffer connection)))
+ (if (not process)
+ 'none
+ (if (not (buffer-live-p buffer))
+ 'alone
+ (if (not (eq (process-status process) 'open))
+ 'down
+ 'up))))
+ nil))
+
+(defun connection-close (connection)
+ "Force closing of the connection."
+ (if (connection-p connection)
+ (progn
+ (let ((buffer (connection-buffer connection))
+ (process (connection-process connection)))
+ (if process
+ (delete-process process))
+ (if buffer
+ (kill-buffer buffer))
+
+ (connection-set-process connection nil)
+ (connection-set-buffer connection nil)))))
+
+(defun connection-send (connection data)
+ "Send `data' to the process."
+ (unless (eq (connection-status connection) 'up)
+ (error "Connection is not up"))
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer (connection-buffer connection))
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (connection-set-read-point connection (point))
+ (process-send-string (connection-process connection) data)))
+
+(defun connection-send-crlf (connection data)
+ "Send `data' together with CRLF to the process."
+ (connection-send connection (concat data "\r\n")))
+
+(defun connection-read (connection delimiter)
+ "Read data until `delimiter' is found inside the buffer."
+ (unless (eq (connection-status connection) 'up)
+ (error "Connection is not up"))
+ (let ((case-fold-search nil)
+ match-end)
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer (connection-buffer connection))
+ (goto-char (connection-read-point connection))
+ ;; Wait until there is enough data
+ (while (not (search-forward delimiter nil t))
+ (accept-process-output (connection-process connection) 3)
+ (goto-char (connection-read-point connection)))
+ (setq match-end (point))
+ ;; Return the result
+ (let ((result (buffer-substring (connection-read-point connection)
+ match-end)))
+ (connection-set-read-point connection match-end)
+ result))))
+
+(defun connection-read-crlf (connection)
+ "Read until a line is completedx with CRLF"
+ (connection-read connection (if connection-broken-end-of-line
+ "\n"
+ "\r\n")))
+
+(defun connection-read-to-point (connection)
+ "Read until a line is consisting of a single point"
+ (connection-read connection (if connection-broken-end-of-line
+ "\n.\n"
+ "\r\n.\r\n")))
+
+
+(provide 'connection) \ No newline at end of file