#ifndef NETWORK_TARGET_HH
#define NETWORK_TARGET_HH

/**
 * @file
 *
 * Abstract NetworkTarget definition
 */

#include "Channel.hh"
#include "Packet.hh"

/**
 * Abstract interface for sending NetworkPackets to some NetworkSession-related destination, either a single
 * NetworkNode or a NetworkGroup of nodes.
 */
class NetworkTarget {
    friend class NetworkGroup;

    protected:
        /**
         * Send the given packet directly
         */
        virtual void send_pkt (const NetworkPacketBuffer &pkt, bool reliable = true) = 0;

    public:        
        /**
         * Send a raw packet prepared using NetworkSession::write_packet_header. This does not need to copy the packet data around.
         *
         * XXX: this interface needs fixing to be less procedural
         *
         * @param pkt the NetworkPacket prepared using write_packet_header
         * @param reliable whether to use TCP or UDP
         *
         * @see write_packet_header
         */
        void send_raw (const NetworkPacketBuffer &pkt, bool reliable = true);

        /**
         * Send the given packet to this destination.
         *
         * @param pkt the NetworkChannelPacket to send
         * @param reliable Whether to use TCP or UDP
         */
        void send (const NetworkChannelPacket &pkt, bool reliable = true);
};

#endif /* NETWORK_TARGET_HH */