// fg_io.hxx -- Higher level I/O management routines
//
// Written by Curtis Olson, started November 1999.
//
// Copyright (C) 1999  Curtis L. Olson - http://www.flightgear.org/~curt
//
// This program 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 of the
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//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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// General Public License for more details.
//
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//
// $Id$


#ifndef _FG_IO_HXX
#define _FG_IO_HXX


#include <simgear/compiler.h>
#include <simgear/structure/subsystem_mgr.hxx>
#include <simgear/props/props.hxx>

#include <vector>
#include <string>

class FGProtocol;

class FGIO : public SGSubsystem
{
public:
    FGIO();
    ~FGIO();

    void init();
    void reinit();
    void bind();
    void unbind();
    void update( double dt );

    void shutdown();

    /**
     * helper to determine early in startup, if MP will be used.
     * This information is needed in the position-init code, to adjust the
     * start position off active runways.
     */
    static bool isMultiplayerRequested();
private:

    void add_channel(const std::string& config);
    FGProtocol* parse_port_config( const std::string& cfgstr );

private:

    // define the global I/O channel list
    //io_container global_io_list;
    
    typedef std::vector< FGProtocol* > ProtocolVec;
    ProtocolVec io_channels;
    
    SGPropertyNode_ptr _realDeltaTime;
};


#endif // _FG_IO_HXX