// native_ctrls.hxx -- FGFS "Native" controls I/O class
//
// Written by Curtis Olson, started July 2001.
//
// Copyright (C) 2001  Curtis L. Olson - curt@flightgear.org
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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//
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// 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_NATIVE_CTRLS_HXX
#define _FG_NATIVE_CTRLS_HXX


#include <simgear/compiler.h>

#include STL_STRING

#include <Controls/controls.hxx>

#include "protocol.hxx"
#include "net_ctrls.hxx"

SG_USING_STD(string);


class FGNativeCtrls : public FGProtocol {

    FGNetCtrls net_ctrls;
    FGControls ctrls;

    int length;

public:

    FGNativeCtrls();
    ~FGNativeCtrls();

    // open hailing frequencies
    bool open();

    // process work for this port
    bool process();

    // close the channel
    bool close();
};


// Helper functions which may be useful outside this class

// Populate the FGNetCtrls structure from the property tree.
void FGProps2NetCtrls( FGNetCtrls *net, bool net_byte_order = true );

// Update the property tree from the FGNetCtrls structure.
void FGNetCtrls2Props( FGNetCtrls *net, bool net_byte_order = true );


#endif // _FG_NATIVE_CTRLS_HXX