// generic.hxx -- generic protocol class
//
// Written by Curtis Olson, started November 1999.
//
// Copyright (C) 1999  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
// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
// License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
//
// $Id$


#ifndef _FG_SERIAL_HXX
#define _FG_SERIAL_HXX


#include <simgear/compiler.h>

#include STL_STRING

#include "protocol.hxx"

SG_USING_STD(string);


class FGGeneric : public FGProtocol {

public:

    FGGeneric(string&);
    ~FGGeneric();

    bool gen_message();
    bool parse_message();

    // open hailing frequencies
    bool open();

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

    // close the channel
    bool close();

protected:

    enum e_type { FG_BOOL=0, FG_INT, FG_DOUBLE, FG_STRING };

    typedef struct {
     // string name;
        string format;
        e_type type;
        double offset;
        double factor;
        SGPropertyNode *prop;
    } _serial_prot;

private:

    int length;
    char buf[ FG_MAX_MSG_SIZE ];

    string var_seperator;
    string line_seperator;
    string var_sep_string;
    string line_sep_string;
    vector<_serial_prot> _message;

};


#endif // _FG_SERIAL_HXX