// props.hxx -- FGFS property manager interaction class
//
// Written by Curtis Olson, started September 2000.
//
// Copyright (C) 2000  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_PROPS_HXX
#define _FG_PROPS_HXX


#include <simgear/compiler.h>
#include <simgear/misc/props.hxx>

#include STL_STRING

#include "protocol.hxx"

FG_USING_STD(string);


const static int max_cmd_len = 256;

class FGProps : public FGProtocol {

    char buf[max_cmd_len];
    int length;

public:

    FGProps();
    ~FGProps();

    // open hailing frequencies
    bool open();

    // process work for this port
    bool process();
    bool process_command( const char *cmd );

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


#endif // _FG_PROPS_HXX