/*

* Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).

* All rights reserved.

* This component and the accompanying materials are made available

* under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"

* which accompanies this distribution, and is available

* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".

*

* Initial Contributors:

* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.

*

* Contributors:

*

* Description:  virtual functions of EAP-plugin interface.

*

*/

/*

*/

#if !defined(_EAP_PLUGIN_MESSAGE_BASE_H_)

#define _EAP_PLUGIN_MESSAGE_BASE_H_

#include "eap_tools.h"

#include "eap_am_export.h"

class eap_method_settings_c;

class abs_eap_plugin_message_c;

{

private:

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protected:

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public:

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	/**

	 * The destructor of the eap_core class does nothing special.

	 */

	/**

	 * The constructor initializes member attributes using parameters passed to it.

	 * @param tools is pointer to the tools class. @see abs_eap_am_tools_c.

	 * @param partner is back pointer to object which created this object.

	 * @param is_client_when_true indicates whether the network entity should act

	 * as a client (true) or server (false), in terms of EAP-protocol

	 * whether this network entity is EAP-supplicant (true) or EAP-authenticator (false).

	 */

	/**

	 * This function must reset the state of object to same as 

	 * state was after the configure() function call.

	 * If object reset succeeds this function must return eap_status_ok.

	 * If object reset fails this function must return corresponding error status.

	 * @return This function returns the status of reset operation.

	 */

	virtual eap_status_e reset() = 0;

	// This is documented in abs_eap_stack_interface_c::configure().

	virtual eap_status_e configure() = 0;

	// This is documented in abs_eap_stack_interface_c::shutdown().

	virtual eap_status_e shutdown() = 0;

	// This is documented in abs_eap_stack_interface_c::get_is_valid().

	virtual bool get_is_valid() = 0;

	virtual eap_status_e get_configuration(const eap_method_settings_c * const internal_settings) = 0;

	virtual eap_status_e set_configuration(const eap_method_settings_c * const internal_settings) = 0;

	virtual eap_status_e copy_configuration(const eap_method_settings_c * const internal_settings) = 0;

	virtual eap_status_e delete_configuration(const eap_method_settings_c * const internal_settings) = 0;

	virtual eap_status_e set_index(const eap_method_settings_c * const internal_settings) = 0;

	virtual eap_status_e get_type_info(const eap_method_settings_c * const internal_settings) = 0;

	virtual eap_status_e invoke_ui(const eap_method_settings_c * const internal_settings) = 0;

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	static eap_plugin_message_base_c * new_eap_plugin_client_message_if_c(

		abs_eap_am_tools_c * const tools,

		abs_eap_plugin_message_c * const partner);

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}; // class eap_plugin_message_base_c

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#endif //#if !defined(_EAP_PLUGIN_MESSAGE_BASE_H_)

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// End.