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// Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
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#ifndef __MSOCKETCONTROLLERFACTORY_H__
#define __MSOCKETCONTROLLERFACTORY_H__

#include <e32std.h>

class CSocket;
class CSocketController;
class TInetAddr;

class MSocketControllerFactory
/**	
	The MSocketControllerFactory API provides support to create socket controller
	objects that encapsulate a connected socket. Also provides an API to place 
	socket controllers in a store.
	@internalComponent
*/
	{
public:	// methods

/**	
	Creates a socket controller object to encapsulate the connected socket. 
	Ownership of the connected socket is transferred to the socket controller. 
	The pointer to the created object is left on the cleanup stack. 
	@param		aConnectedSocket	The connected socket.
	@return		A pointer to the created socket controller object, which has 
				also been left on the cleanup stack.
	@panic		EInvariantFalse	The connected socket pointer was NULL
*/
	virtual CSocketController* CreateSocketControllerLC(CSocket* aConnectedSocket) =0;
	
	virtual CSocketController* CreateSocketControllerLC(CSocket* aConnectedSocket, const TDesC& aRemoteHost, TUint16 aRemotePort, const TInetAddr& aRemoteAddr) =0;
/**	
	Requests that the socket controller be added to the socket controller store.
	Ownership of the socket controller is transferred on calling this function.	
	@param		aSocketController	The socket controller object to be placed 
									in the socket controller store.
	@panic		EInvariantFalse	The socket controller pointer was NULL
*/
	virtual void AddToStoreL(CSocketController* aSocketController) =0;

	};

#endif	// __MSOCKETCONTROLLERFACTORY_H__