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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2009 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: 
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.tcf.api;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
+
+import com.nokia.tcf.impl.TCAPIConnection;
+import com.nokia.tcf.impl.TCMessage;
+import com.nokia.tcf.impl.TCMessageIds;
+import com.nokia.tcf.impl.TCMessageOptions;
+import com.nokia.tcf.impl.TCRealSerialConnection;
+import com.nokia.tcf.impl.TCRealTCPConnection;
+import com.nokia.tcf.impl.TCVirtualSerialConnection;
+
+/**
+ * This class creates various objects that clients must use to communicate with the TCF.
+ * 
+ */
+public class TCFClassFactory {
+	/**
+	 * Create the main API class
+	 * 
+	 * @return ITCAPIConnection
+	 */
+	public static ITCAPIConnection createITCAPIConnection() {
+		return new TCAPIConnection();
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Create message options with all defaults
+	 * 
+	 * @return ITCMessageOptions
+	 */
+	public static ITCMessageOptions createITCMessageOptions() {
+		return new TCMessageOptions();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create message options using a message output file instead of the input stream
+	 * 
+	 * @param filePath - path to file
+	 * @return ITCMessageOptions
+	 */
+	public static ITCMessageOptions createITCMessageOptions(IPath filePath) {
+		return new TCMessageOptions(filePath);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Create a message from a byte array. Assumes no formatting will be done.
+	 * 
+	 * @param message
+	 * @return ITCMessage
+	 */
+	public static ITCMessage createITCMessage(byte[] message) {
+		return new TCMessage(message, false, (byte)0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a message from a byte array. No formatting is done at this point.
+	 * Optionally for outgoing messages, use a specified ID. Formatting will be
+	 * done by the framework, if that option is set in ITCMessageOptions.
+	 * 
+	 * @param message
+	 * @param useMyId
+	 * @param myId
+	 * @return ITCMessage
+	 */
+	public static ITCMessage createITCMessage(byte[] message, boolean useMyId, byte myId) {
+		return new TCMessage(message, useMyId, myId);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates empty list of message Ids
+	 * 
+	 * @return ITCMessageIds
+	 */
+	public static ITCMessageIds createITCMessageIds() {
+		return new TCMessageIds();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates list of message Ids from Byte[] array. If Byte[] is empty, list is empty.
+	 * 
+	 * @param inMessageIds
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ITCMessageIds createITCMessageIds(Byte[] inMessageIds) {
+		ITCMessageIds ids = new TCMessageIds();
+		int size = inMessageIds.length;
+		for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+			ids.addMessageId(inMessageIds[i]);
+		}
+		return ids;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates Virtual Serial connection object with specified COM port. Retry periods are defaulted.
+	 * 
+	 * @param inPort
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ITCConnection createITCVirtualSerialConnection(String inComPort) {
+		return new TCVirtualSerialConnection(inComPort);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates Real Serial connection object with specified COM port. 
+	 * Retry periods are defaults. All other serial parameters are defaulted.
+	 * 
+	 * @param inComPort
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ITCConnection createITCRealSerialConnection(String inComPort) {
+		return new TCRealSerialConnection(inComPort);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Creates Real Serial connection object with specified COM port and baud rate. 
+	 * Retry periods are defaulted.
+	 * All other serial parameters are defaulted.
+	 * 
+	 * @param inComPort
+	 * @param inBaudRate
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ITCConnection createITCRealSerialConnection(String inComPort, String inBaudRate) {
+		return new TCRealSerialConnection(inComPort, inBaudRate);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Creates Real TCP connection with specified IP address and port. Retry periods are defaulted.
+	 * 
+	 * @param inIpAddress
+	 * @param inPort
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ITCConnection createITCRealTCPConnection(String inIpAddress, String inPort) {
+		return new TCRealTCPConnection(inIpAddress, inPort);
+	}
+}