diff -r 000000000000 -r fb279309251b connectivity/com.nokia.tcf/src/com/nokia/tcf/impl/TCBaseConnection.java
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+++ b/connectivity/com.nokia.tcf/src/com/nokia/tcf/impl/TCBaseConnection.java	Fri Apr 03 23:33:03 2009 +0100
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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.impl;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
+
+import com.nokia.tcf.Activator;
+import com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection;
+import com.nokia.tcf.api.TCErrorConstants;
+
+public abstract class TCBaseConnection implements ITCConnection {
+
+	private int connectionType;
+	private long retryInterval;
+	private long retryTimeout;
+	protected String decodeFormat;
+	/**
+	 * @param connectionType
+	 * @param retryInterval
+	 * @param retryTimeout
+	 * @param decodeFormat
+	 */
+	public TCBaseConnection(int connectionType, long retryInterval,
+			long retryTimeout, String decodeFormat) {
+		super();
+		this.connectionType = connectionType;
+		this.retryInterval = retryInterval;
+		this.retryTimeout = retryTimeout;
+		this.decodeFormat = decodeFormat;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param connectionType
+	 */
+	public TCBaseConnection(int connectionType) {
+		super();
+		this.connectionType = connectionType;
+		this.retryInterval = DEFAULT_COMM_ERROR_RETRY_INTERVAL;
+		this.retryTimeout = DEFAULT_COMM_ERROR_RETRY_TIMEOUT;
+		this.decodeFormat = "ost";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param connectionType
+	 * @param retryInterval
+	 * @param retryTimeout
+	 */
+	public TCBaseConnection(int connectionType, long retryInterval,
+			long retryTimeout) {
+		super();
+		this.connectionType = connectionType;
+		this.retryInterval = retryInterval;
+		this.retryTimeout = retryTimeout;
+		this.decodeFormat = "ost";
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection#getConnectionString()
+	 */
+	public abstract String getConnectionDescription();
+	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection#getConnectionType()
+	 */
+	public int getConnectionType() {
+		return this.connectionType;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection#getRetryInterval()
+	 */
+	public long getRetryInterval() {
+		return this.retryInterval;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection#getRetryTimeout()
+	 */
+	public long getRetryTimeout() {
+		return this.retryTimeout;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection#setConnectionType(int)
+	 */
+	public IStatus setConnectionType(int inConnectionType) {
+		IStatus status = new Status(Status.OK, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, (int)TCErrorConstants.TCAPI_ERR_NONE, "OK", null);
+		connectionType = inConnectionType;
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection#setRetryInterval(long)
+	 */
+	public IStatus setRetryInterval(long inRetryInterval) {
+		IStatus status = new Status(Status.OK, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, (int)TCErrorConstants.TCAPI_ERR_NONE, "OK", null);
+		if (inRetryInterval <= 0) {
+			this.retryInterval = ITCConnection.DEFAULT_COMM_ERROR_RETRY_INTERVAL;
+		} else {
+			this.retryInterval = inRetryInterval;
+		}
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection#setRetryTimeout(long)
+	 */
+	public IStatus setRetryTimeout(long inRetryTimeout) {
+		IStatus status = new Status(Status.OK, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, (int)TCErrorConstants.TCAPI_ERR_NONE, "OK", null);
+		if (inRetryTimeout <= 0) {
+			this.retryTimeout = ITCConnection.DEFAULT_COMM_ERROR_RETRY_TIMEOUT;
+		} else {
+			this.retryTimeout = inRetryTimeout;
+		}
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection#getDecodeFormat()
+	 */
+	public String getDecodeFormat() {
+		return this.decodeFormat;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see com.nokia.tcf.api.ITCConnection#setDecodeFormat(long)
+	 */
+	public IStatus setDecodeFormat(String inDecodeFormat) {
+		IStatus status = new Status(Status.OK, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, (int)TCErrorConstants.TCAPI_ERR_NONE, "OK", null);
+		if ((inDecodeFormat.compareToIgnoreCase("platsim") == 0) ||
+				(inDecodeFormat.compareToIgnoreCase("ost") == 0) ||
+				(inDecodeFormat.compareToIgnoreCase("rawtrk") == 0)) {
+			decodeFormat = inDecodeFormat;
+		} else {
+			status  = new Status(Status.ERROR, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, (int)TCErrorConstants.TCAPI_ERR_INVALID_DECODE_FORMAT, "Error", null);
+			decodeFormat = "ost";
+		}
+		return status;
+	}
+
+}