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/* 
 * etch_message.h 
 * a message is modeled as a command and some arguments. command is an arbitrary
 * integer value, and the arguments are key / value pairs, where the key is an
 * arbitrary integer value and the value is any one of the standard java objects
 * an array value, a struct value, or any type serializable by value factory.
 */

#ifndef ETCHMESSAGE_H
#define ETCHMESSAGE_H

#include "etch_structval.h"
#include "etch_value_factory.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* 
 * etch_message  
 * this class is "final" 
 */
typedef struct etch_message
{
    etch_object object;

    etch_structvalue* sv;   /* owned */
    etch_value_factory* vf; /* not owned */
     
} etch_message;

  
/*
 * etch_unwanted_message
 */
typedef struct etch_unwanted_message
{
    etch_object object;

    etch_message* message;   /* owned */
    etch_who*     whofrom;   /* not owned */

} etch_unwanted_message;

etch_unwanted_message* new_unwanted_message(etch_who* whofrom, etch_message* msg);


etch_message* new_message (etch_type*, const int, etch_value_factory*);  

etch_object*  etch_message_get   (etch_message*, etch_field* key);
etch_object*  etch_message_remove(etch_message*, etch_field* key);
int           etch_message_put   (etch_message*, etch_field* key, etch_object* value);
int           etch_message_putc  (etch_message*, etch_field* key, void** valref);
etch_message* etch_message_reply (etch_message*, etch_type* type);
etch_type*    etch_message_type  (etch_message*);
char*         etch_message_aname (etch_message*);
etch_int64*   etch_message_get_id(etch_message*);
etch_int64*   etch_message_get_in_reply_to(etch_message*);
int           etch_message_set_in_reply_to(etch_message*, etch_int64* id);
int           etch_message_set_id(etch_message*, etch_int64* id);
int           etch_message_size  (etch_message*);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* #ifndef ETCHMESSAGE_H*/