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/* -*- c++ -*- */
#ifndef MPS_Proxy_H
#define MPS_Proxy_H

namespace MPS {

/**
 * Implements a client-side handle on a MPS server object, using a
 * Connection. */
class Proxy {
private:
  string address;               ///< Resolved object address.

protected:
  ref<Connection> _connection;  ///< Connection we are using to communicate with the server.

public:
  /// Create a Proxy connecting to the given address.
  Proxy(string const &_address);

  /**
   * Set up so that the passed-in Connection::Callback's Method will be
   * called by the appropriate Transport's "main loop" when it's next
   * safe to call a _receive_... method on this Proxy. Once the
   * callback fires, it is deregistered, leaving no registered
   * callbacks. Only one callback can be registered at once - if
   * another is registered, it replaces the first. */
  void _setCallback(ref<Connection::Callback> callback, Connection::Callback::Method method);
};

}

#endif

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