// WctpFactory.hpp

#ifndef WCTPFACTORY_HPP
#define WCTPFACTORY_HPP

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <strstream>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

/* Class WctpFactory
 * Contains general functionality to format and send WCTP packets.
 * This is beta software that is still under development.  Use
 * at your own risk.
 *
 * New in this version:
 * - now accepts host names rather than just IP addresses
 *
 * Copyright 2000-2001 Arch Wireless Holdings, Inc.
 * Author Kris Latham
 * Version 0.1 Beta August 8, 2001
 */
class WctpFactory {
public:

 /*
  * Constructor Method
  */
  WctpFactory();

 /*
  * Destructor Method
  */
  ~WctpFactory();

 /* Opens a socket and sends the WCTP Packet
  *
  * Parameters:
  * carrierAddr - the specified gateway (i.e. "10.10.10.10") /wctp is assumed
  *               This will be more configurable in future versions
  * wctpPacket  - the xml document
  *
  * Returns the response of the gateway
  */
  string wctpSend(string wctpBody, string gateway);

 /* Formats the HTTP header
  *
  * Parameters:
  * len - the length of the payload (For Content-Length:)
  * postDir - this is the directory that you want to post to
  *
  * Returns the HTTP header
  */
  string buildHeader(string len, string postDir);

 /* Correctly formats a WCTP packet
  *
  * Returns a WCTP timestamp.
  */
  string getTimeStamp(void);

 /* Converts a primitive long to a string
  *
  * Parameters:
  * x - the long to convert
  *
  * Returns parameter x as a string
  */
  string longToString(long x);

 /* Converts a primitive int to a string
  *
  * Parameters:
  * x - the integer to convert
  *
  * Returns parameter x as a string
  */
  string intToString(int x);

  /* Method strToLong
  *
  * Parameters:
  * str - the string to convert
  *
  * Returns parameter str as a primitive long
  */
  long strToLong(string str);

 /* Method strToInt
  *
  * Parameters:
  * str - the string to convert
  *
  * Returns parameter str as a primitive int
  */
  int strToInt(string str);

  /* Appends a "0" to a string if the day|month|year|minute|hour|second
  * is less than 10.  This is used to get a correctly formatted WCTP style timestamp
  *
  * Parameters:
  * st - the WCTP packet
  * x  - the day|month|year|minute|hour|second
  */
  void appendZero(int x, string &st);

private:

};

#endif