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+/* $Id$ */
+
+/* amok peer management - servers main loop and remote peer stopping */
+
+/* Copyright (c) 2006 Martin Quinson. All rights reserved. */
+
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
+
+#ifndef AMOK_PEER_MANAGEMENT_H
+#define AMOK_PEER_MANAGEMENT_H
+
+#include <gras.h>
+#include <amok/base.h>
+
+/** \addtogroup AMOK_hm
+ * \brief Managing remote servers
+ *
+ * This module provide the main loop of servers designed to answer to
+ * callbacks. They can furthermore be stopped remotely.
+ *
+ * This module is especially useful to program following the centralized
+ * master/slave architecture. In this architecture, one of the processes
+ * acts as a master dispatching orders to the others, which are called
+ * slaves.
+
+ * The source code of the <b>slaves</b> then only consists in:
+ * - declaring the gras datatypes (see \ref GRAS_dd)
+ * - declaring the messages (with gras_msgtype_declare() or gras_msgtype_declare_rpc())
+ * - attaching the right callbacks to the messages (with gras_cb_register())
+ * - declaring the right repetitive actions (see \ref GRAS_timer)
+ * - joining the group (with amok_hm_group_join(), so that the master now it)
+ * - entering the endless loop (with amok_hm_mainloop()).
+
+ * The <b>master</b>, on its side, should create declare the datatypes and
+ * messages just like slaves. It should then create a group with
+ * amok_hm_group_new().
+
+ * Afterward, there is two solutions.
+ * - If your master is a deamon which never stops itself (just like regular UNIX daemons), it should:
+ * - register the needed callbacks to messages comming from slaves
+ * - register repetitive actions
+ * - entering the main loop.
+ * - If the master is not a deamon, it should:
+ * - wait a moment for the slaves registration (using gras_msg_handleall())
+ * - run its algorithm. For this, it may call RPC on slaves, or explicitely wait (with gras_msg_wait()) for the answers it expects.
+
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/* module handling */
+void amok_hm_init(void);
+void amok_hm_exit(void);
+
+void amok_hm_mainloop(double timeOut);
+
+void amok_hm_kill_hp(char *name,int port);
+void amok_hm_kill(gras_socket_t buddy);
+void amok_hm_kill_sync(gras_socket_t buddy);
+
+xbt_dynar_t amok_hm_group_new(const char *group_name);
+xbt_dynar_t amok_hm_group_get(gras_socket_t master, const char *group_name);
+
+void amok_hm_group_join(gras_socket_t master, const char *group_name);
+void amok_hm_group_leave(gras_socket_t master, const char *group_name);
+
+
+void amok_hm_group_shutdown(const char *group_name);
+void amok_hm_group_shutdown_remote(gras_socket_t master, const char *group_name);
+
+
+/** @} */
+#endif /* AMOK_peer_MANAGEMENT_H */
