paho.mqtt.m2mqtt/M2Mqtt/IMqttNetworkChannel.cs

/*
Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Paolo Patierno

All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
and Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which accompany this distribution. 

The Eclipse Public License is available at 
   http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at 
   http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.

Contributors:
   Paolo Patierno - initial API and implementation and/or initial documentation
*/

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace uPLibrary.Networking.M2Mqtt
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interface for channel under MQTT library
    /// </summary>
    public interface IMqttNetworkChannel
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Data available on channel
        /// </summary>
        bool DataAvailable { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Receive data from the network channel
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="buffer">Data buffer for receiving data</param>
        /// <returns>Number of bytes received</returns>
        int Receive(byte[] buffer);

        /// <summary>
        /// Send data on the network channel to the broker
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="buffer">Data buffer to send</param>
        /// <returns>Number of byte sent</returns>
        int Send(byte[] buffer);

        /// <summary>
        /// Close the network channel
        /// </summary>
        void Close();

        /// <summary>
        /// Connect to remote server
        /// </summary>
        void Connect();
    }
}