// WsClientGenericRepository.h

#ifndef dial__WsClientGenericRepository_H
#define dial__WsClientGenericRepository_H

// Client for the DIAL repository service. Inherits from
// GenericRepository and may be accessed with a connection
// string of the form:
//   <location>@WS:<server>:<port>
// where the address of the server is <server>:<port>.

#include "dataset_catalog/GenericRepository.h"
#include "dial_ws/DialWsClient.h"

namespace dial {

class WsClientGenericRepository : public dset::GenericRepository {

private:  // data

  // WS client.
  DialWsClient m_client;

  // Repository type.
  std::string m_type;

  // Connection.
  std::string m_conn;

public:  // Constructors and destructor.

  // Constructor.
  // The URL is the address of the service.
  // The connection is the one to be used by the the service, *not*
  // the one used to find this client.
  // The flag usegsi indicates whether GSI  is to be used.
  WsClientGenericRepository(std::string url,
                            std::string type, std::string conn,
                            bool usegsi =true);

public:  // GenericRepository members.

  // Validity.
  bool is_valid() const;

  // Return the error code.
  int error() const;

  // Return a string describing an error.
  std::string error_string(int ecode) const;

  // Return the repository type.
  std::string repository_type() const;

  // Insert a new element into repository.
  int insert(std::string id, std::string element) const;

  // Delete an element from repository.
  int remove(std::string id) const;

  // Is an element in the repository.
  bool has(std::string id) const;

  // Retrieve an element from repository.
  std::string get(std::string id) const;

  // Retrieve the time for an entry.
  time_t time(std::string id) const;

  // Retrieve a collection of elements.
  int mget(const IdList& sids, ElementList& eles) const;

  // Get the number of IDs in the repository.
  size_type size() const;

  // Get the number of IDs in the repository since.
  size_type size_since(time_t time) const;

  // Get all the IDs in the repository.
  IdList get_ids(size_type maxent) const;

  // Get all the IDs in the repository since.
  IdList get_ids_since(time_t time, size_type maxent) const;

public:  // Local members

  // Return the gsoap structure.
  soap* psoap() const;

  // Return the service URL.
  const char* curl() const;

  // Return the repository type.
  const char* type() const;

  // Return the connection string.
  const char* conn() const;

  // Terminate service.
  // Don't call this!
  void terminate_service() const;

  // Clean up soap after use.
  // For internal use.
  void clean_soap() const;

};

}  // end namespace dial

#endif