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+#ifndef PS_COMM_LAYER_H
+
+#define PS_COMM_LAYER_H
+
+// Simple class to create a client/server connection and pass messages back and forth over TCP/IP
+// Supports compression
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#define COMM_LAYER_DEFAULT_HOST "localhost"
+#define COMM_LAYER_DEFAULT_PORT 5525
+
+class CommLayer
+{
+public:
+
+	virtual bool isServer(void) const = 0; // return true if we are in server mode.
+	virtual bool hasClient(void) const = 0;	// return true if a client connection is currently established
+	virtual bool isConnected(void) const = 0; // return true if we are still connected to the server.  The server is always in a 'connected' state.
+	virtual int32_t getPendingReadSize(void) const = 0; // returns the number of bytes of data which is pending to be read.
+	virtual int32_t getPendingSendSize(void) const = 0; // return the number of bytes of data pending to be sent.  This can be used for flow control
+
+	virtual bool sendMessage(const void *msg,uint32_t len) = 0;
+
+	virtual uint32_t peekMessage(bool &isBigEndianPacket) = 0; // return the length of the next pending message
+
+	virtual uint32_t getMessage(void *msg,uint32_t maxLength,bool &isBigEndianPacket) = 0; // receives a pending message
+
+	virtual void release(void) = 0;
+
+protected:
+	virtual ~CommLayer(void)
+	{
+	}
+};
+
+CommLayer *createCommLayer(const char *ipaddress,
+						  uint16_t portNumber,
+						  bool isServer);
+
+#endif