#ifndef __JNET__JCONTROLHOSTPREFIX__
#define __JNET__JCONTROLHOSTPREFIX__

#include <istream>
#include <ostream>
#include <string>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

#include "JLang/JException.hh"
#include "JNet/JTag.hh"


/**
 * \author mdejong
 */

namespace JNET {}
namespace JPP { using namespace JNET; }

namespace JNET {


  /**
   * ControlHost prefix.
   *
   * The ControlHost prefix is a light-weight data structure which 
   * consists of a tag and a length.
   * The length is converted to network byte order and vice versa, 
   * using methods setSize() and getSize(), respectively.
   */
  class JPrefix :
    public JTag
  {
  public:
    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    JPrefix() :
      JTag(),
      size(0)
    {}


    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * \param  tag            tag
     * \param  length         number of bytes
     */
    JPrefix(const JTag& tag, const long long int length)
    {
      setTag (tag);
      setSize(length);
    }


    /**
     * Get size.
     *
     * \return                number of bytes
     */
    int getSize() const
    {
      return ntohl(size);
    }


    /**
     * Set size.
     *
     * \param  length         number of bytes
     */
    void setSize(const long long int length)
    {
      size = htonl(length);
    }


    /**
     * Set prefix.
     *
     * \param  tag            tag
     * \param  length         number of bytes
     */
    void set(const JTag& tag, const long long int length)
    {
      setTag (tag);
      setSize(length);
    }

  protected:
    long long int  size;
  };
}

#endif