#include <string>

//defines structs for socket handling
#include <netinet/in.h>


using namespace std;

typedef struct sockaddr_in SockAddrStruct;
typedef struct hostent     HostInfoStruct;

class TcpClient
{
  public:
    TcpClient();
    ~TcpClient();

    void connectToServer( string &hostname, int port );
    void disconnect( );
    void transmit( string &txString );
    void receive( string &rxString );

    string getCurrentHostName( ) const;
    int    getCurrentPort( ) const;

  private:
    string           currentHostName;
    int              currentPort;
    int              currentSocketDescr;
    SockAddrStruct   serverAddress;
    HostInfoStruct * currentHostInfo;
    bool             clientIsConnected;

    int              receiveBufferSize;
};