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/*
* WebService library
* Copyright (c) 2010 Hendrik Lipka
* 
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*/

#ifndef __WEBSERVICE_H__
#define __WEBSERVICE_H__

#include "spdomparser.hpp"

#include "url.h"

#include "tcplinestream.h"

/**
A simple web service over HTTP library. Calls a HTTP server via GET, and returns the response wrapped in a XML parser. All calls are synchronous.
Needs the NetServicesMin and DNSResolver library
The code for URL handling has been copied directly from the original NetServices library (Thanks to Donatien!).

*/
class WebService
{
    public:
        /**
            create the web service instance.
            @params urlStr the URL to call via GET
        */
        WebService(const char* urlStr);
        /**
            Execute the web service call. Note that the caller is responsible for freeing the return parser instance.
            @return the XML parser, or NULL if an error occured
        */
        SP_XmlDomParser *callService();
        /**
            close all resources
        */
        ~WebService(){close();};
        /**
            close all resources
        */
        void close();
        
    private:
        void init();
        
        string _request;
        
        TCPLineStream *_stream;
};



#endif