//  Responsible for tracking and taking care of slaves
//
//  Copyright (C) 2000  Stephen A. Torri
//
//  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
//  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
//  (at your option) any later version.
//
//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
//  GNU General Public License for more details.
//
//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
//  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
//  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
//
//  Questions, comments or improvements should be sent to:
//	s.torri@lancaster.ac.uk or storri@stratos.net
//

#ifndef SLAVE_SERVICE_H
#define SLAVE_SERVICE_H

#include <OB/CORBA.h>
#include <Comms_skel.h>
#include <Slave_list.h>

class Slave_Service {

private:	
  Slave_List* freeSlaveList;
  Slave_List* busySlaveList;

public:
  Slave_Service();
  ~Slave_Service();
  
  void addSlave(Comms::Slave_ptr slv_ptr);
  
  bool removeSlave(Comms::Slave_ptr slv_ptr, const int list);
  Comms::Slave_ptr returnSlave(Comms::Slave_ptr slv_ptr, const int list);
  Comms::Slave_ptr returnSlave(const int list);
   
  void finishedWork(Comms::Slave_ptr slv_ptr);
  Comms::Slave_ptr getFreeSlave();
  Comms::Slave_ptr getSlave(const int list);

  int getFreeListSize();
  int getBusyListSize();

};

#endif