/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2017 fortiss GmbH.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Florian Hoelzl - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

#ifndef INC_CANOUTBOX_H_
#define INC_CANOUTBOX_H_

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <pthread.h>

#include "canthread.h"

typedef struct can_outbox can_outbox_t;

/** Creates an outbox with the given name. */
can_outbox_t* can_outbox_create(char* name);

/** Pushes the message into outbox slots. Blocks if the slot is not empty and block flag is set. Returns true upon success. */
bool can_outbox_push_message(can_outbox_t* outbox, can_thread_message_t* message);

/** Pulls the message from the outbox. Blocks if the slot is not empty and block flag is set. */
struct can_thread_message* can_outbox_pull_message(can_outbox_t* outbox);

/** Clears all remaining messages in the outbox and frees their memory. */
void can_outbox_clear(can_outbox_t* outbox);

/** Frees the memory used by the outbox, its slots, and any message still contained therein. */
void can_outbox_destroy(can_outbox_t* outbox);

#endif /* INC_CANOUTBOX_H_ */