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+//
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+//
+
+#ifndef LUA_THRIFT_SOCKET_H
+#define LUA_THRIFT_SOCKET_H
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+// SOL
+#else
+typedef int t_socket;
+typedef t_socket* p_socket;
+#endif
+
+// Error Codes
+enum {
+  SUCCESS = 0,
+  TIMEOUT = -1,
+  CLOSED = -2,
+};
+typedef int T_ERRCODE;
+
+static const char * TIMEOUT_MSG = "Timeout";
+static const char * CLOSED_MSG = "Connection Closed";
+
+typedef struct sockaddr t_sa;
+typedef t_sa * p_sa;
+
+T_ERRCODE socket_create(p_socket sock, int domain, int type, int protocol);
+T_ERRCODE socket_destroy(p_socket sock);
+T_ERRCODE socket_bind(p_socket sock, p_sa addr, int addr_len);
+T_ERRCODE socket_get_info(p_socket sock, short *port, char *buf, size_t len);
+T_ERRCODE socket_send(p_socket sock, const char *data, size_t len, int timeout);
+T_ERRCODE socket_recv(p_socket sock, char *data, size_t len, int timeout,
+                      int *received);
+
+void socket_setblocking(p_socket sock);
+void socket_setnonblocking(p_socket sock);
+
+T_ERRCODE socket_accept(p_socket sock, p_socket sibling,
+                        p_sa addr, socklen_t *addr_len, int timeout);
+T_ERRCODE socket_listen(p_socket sock, int backlog);
+
+T_ERRCODE socket_connect(p_socket sock, p_sa addr, int addr_len, int timeout);
+
+const char * tcp_create(p_socket sock);
+const char * tcp_destroy(p_socket sock);
+const char * tcp_bind(p_socket sock, const char *host, unsigned short port);
+const char * tcp_send(p_socket sock, const char *data, size_t w_len,
+                      int timeout);
+const char * tcp_receive(p_socket sock, char *data, size_t r_len, int timeout);
+const char * tcp_raw_receive(p_socket sock, char * data, size_t r_len,
+                             int timeout, int *received);
+
+const char * tcp_listen(p_socket sock, int backlog);
+const char * tcp_accept(p_socket sock, p_socket client, int timeout);
+
+const char * tcp_connect(p_socket sock, const char *host, unsigned short port,
+                         int timeout);
+
+#endif