indexing

	description:
		"A client for a socket.";

	status: "See notice at end of class";
	date: "$Date$";
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class CLIENT inherit

	SOCKET_RESOURCES

feature -- Access

	in_out: SOCKET;
			-- Receive and send socket.

	received : ANY;
			-- message received on `in'

	cleanup is
			-- Cleanup client.
		deferred
		end;

	send (msg : ANY) is
			-- Send `msg'.
		do
			in_out.independent_store (msg)
		end;

	receive is
			-- Receive message.
		do
			received ?= in_out.retrieved
		end
	
end -- class CLIENT

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