<?php
/**
 * Abstract class that implements the basic api for any client.
 * @author jpt
 * @abstract
 * @package Client
 */
abstract class Client_AbstractClient {

	/**
	 * @var int
	 */
	protected $ID;

	/**
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $group;

	/**
	 * @var mixed Instance of Protocol_AbstractProtocolHandler
	 */
	protected $protocolHandler;

	/**
	 * Contains a reference to the ClientManager in order to change stuff on the fly.
	 * @var Client_ClientManager
	 */
	protected $clientManager;

	/**
	 * Injects ProtocolHandler
	 * @param mixed $protocolHandler instance of Protocol_AbstractProtocolHandler
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function injectProtocolHandler($protocolHandler) {
		$this->protocolHandler = $protocolHandler;
	}

	/**
	 * Forwards incoming data to the ProtocolParser.
	 * Calls protected processData()
	 * @param string $rawData
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function processRawData($rawData) {
		$contentObject = $this->protocolHandler->parse($rawData);
		return $this->processContentObject($contentObject);
	}

	/**
	 * This function will be the main entry point of any client.
	 * @param string $data
	 * @return string
	 */
	abstract protected function processContentObject($contentObject);

	/**
	 * This function will load the given config.
	 * @param array $config
	 */
	abstract public function loadConfig($config);

	/**
	 * @param int $id
	 */
	public function setID($id) {
		$this->ID = $id;
	}

	/**
	 * @param string $group
	 */
	public function setGroup($group) {
		$this->group = $group;
	}

	/**
	 * Injects ClientManager
	 * @param Client_ClientManager $clientManager
	 */
	public function injectClientManager($clientManager) {
		$this->clientManager = $clientManager;
	}
}
?>