Diff: Transport.h

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1:096f484f3ae6

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0:eef30dbe1130

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--- a/Transport.h	Thu May 15 22:02:08 2014 +0000
+++ b/Transport.h	Mon May 19 12:36:11 2014 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,36 @@
 #ifndef TRANSPORT_H
 #define TRANSPORT_H
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#include "mbed.h"
+#include "IPStack.h"
+
+/** This class has been added to the standard mbed Socket library enabling people
+* to use the Socket library interfaces for different transports. Use this class prior
+* to instantiating any of the other classes in this folder to determine the underlying
+* transport that will be used by them. It is important to know that the transport classes
+* themsleves which derive from IPStack.h, must be properly initialized and connected before any
+* of the Socket package classes can be used.
+*/
+class Transport
+{
+public:        
+    /** This method allows you to set the transport to be used when creatin other
+    * objects from the Socket folder like TCPSocketConnection and UDPSocket.
+    *
+    * @param type the type of underlying transport to be used as an IPStack object.
+    */
+    static void setTransport(IPStack* type);
+    
+    /** This method is used within the Socket class to get the appropraite transport
+    * as an IPStack object.  In general you do not need to call this directly, but
+    * simply use the other classes in this folder. 
+    *
+    * @returns a pointer to an object that implements IPStack.
+    */
+    static IPStack* getInstance();
+    
+private:
+    static IPStack* transport; //Member variable that holds an custom transport type.
+};
+
+#endif /* TRANSPORT_H */