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+/**
+ * Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Medical Physics Department, CHU of Liege,
+ * Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders of this
+ * program give permission to link the code of its release with the
+ * OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it
+ * that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute
+ * the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General Public License
+ * in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you
+ * modify file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to
+ * your version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If
+ * you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
+ * version. If you delete this exception statement from all source files
+ * in the program, then also delete it here.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "DicomUserConnection.h"
+#include "../../Core/MultiThreading/Locker.h"
+
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
+
+namespace Orthanc
+{
+  class ReusableDicomUserConnection : public ILockable
+  {
+  private:
+    boost::mutex mutex_;
+    DicomUserConnection* connection_;
+    bool continue_;
+    boost::posix_time::time_duration timeBeforeClose_;
+    boost::posix_time::ptime lastUse_;
+    boost::thread closeThread_;
+    std::string localAet_;
+
+    void Open(const std::string& remoteAet,
+              const std::string& address,
+              int port,
+              ModalityManufacturer manufacturer);
+    
+    void Close();
+
+    static void CloseThread(ReusableDicomUserConnection* that);
+
+  protected:
+    virtual void Lock();
+
+    virtual void Unlock();
+    
+  public:
+    class Connection : public Locker
+    {
+    private:
+      DicomUserConnection* connection_;
+
+    public:
+      Connection(ReusableDicomUserConnection& that,
+                 const std::string& aet,
+                 const std::string& address,
+                 int port,
+                 ModalityManufacturer manufacturer);
+
+      DicomUserConnection& GetConnection();
+    };
+
+    ReusableDicomUserConnection();
+
+    virtual ~ReusableDicomUserConnection();
+
+    unsigned int GetMillisecondsBeforeClose() const
+    {
+      return timeBeforeClose_.total_milliseconds();
+    }
+
+    void SetMillisecondsBeforeClose(unsigned int ms);
+
+    const std::string& GetLocalApplicationEntityTitle() const;
+
+    void SetLocalApplicationEntityTitle(const std::string& aet);
+  };
+}
+