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+/**
+ **      ==============================
+ **       OOOO        O      O   OOOO
+ **       O   O       O     O O  O   O
+ **       O   O       O     O O  O   O
+ **       OOOO   OOOO O     OOO  OOOO
+ **       O   O       O    O   O O   O
+ **       O   O       O    O   O O   O
+ **       OOOO        OOOO O   O OOOO
+ **      ==============================
+ **      Dr. Stefan Bosse http://www.bsslab.de
+ **
+ **      COPYRIGHT: THIS SOFTWARE, EXECUTABLE AND SOURCE CODE IS OWNED
+ **                 BY THE AUTHOR(S).
+ **                 THIS SOURCE CODE MAY NOT BE COPIED, EXTRACTED,
+ **                 MODIFIED, OR OTHERWISE USED IN A CONTEXT
+ **                 OUTSIDE OF THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
+ **
+ **    $AUTHORS:     Stefan Bosse
+ **    $INITIAL:     (C) 2006-2016 BSSLAB
+ **    $CREATED:     3/28/15 by sbosse.
+ **    $VERSION:     1.1.9
+ **
+ **    $INFO:
+ **
+ * ================================
+ * DOS: Common connection utilities.
+ * ================================
+ *
+ **
+ **    $ENDOFINFO
+ */
+"use strict";
+var log = 0;
+
+var util = Require('util');
+var http = Require('http');
+
+var Io = Require('com/io');
+var Buf = Require('dos/buf');
+var Net = Require('dos/network');
+var xmldoc = Require('dos/ext/xmldoc');
+var Comp = Require('com/compat');
+var Perv = Comp.pervasives;
+var Hashtbl = Comp.hashtbl;
+var String = Comp.string;
+var Rand = Comp.random;
+var Array = Comp.array;
+var trace = Io.tracing;
+var div = Perv.div;
+
+var Mode = {
+  ONECHAN:'ONECHAN',    // Only client can send messages (ang get replies on the request channel) - one two-way channel
+  TWOCHAN:'TWOCHAN',    // Both broker server and client can send messages, i.e., different one-way request/reply channels
+  KEEPALIVE:'KEEPALIVE',// Reuse connections
+  AUTO:'AUTO'           // Automatic mode 1-chan/2-chan/keepalive, broker only
+}
+
+
+/*
+** Parse query string '?attr=val&attr=val...
+*/
+function parseQueryString( url ) {
+    var queryString = url.substring( url.indexOf('?') + 1 );
+    if (queryString == url) return [];
+    var params = {}, queries, temp, i, l;
+
+    // Split into key/value pairs
+    queries = queryString.split("&");
+
+    // Convert the array of strings into an object
+    for ( i = 0, l = queries.length; i < l; i++ ) {
+        temp = queries[i].split('=');
+        if (temp[1]==undefined) temp[1]='true';
+        params[temp[0]] = temp[1];
+    }
+
+    return params;
+}
+
+/** Get XML data
+ *
+ */
+function getData(data) {
+  if (data==undefined) return undefined;
+  else if (data.val!='') return data.val;
+  else return data.children.toString();
+}
+
+function ipequal(ip1,ip2) {
+    if (ip1==undefined || ip2==undefined) return false;
+    else if ((String.equal(ip1,'localhost') || String.equal(ip1,'127.0.0.1')) &&
+        (String.equal(ip2,'localhost') || String.equal(ip2,'127.0.0.1'))) return true;
+    else return String.equal(ip1,ip2);
+}
+
+/** Split multiple first-level {}\n{}\n message parts // Buffer or string
+ *
+ */
+function splitData(data) {
+  var messages;
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(data)) messages = data.toString().split('\n');
+  else messages = data.split('\n');
+  return messages;
+}
+
+/** Decode a message (ASCII -> Binary)
+ *
+ */
+function decode(msg) {
+  if (msg.hostport && msg.hostport.length!=Net.PORT_SIZE) msg.hostport = Net.port_of_str(msg.hostport);
+  if (msg.sendport && msg.sendport.length!=Net.PORT_SIZE) msg.sendport = Net.port_of_str(msg.sendport);  
+  if (msg.srvport && msg.srvport.length!=Net.PORT_SIZE) msg.srvport = Net.port_of_str(msg.srvport);
+  if (msg.data && msg.data[0]) for(var i in msg.data) decode(msg.data[i]);
+  else if (msg.data) decode(msg.data);
+}
+
+/** Encode a message (Binary->ASCII)
+ *
+ */
+function encode(msg) {
+  if (msg.hostport && msg.hostport.length==Net.PORT_SIZE) msg.hostport = Net.port_to_str(msg.hostport);
+  if (msg.sendport && msg.sendport.length==Net.PORT_SIZE) msg.sendport = Net.port_to_str(msg.sendport);  
+  if (msg.srvport && msg.srvport.length==Net.PORT_SIZE) msg.srvport = Net.port_to_str(msg.srvport);  
+  if (msg.data && msg.data[0]) for(var i in msg.data) encode(msg.data[i]);  
+  else if (msg.data) encode(msg.data);
+}
+
+
+module.exports = {
+    decode:decode,
+    encode:encode,
+    // Extract data from xmldoc <data>..</data> element
+    getData: getData,
+    ipequal: ipequal,
+    splitData:splitData,
+    EOM: '\n',
+    // Parse HTTP query string
+    parseQueryString: parseQueryString,
+
+    is_error: function (data,err) {
+        if (err==undefined)
+            return (data.length > 0 && String.get(data,0)=='E');
+        else
+            return (String.equal(data,err));
+    },
+    is_status: function (data,stat) {
+        if (stat==undefined)
+            return (data.length > 4 && String.equal(data.substring(0,4),'STAT'));
+        else
+            return (String.equal(data,stat));
+    },
+    is_xml: function(data) {
+        return (data.length > 5 && String.equal(data.substring(0,5),'<xml>'));
+    },
+    Mode:Mode
+};