#ifndef __IPC_CLIENT_H__
#define __IPC_CLIENT_H__

struct ipc_client {
    unsigned int version;
    unsigned int index;
    int proc_fd;
};

struct ipc_clients {
	struct ipc_client **clients;
	int size;
};

// store and remove only pointers on allocated structures
int ipc_client_add (struct ipc_clients *, struct ipc_client *);
int ipc_client_del (struct ipc_clients *, struct ipc_client *);

void ipc_clients_print (struct ipc_clients *);
void ipc_clients_free  (struct ipc_clients *);

struct ipc_client * ipc_server_client_copy (const struct ipc_client *p);
int ipc_server_client_eq (const struct ipc_client *p1, const struct ipc_client *p2);
// create the service client structure
void ipc_server_client_gen (struct ipc_client *p
        , unsigned int index, unsigned int version);

void client_print (struct ipc_client *);
#endif