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+#ifndef BABELTRACE_GRAPH_CONNECTION_INTERNAL_H
+#define BABELTRACE_GRAPH_CONNECTION_INTERNAL_H
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-2018 Philippe Proulx <pproulx@efficios.com>
+ * Copyright 2017 Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <babeltrace2/graph/connection-const.h>
+#include <babeltrace2/graph/message-iterator-const.h>
+#include "lib/object.h"
+#include "common/assert.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "message/iterator.h"
+
+struct bt_graph;
+
+struct bt_connection {
+ /*
+ * The graph is a connection's parent and the connection is the parent
+ * of all iterators it has created.
+ */
+ struct bt_object base;
+ /*
+ * Weak references are held to both ports. Their existence is guaranteed
+ * by the existence of the graph and thus, of their respective
+ * components.
+ */
+ /* Downstream port. */
+ struct bt_port *downstream_port;
+ /* Upstream port. */
+ struct bt_port *upstream_port;
+
+ /*
+ * Weak references to all the message iterators that were
+ * created on this connection.
+ */
+ GPtrArray *iterators;
+
+ bool notified_upstream_port_connected;
+ bool notified_downstream_port_connected;
+ bool notified_graph_ports_connected;
+};
+
+BT_HIDDEN
+struct bt_connection *bt_connection_create(struct bt_graph *graph,
+ struct bt_port *upstream_port,
+ struct bt_port *downstream_port);
+
+BT_HIDDEN
+void bt_connection_end(struct bt_connection *conn, bool try_remove_from_graph);
+
+BT_HIDDEN
+void bt_connection_remove_iterator(struct bt_connection *conn,
+ struct bt_self_component_port_input_message_iterator *iterator);
+
+static inline
+struct bt_graph *bt_connection_borrow_graph(struct bt_connection *conn)
+{
+ BT_ASSERT(conn);
+ return (void *) conn->base.parent;
+}
+
+#endif /* BABELTRACE_GRAPH_CONNECTION_INTERNAL_H */