using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Nuclex.Networking.Gallery3 {

  /// <summary>Base class for users of the gallery connection</summary>
  public class ConnectionUser {

    /// <summary>
    ///   Initializes a new gallery entity (which is either an album or an item)
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="connection">
    ///   Connection holding the resources needed to issue requests to
    ///   the gallery installation
    /// </param>
    internal ConnectionUser(IGalleryConnection connection) {
      this.connection = connection;
    }

    /// <summary>Determines whether the connection is still open</summary>
    public bool IsConnected {
      get { return this.connection.RequestFactory != null; }
    }

    /// <summary>Gallery connection resources</summary>
    internal IGalleryConnection Connection {
      get { return this.connection; }
    }

    /// <summary>Stores connection resources required to access gallery</summary>
    private IGalleryConnection connection;

  }

} // namespace Nuclex.Networking.Gallery3