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+/**
+ * libtransport -- C++ library for easy XMPP Transports development
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, Jan Kaluza <hanzz.k@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * 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 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#include "glib.h"
+#include "purple.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "errno.h"
+
+#ifndef WIN32 
+#include "sys/wait.h"
+#include "sys/signal.h"
+#include <netinet/if_ether.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
+#include <netinet/ip6.h>
+#include <netinet/udp.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#include <netinet/ether.h>
+#include "sys/socket.h"
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#else 
+#include <process.h>
+#define getpid _getpid 
+#define ssize_t SSIZE_T
+#include "win32/win32dep.h"
+#endif
+
+static GHashTable *ui_info = NULL;
+
+GHashTable *spectrum_ui_get_info(void)
+{
+	if(NULL == ui_info) {
+		ui_info = g_hash_table_new(g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
+
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, g_strdup("name"), g_strdup("Spectrum"));
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, g_strdup("version"), g_strdup("0.5"));
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, g_strdup("website"), g_strdup("http://spectrum.im"));
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, g_strdup("dev_website"), g_strdup("http://spectrum.im"));
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, g_strdup("client_type"), g_strdup("pc"));
+
+		/*
+		 * This is the client key for "Pidgin."  It is owned by the AIM
+		 * account "markdoliner."  Please don't use this key for other
+		 * applications.  You can either not specify a client key, in
+		 * which case the default "libpurple" key will be used, or you
+		 * can register for your own client key at
+		 * http://developer.aim.com/manageKeys.jsp
+		 */
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, g_strdup("prpl-aim-clientkey"), g_strdup("ma1cSASNCKFtrdv9"));
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, g_strdup("prpl-icq-clientkey"), g_strdup("ma1cSASNCKFtrdv9"));
+
+		/*
+		 * This is the distid for Pidgin, given to us by AOL.  Please
+		 * don't use this for other applications.  You can just not
+		 * specify a distid and libpurple will use a default.
+		 */
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, g_strdup("prpl-aim-distid"), GINT_TO_POINTER(1550));
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, g_strdup("prpl-icq-distid"), GINT_TO_POINTER(1550));
+	}
+
+	return ui_info;
+}
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+void spectrum_sigchld_handler(int sig)
+{
+	int status;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	do {
+		pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG);
+	} while (pid != 0 && pid != (pid_t)-1);
+
+	if ((pid == (pid_t) - 1) && (errno != ECHILD)) {
+		char errmsg[BUFSIZ];
+		snprintf(errmsg, BUFSIZ, "Warning: waitpid() returned %d", pid);
+		perror(errmsg);
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
+int create_socket(char *host, int portno) {
+	struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
+	
+	int main_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	memset((char *) &serv_addr, 0, sizeof(serv_addr));
+	serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	serv_addr.sin_port = htons(portno);
+
+	hostent *hos;  // Resolve name
+	if ((hos = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL) {
+		// strerror() will not work for gethostbyname() and hstrerror() 
+		// is supposedly obsolete
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = *((unsigned long *) hos->h_addr_list[0]);
+
+	if (connect(main_socket, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
+		close(main_socket);
+		main_socket = 0;
+	}
+
+	int flags = fcntl(main_socket, F_GETFL);
+	flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+	fcntl(main_socket, F_SETFL, flags);
+	return main_socket;
+}