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+#ifndef PROGRAMCHAIN_H
+#define PROGRAMCHAIN_H
+
+#include "linkedlist.h"
+#include "multilog.h"
+#include "programlink.h"
+
+/**
+ * The Program Chain links together program "chunks" to more easily facilitate
+ * a generalized program loop with modular extensions.
+ *@author Mike Buland
+ */
+class ProgramChain
+{
+public:
+        /**
+         * Construct an empty chain.
+         */
+        ProgramChain();
+
+        /**
+         * Destroy your chain.
+         */
+        virtual ~ProgramChain();
+
+        /**
+         * Adds a link to the end of the chain.
+         *@param pLink A pointer to the link to add to the chain.
+         *@returns True if adding the link was successful, otherwise false
+         *@author Mike Buland
+         */
+        bool addLink( ProgramLink *pLink );
+
+        /**
+         * Gets a link by name.
+         *@param lpName The name of the link you're looking for.  Every link has a
+         * name, apparently.
+         *@returns A pointer to the specified ProgramLink, or NULL if none were
+         * found matching your criteria.
+         *@author Mike Buland
+         */
+        class ProgramLink *getLink( const char *lpName );
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the very first link in the chain.
+         *@returns A pointer to the first link in the chain.
+         *@author Mike Buland
+         */
+        class ProgramLink *getBaseLink();
+
+        /**
+         * Runs through the chain once.  Useful if you want to have more control
+         * over the operation of the chain.
+         *@returns true if every link returned true.  If at least one link returns
+         * false, then returns false.
+         *@author Mike Buland
+         */
+        bool execChainOnce();
+
+        /**
+         * Enters the master chain loop, looping over the entire chain and
+         * executing every link's TimeSlice routine in order, over and over, until
+         * a link returns a false value.
+         *@returns False, always.  It returns true unless a link returned false,
+         * but loops until a link does return false.
+         *@author Mike Buland
+         **/
+        bool enterChainLoop();
+
+        /**
+         * Broadcasts an Immediate Response Message to all active links, save the
+         * sender.  Whatever link first responds with a non-null response message
+         * will have it's messages sent back to the broadcasting link as the returns
+         * of this function call.  Therefore it is very important that all message
+         * processing code is handled in a fairly timely fasion.
+         *@param pMsgOut The message to broadcast in hopes of a response.
+         *@param pSender The message that sent out the message and doesn't want to
+         * receive it's own message.  This should always just be "this".
+         *@returns The message that was returned by the first link to return a
+         * non-null response.  If all messages return null responses then this also
+         * returns null.  Please note that whoever calls this will be responsible
+         * for deleting the message returned by it, if non-null.
+         */
+        class LinkMessage *broadcastIRM( LinkMessage *pMsgOut, ProgramLink *pSender );
+
+private:
+        /**
+         * Shuts down all operation no matter what point in the operation we were.
+         */
+        void emergencyShutdown();
+        MultiLog &xLog; /**< A reference to the log. */
+        LinkedList lLink; /**< The linked list that contains all of the links. */
+};
+
+#endif