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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Peter Thorson. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of the WebSocket++ Project nor the
+ *       names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
+ *       derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+ * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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+ * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL PETER THORSON BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+ * (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef WEBSOCKETPP_CONNECTION_HPP
+#define WEBSOCKETPP_CONNECTION_HPP
+
+#include <websocketpp/close.hpp>
+#include <websocketpp/error.hpp>
+#include <websocketpp/frame.hpp>
+
+#include <websocketpp/logger/levels.hpp>
+#include <websocketpp/processors/processor.hpp>
+#include <websocketpp/transport/base/connection.hpp>
+#include <websocketpp/http/constants.hpp>
+
+#include <websocketpp/common/connection_hdl.hpp>
+#include <websocketpp/common/cpp11.hpp>
+#include <websocketpp/common/functional.hpp>
+
+#include <queue>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace websocketpp {
+
+/// The type and function signature of an open handler
+/**
+ * The open handler is called once for every successful WebSocket connection
+ * attempt. Either the fail handler or the open handler will be called for each
+ * WebSocket connection attempt. HTTP Connections that did not attempt to
+ * upgrade the connection to the WebSocket protocol will trigger the http
+ * handler instead of fail/open.
+ */
+typedef lib::function<void(connection_hdl)> open_handler;
+
+/// The type and function signature of a close handler
+/**
+ * The close handler is called once for every successfully established
+ * connection after it is no longer capable of sending or receiving new messages
+ *
+ * The close handler will be called exactly once for every connection for which
+ * the open handler was called.
+ */
+typedef lib::function<void(connection_hdl)> close_handler;
+
+/// The type and function signature of a fail handler
+/**
+ * The fail handler is called once for every unsuccessful WebSocket connection
+ * attempt. Either the fail handler or the open handler will be called for each
+ * WebSocket connection attempt. HTTP Connections that did not attempt to
+ * upgrade the connection to the WebSocket protocol will trigger the http
+ * handler instead of fail/open.
+ */
+typedef lib::function<void(connection_hdl)> fail_handler;
+
+/// The type and function signature of an interrupt handler
+/**
+ * The interrupt handler is called when a connection receives an interrupt
+ * request from the application. Interrupts allow the application to trigger a
+ * handler to be run in the absense of a WebSocket level handler trigger (like
+ * a new message).
+ *
+ * This is typically used by another application thread to schedule some tasks
+ * that can only be run from within the handler chain for thread safety reasons.
+ */
+typedef lib::function<void(connection_hdl)> interrupt_handler;
+
+/// The type and function signature of a ping handler
+/**
+ * The ping handler is called when the connection receives a WebSocket ping
+ * control frame. The string argument contains the ping payload. The payload is
+ * a binary string up to 126 bytes in length. The ping handler returns a bool,
+ * true if a pong response should be sent, false if the pong response should be
+ * suppressed.
+ */
+typedef lib::function<bool(connection_hdl,std::string)> ping_handler;
+
+/// The type and function signature of a pong handler
+/**
+ * The pong handler is called when the connection receives a WebSocket pong
+ * control frame. The string argument contains the pong payload. The payload is
+ * a binary string up to 126 bytes in length.
+ */
+typedef lib::function<void(connection_hdl,std::string)> pong_handler;
+
+/// The type and function signature of a pong timeout handler
+/**
+ * The pong timeout handler is called when a ping goes unanswered by a pong for
+ * longer than the locally specified timeout period.
+ */
+typedef lib::function<void(connection_hdl,std::string)> pong_timeout_handler;
+
+/// The type and function signature of a validate handler
+/**
+ * The validate handler is called after a WebSocket handshake has been received
+ * and processed but before it has been accepted. This gives the application a
+ * chance to implement connection details specific policies for accepting
+ * connections and the ability to negotiate extensions and subprotocols.
+ *
+ * The validate handler return value indicates whether or not the connection
+ * should be accepted. Additional methods may be called during the function to
+ * set response headers, set HTTP return/error codes, etc.
+ */
+typedef lib::function<bool(connection_hdl)> validate_handler;
+
+/// The type and function signature of a http handler
+/**
+ * The http handler is called when an HTTP connection is made that does not
+ * attempt to upgrade the connection to the WebSocket protocol. This allows
+ * WebSocket++ servers to respond to these requests with regular HTTP responses.
+ *
+ * This can be used to deliver error pages & dashboards and to deliver static
+ * files such as the base HTML & JavaScript for an otherwise single page
+ * WebSocket application.
+ *
+ * Note: WebSocket++ is designed to be a high performance WebSocket server. It
+ * is not tuned to provide a full featured, high performance, HTTP web server
+ * solution. The HTTP handler is appropriate only for low volume HTTP traffic.
+ * If you expect to serve high volumes of HTTP traffic a dedicated HTTP web
+ * server is strongly recommended.
+ *
+ * The default HTTP handler will return a 426 Upgrade Required error. Custom
+ * handlers may override the response status code to deliver any type of
+ * response.
+ */
+typedef lib::function<void(connection_hdl)> http_handler;
+
+//
+typedef lib::function<void(lib::error_code const & ec, size_t bytes_transferred)> read_handler;
+typedef lib::function<void(lib::error_code const & ec)> write_frame_handler;
+
+// constants related to the default WebSocket protocol versions available
+#ifdef _WEBSOCKETPP_INITIALIZER_LISTS_ // simplified C++11 version
+    /// Container that stores the list of protocol versions supported
+    /**
+     * @todo Move this to configs to allow compile/runtime disabling or enabling
+     * of protocol versions
+     */
+    static std::vector<int> const versions_supported = {0,7,8,13};
+#else
+    /// Helper array to get around lack of initializer lists pre C++11
+    static int const helper[] = {0,7,8,13};
+    /// Container that stores the list of protocol versions supported
+    /**
+     * @todo Move this to configs to allow compile/runtime disabling or enabling
+     * of protocol versions
+     */
+    static std::vector<int> const versions_supported(helper,helper+4);
+#endif
+
+namespace session {
+namespace state {
+    // externally visible session state (states based on the RFC)
+    enum value {
+        connecting = 0,
+        open = 1,
+        closing = 2,
+        closed = 3
+    };
+} // namespace state
+
+
+namespace fail {
+namespace status {
+    enum value {
+        GOOD = 0,           // no failure yet!
+        SYSTEM = 1,         // system call returned error, check that code
+        WEBSOCKET = 2,      // websocket close codes contain error
+        UNKNOWN = 3,        // No failure information is available
+        TIMEOUT_TLS = 4,    // TLS handshake timed out
+        TIMEOUT_WS = 5      // WS handshake timed out
+    };
+} // namespace status
+} // namespace fail
+
+namespace internal_state {
+    // More granular internal states. These are used for multi-threaded
+    // connection synchronization and preventing values that are not yet or no
+    // longer available from being used.
+
+    enum value {
+        USER_INIT = 0,
+        TRANSPORT_INIT = 1,
+        READ_HTTP_REQUEST = 2,
+        WRITE_HTTP_REQUEST = 3,
+        READ_HTTP_RESPONSE = 4,
+        WRITE_HTTP_RESPONSE = 5,
+        PROCESS_HTTP_REQUEST = 6,
+        PROCESS_CONNECTION = 7
+    };
+} // namespace internal_state
+
+
+namespace http_state {
+    // states to keep track of the progress of http connections
+
+    enum value {
+        init = 0,
+        deferred = 1,
+        headers_written = 2,
+        body_written = 3,
+        closed = 4
+    };
+} // namespace http_state
+
+} // namespace session
+
+/// Represents an individual WebSocket connection
+template <typename config>
+class connection
+ : public config::transport_type::transport_con_type
+ , public config::connection_base
+{
+public:
+    /// Type of this connection
+    typedef connection<config> type;
+    /// Type of a shared pointer to this connection
+    typedef lib::shared_ptr<type> ptr;
+    /// Type of a weak pointer to this connection
+    typedef lib::weak_ptr<type> weak_ptr;
+
+    /// Type of the concurrency component of this connection
+    typedef typename config::concurrency_type concurrency_type;
+    /// Type of the access logging policy
+    typedef typename config::alog_type alog_type;
+    /// Type of the error logging policy
+    typedef typename config::elog_type elog_type;
+
+    /// Type of the transport component of this connection
+    typedef typename config::transport_type::transport_con_type
+        transport_con_type;
+    /// Type of a shared pointer to the transport component of this connection
+    typedef typename transport_con_type::ptr transport_con_ptr;
+
+    typedef lib::function<void(ptr)> termination_handler;
+
+    typedef typename concurrency_type::scoped_lock_type scoped_lock_type;
+    typedef typename concurrency_type::mutex_type mutex_type;
+
+    typedef typename config::request_type request_type;
+    typedef typename config::response_type response_type;
+
+    typedef typename config::message_type message_type;
+    typedef typename message_type::ptr message_ptr;
+
+    typedef typename config::con_msg_manager_type con_msg_manager_type;
+    typedef typename con_msg_manager_type::ptr con_msg_manager_ptr;
+
+    /// Type of RNG
+    typedef typename config::rng_type rng_type;
+
+    typedef processor::processor<config> processor_type;
+    typedef lib::shared_ptr<processor_type> processor_ptr;
+
+    // Message handler (needs to know message type)
+    typedef lib::function<void(connection_hdl,message_ptr)> message_handler;
+
+    /// Type of a pointer to a transport timer handle
+    typedef typename transport_con_type::timer_ptr timer_ptr;
+
+    // Misc Convenience Types
+    typedef session::internal_state::value istate_type;
+
+private:
+    enum terminate_status {
+        failed = 1,
+        closed,
+        unknown
+    };
+public:
+
+    explicit connection(bool p_is_server, std::string const & ua, const lib::shared_ptr<alog_type>& alog,
+                        const lib::shared_ptr<elog_type>& elog, rng_type & rng)
+      : transport_con_type(p_is_server, alog, elog)
+      , m_handle_read_frame(lib::bind(
+            &type::handle_read_frame,
+            this,
+            lib::placeholders::_1,
+            lib::placeholders::_2
+        ))
+      , m_write_frame_handler(lib::bind(
+            &type::handle_write_frame,
+            this,
+            lib::placeholders::_1
+        ))
+      , m_user_agent(ua)
+      , m_open_handshake_timeout_dur(config::timeout_open_handshake)
+      , m_close_handshake_timeout_dur(config::timeout_close_handshake)
+      , m_pong_timeout_dur(config::timeout_pong)
+      , m_max_message_size(config::max_message_size)
+      , m_state(session::state::connecting)
+      , m_internal_state(session::internal_state::USER_INIT)
+      , m_msg_manager(new con_msg_manager_type())
+      , m_send_buffer_size(0)
+      , m_write_flag(false)
+      , m_read_flag(true)
+      , m_is_server(p_is_server)
+      , m_alog(alog)
+      , m_elog(elog)
+      , m_rng(rng)
+      , m_local_close_code(close::status::abnormal_close)
+      , m_remote_close_code(close::status::abnormal_close)
+      , m_is_http(false)
+      , m_http_state(session::http_state::init)
+      , m_was_clean(false)
+    {
+        m_alog->write(log::alevel::devel,"connection constructor");
+    }
+
+    /// Get a shared pointer to this component
+    ptr get_shared() {
+        return lib::static_pointer_cast<type>(transport_con_type::get_shared());
+    }
+
+    ///////////////////////////
+    // Set Handler Callbacks //
+    ///////////////////////////
+
+    /// Set open handler
+    /**
+     * The open handler is called after the WebSocket handshake is complete and
+     * the connection is considered OPEN.
+     *
+     * @param h The new open_handler
+     */
+    void set_open_handler(open_handler h) {
+        m_open_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    /// Set close handler
+    /**
+     * The close handler is called immediately after the connection is closed.
+     *
+     * @param h The new close_handler
+     */
+    void set_close_handler(close_handler h) {
+        m_close_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    /// Set fail handler
+    /**
+     * The fail handler is called whenever the connection fails while the
+     * handshake is bring processed.
+     *
+     * @param h The new fail_handler
+     */
+    void set_fail_handler(fail_handler h) {
+        m_fail_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    /// Set ping handler
+    /**
+     * The ping handler is called whenever the connection receives a ping
+     * control frame. The ping payload is included.
+     *
+     * The ping handler's return time controls whether or not a pong is
+     * sent in response to this ping. Returning false will suppress the
+     * return pong. If no ping handler is set a pong will be sent.
+     *
+     * @param h The new ping_handler
+     */
+    void set_ping_handler(ping_handler h) {
+        m_ping_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    /// Set pong handler
+    /**
+     * The pong handler is called whenever the connection receives a pong
+     * control frame. The pong payload is included.
+     *
+     * @param h The new pong_handler
+     */
+    void set_pong_handler(pong_handler h) {
+        m_pong_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    /// Set pong timeout handler
+    /**
+     * If the transport component being used supports timers, the pong timeout
+     * handler is called whenever a pong control frame is not received with the
+     * configured timeout period after the application sends a ping.
+     *
+     * The config setting `timeout_pong` controls the length of the timeout
+     * period. It is specified in milliseconds.
+     *
+     * This can be used to probe the health of the remote endpoint's WebSocket
+     * implementation. This does not guarantee that the remote application
+     * itself is still healthy but can be a useful diagnostic.
+     *
+     * Note: receipt of this callback doesn't mean the pong will never come.
+     * This functionality will not suppress delivery of the pong in question
+     * should it arrive after the timeout.
+     *
+     * @param h The new pong_timeout_handler
+     */
+    void set_pong_timeout_handler(pong_timeout_handler h) {
+        m_pong_timeout_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    /// Set interrupt handler
+    /**
+     * The interrupt handler is called whenever the connection is manually
+     * interrupted by the application.
+     *
+     * @param h The new interrupt_handler
+     */
+    void set_interrupt_handler(interrupt_handler h) {
+        m_interrupt_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    /// Set http handler
+    /**
+     * The http handler is called after an HTTP request other than a WebSocket
+     * upgrade request is received. It allows a WebSocket++ server to respond
+     * to regular HTTP requests on the same port as it processes WebSocket
+     * connections. This can be useful for hosting error messages, flash
+     * policy files, status pages, and other simple HTTP responses. It is not
+     * intended to be used as a primary web server.
+     *
+     * @param h The new http_handler
+     */
+    void set_http_handler(http_handler h) {
+        m_http_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    /// Set validate handler
+    /**
+     * The validate handler is called after a WebSocket handshake has been
+     * parsed but before a response is returned. It provides the application
+     * a chance to examine the request and determine whether or not it wants
+     * to accept the connection.
+     *
+     * Returning false from the validate handler will reject the connection.
+     * If no validate handler is present, all connections will be allowed.
+     *
+     * @param h The new validate_handler
+     */
+    void set_validate_handler(validate_handler h) {
+        m_validate_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    /// Set message handler
+    /**
+     * The message handler is called after a new message has been received.
+     *
+     * @param h The new message_handler
+     */
+    void set_message_handler(message_handler h) {
+        m_message_handler = h;
+    }
+
+    //////////////////////////////////////////
+    // Connection timeouts and other limits //
+    //////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    /// Set open handshake timeout
+    /**
+     * Sets the length of time the library will wait after an opening handshake
+     * has been initiated before cancelling it. This can be used to prevent
+     * excessive wait times for outgoing clients or excessive resource usage
+     * from broken clients or DoS attacks on servers.
+     *
+     * Connections that time out will have their fail handlers called with the
+     * open_handshake_timeout error code.
+     *
+     * The default value is specified via the compile time config value
+     * 'timeout_open_handshake'. The default value in the core config
+     * is 5000ms. A value of 0 will disable the timer entirely.
+     *
+     * To be effective, the transport you are using must support timers. See
+     * the documentation for your transport policy for details about its
+     * timer support.
+     *
+     * @param dur The length of the open handshake timeout in ms
+     */
+    void set_open_handshake_timeout(long dur) {
+        m_open_handshake_timeout_dur = dur;
+    }
+
+    /// Set close handshake timeout
+    /**
+     * Sets the length of time the library will wait after a closing handshake
+     * has been initiated before cancelling it. This can be used to prevent
+     * excessive wait times for outgoing clients or excessive resource usage
+     * from broken clients or DoS attacks on servers.
+     *
+     * Connections that time out will have their close handlers called with the
+     * close_handshake_timeout error code.
+     *
+     * The default value is specified via the compile time config value
+     * 'timeout_close_handshake'. The default value in the core config
+     * is 5000ms. A value of 0 will disable the timer entirely.
+     *
+     * To be effective, the transport you are using must support timers. See
+     * the documentation for your transport policy for details about its
+     * timer support.
+     *
+     * @param dur The length of the close handshake timeout in ms
+     */
+    void set_close_handshake_timeout(long dur) {
+        m_close_handshake_timeout_dur = dur;
+    }
+
+    /// Set pong timeout
+    /**
+     * Sets the length of time the library will wait for a pong response to a
+     * ping. This can be used as a keepalive or to detect broken  connections.
+     *
+     * Pong responses that time out will have the pong timeout handler called.
+     *
+     * The default value is specified via the compile time config value
+     * 'timeout_pong'. The default value in the core config
+     * is 5000ms. A value of 0 will disable the timer entirely.
+     *
+     * To be effective, the transport you are using must support timers. See
+     * the documentation for your transport policy for details about its
+     * timer support.
+     *
+     * @param dur The length of the pong timeout in ms
+     */
+    void set_pong_timeout(long dur) {
+        m_pong_timeout_dur = dur;
+    }
+
+    /// Get maximum message size
+    /**
+     * Get maximum message size. Maximum message size determines the point at 
+     * which the connection will fail with the message_too_big protocol error.
+     *
+     * The default is set by the endpoint that creates the connection.
+     *
+     * @since 0.3.0
+     */
+    size_t get_max_message_size() const {
+        return m_max_message_size;
+    }
+    
+    /// Set maximum message size
+    /**
+     * Set maximum message size. Maximum message size determines the point at 
+     * which the connection will fail with the message_too_big protocol error. 
+     * This value may be changed during the connection.
+     *
+     * The default is set by the endpoint that creates the connection.
+     *
+     * @since 0.3.0
+     *
+     * @param new_value The value to set as the maximum message size.
+     */
+    void set_max_message_size(size_t new_value) {
+        m_max_message_size = new_value;
+        if (m_processor) {
+            m_processor->set_max_message_size(new_value);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /// Get maximum HTTP message body size
+    /**
+     * Get maximum HTTP message body size. Maximum message body size determines
+     * the point at which the connection will stop reading an HTTP request whose
+     * body is too large.
+     *
+     * The default is set by the endpoint that creates the connection.
+     *
+     * @since 0.5.0
+     *
+     * @return The maximum HTTP message body size
+     */
+    size_t get_max_http_body_size() const {
+        return m_request.get_max_body_size();
+    }
+    
+    /// Set maximum HTTP message body size
+    /**
+     * Set maximum HTTP message body size. Maximum message body size determines
+     * the point at which the connection will stop reading an HTTP request whose
+     * body is too large.
+     *
+     * The default is set by the endpoint that creates the connection.
+     *
+     * @since 0.5.0
+     *
+     * @param new_value The value to set as the maximum message size.
+     */
+    void set_max_http_body_size(size_t new_value) {
+        m_request.set_max_body_size(new_value);
+    }
+
+    //////////////////////////////////
+    // Uncategorized public methods //
+    //////////////////////////////////
+
+    /// Get the size of the outgoing write buffer (in payload bytes)
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the number of bytes in the outgoing write buffer that have not
+     * already been dispatched to the transport layer. This represents the bytes
+     * that are presently cancelable without uncleanly ending the websocket
+     * connection
+     *
+     * This method invokes the m_write_lock mutex
+     *
+     * @return The current number of bytes in the outgoing send buffer.
+     */
+    size_t get_buffered_amount() const;
+
+    /// Get the size of the outgoing write buffer (in payload bytes)
+    /**
+     * @deprecated use `get_buffered_amount` instead
+     */
+    size_t buffered_amount() const {
+        return get_buffered_amount();
+    }
+
+    ////////////////////
+    // Action Methods //
+    ////////////////////
+
+    /// Create a message and then add it to the outgoing send queue
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to send a message given a payload string and
+     * optionally an opcode. Default opcode is utf8 text.
+     *
+     * This method locks the m_write_lock mutex
+     *
+     * @param payload The payload string to generated the message with
+     *
+     * @param op The opcode to generated the message with. Default is
+     * frame::opcode::text
+     */
+    lib::error_code send(std::string const & payload, frame::opcode::value op =
+        frame::opcode::text);
+
+    /// Send a message (raw array overload)
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to send a message given a raw array and optionally an
+     * opcode. Default opcode is binary.
+     *
+     * This method locks the m_write_lock mutex
+     *
+     * @param payload A pointer to the array containing the bytes to send.
+     *
+     * @param len Length of the array.
+     *
+     * @param op The opcode to generated the message with. Default is
+     * frame::opcode::binary
+     */
+    lib::error_code send(void const * payload, size_t len, frame::opcode::value
+        op = frame::opcode::binary);
+
+    /// Add a message to the outgoing send queue
+    /**
+     * If presented with a prepared message it is added without validation or
+     * framing. If presented with an unprepared message it is validated, framed,
+     * and then added
+     *
+     * Errors are returned via an exception
+     * \todo make exception system_error rather than error_code
+     *
+     * This method invokes the m_write_lock mutex
+     *
+     * @param msg A message_ptr to the message to send.
+     */
+    lib::error_code send(message_ptr msg);
+
+    /// Asyncronously invoke handler::on_inturrupt
+    /**
+     * Signals to the connection to asyncronously invoke the on_inturrupt
+     * callback for this connection's handler once it is safe to do so.
+     *
+     * When the on_inturrupt handler callback is called it will be from
+     * within the transport event loop with all the thread safety features
+     * guaranteed by the transport to regular handlers
+     *
+     * Multiple inturrupt signals can be active at once on the same connection
+     *
+     * @return An error code
+     */
+    lib::error_code interrupt();
+    
+    /// Transport inturrupt callback
+    void handle_interrupt();
+    
+    /// Pause reading of new data
+    /**
+     * Signals to the connection to halt reading of new data. While reading is paused, 
+     * the connection will stop reading from its associated socket. In turn this will 
+     * result in TCP based flow control kicking in and slowing data flow from the remote
+     * endpoint.
+     *
+     * This is useful for applications that push new requests to a queue to be processed
+     * by another thread and need a way to signal when their request queue is full without
+     * blocking the network processing thread.
+     *
+     * Use `resume_reading()` to resume.
+     *
+     * If supported by the transport this is done asynchronously. As such reading may not
+     * stop until the current read operation completes. Typically you can expect to
+     * receive no more bytes after initiating a read pause than the size of the read 
+     * buffer.
+     *
+     * If reading is paused for this connection already nothing is changed.
+     */
+    lib::error_code pause_reading();
+
+    /// Pause reading callback
+    void handle_pause_reading();
+
+    /// Resume reading of new data
+    /**
+     * Signals to the connection to resume reading of new data after it was paused by
+     * `pause_reading()`.
+     *
+     * If reading is not paused for this connection already nothing is changed.
+     */
+    lib::error_code resume_reading();
+
+    /// Resume reading callback
+    void handle_resume_reading();
+
+    /// Send a ping
+    /**
+     * Initiates a ping with the given payload/
+     *
+     * There is no feedback directly from ping except in cases of immediately
+     * detectable errors. Feedback will be provided via on_pong or
+     * on_pong_timeout callbacks.
+     *
+     * Ping locks the m_write_lock mutex
+     *
+     * @param payload Payload to be used for the ping
+     */
+    void ping(std::string const & payload);
+
+    /// exception free variant of ping
+    void ping(std::string const & payload, lib::error_code & ec);
+
+    /// Utility method that gets called back when the ping timer expires
+    void handle_pong_timeout(std::string payload, lib::error_code const & ec);
+
+    /// Send a pong
+    /**
+     * Initiates a pong with the given payload.
+     *
+     * There is no feedback from a pong once sent.
+     *
+     * Pong locks the m_write_lock mutex
+     *
+     * @param payload Payload to be used for the pong
+     */
+    void pong(std::string const & payload);
+
+    /// exception free variant of pong
+    void pong(std::string const & payload, lib::error_code & ec);
+
+    /// Close the connection
+    /**
+     * Initiates the close handshake process.
+     *
+     * If close returns successfully the connection will be in the closing
+     * state and no additional messages may be sent. All messages sent prior
+     * to calling close will be written out before the connection is closed.
+     *
+     * If no reason is specified none will be sent. If no code is specified
+     * then no code will be sent.
+     *
+     * The handler's on_close callback will be called once the close handshake
+     * is complete.
+     *
+     * Reasons will be automatically truncated to the maximum length (123 bytes)
+     * if necessary.
+     *
+     * @param code The close code to send
+     * @param reason The close reason to send
+     */
+    void close(close::status::value const code, std::string const & reason);
+
+    /// exception free variant of close
+    void close(close::status::value const code, std::string const & reason,
+        lib::error_code & ec);
+
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // Pass-through access to the uri information //
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    /// Returns the secure flag from the connection URI
+    /**
+     * This value is available after the HTTP request has been fully read and
+     * may be called from any thread.
+     *
+     * @return Whether or not the connection URI is flagged secure.
+     */
+    bool get_secure() const;
+
+    /// Returns the host component of the connection URI
+    /**
+     * This value is available after the HTTP request has been fully read and
+     * may be called from any thread.
+     *
+     * @return The host component of the connection URI
+     */
+    std::string const & get_host() const;
+
+    /// Returns the resource component of the connection URI
+    /**
+     * This value is available after the HTTP request has been fully read and
+     * may be called from any thread.
+     *
+     * @return The resource component of the connection URI
+     */
+    std::string const & get_resource() const;
+
+    /// Returns the port component of the connection URI
+    /**
+     * This value is available after the HTTP request has been fully read and
+     * may be called from any thread.
+     *
+     * @return The port component of the connection URI
+     */
+    uint16_t get_port() const;
+
+    /// Gets the connection URI
+    /**
+     * This should really only be called by internal library methods unless you
+     * really know what you are doing.
+     *
+     * @return A pointer to the connection's URI
+     */
+    uri_ptr get_uri() const;
+
+    /// Sets the connection URI
+    /**
+     * This should really only be called by internal library methods unless you
+     * really know what you are doing.
+     *
+     * @param uri The new URI to set
+     */
+    void set_uri(uri_ptr uri);
+
+    /////////////////////////////
+    // Subprotocol negotiation //
+    /////////////////////////////
+
+    /// Gets the negotated subprotocol
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the subprotocol that was negotiated during the handshake. This
+     * method is valid in the open handler and later.
+     *
+     * @return The negotiated subprotocol
+     */
+    std::string const & get_subprotocol() const;
+
+    /// Gets all of the subprotocols requested by the client
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the subprotocols that were requested during the handshake. This
+     * method is valid in the validate handler and later.
+     *
+     * @return A vector of the requested subprotocol
+     */
+    std::vector<std::string> const & get_requested_subprotocols() const;
+
+    /// Adds the given subprotocol string to the request list (exception free)
+    /**
+     * Adds a subprotocol to the list to send with the opening handshake. This
+     * may be called multiple times to request more than one. If the server
+     * supports one of these, it may choose one. If so, it will return it
+     * in it's handshake reponse and the value will be available via
+     * get_subprotocol(). Subprotocol requests should be added in order of
+     * preference.
+     *
+     * @param request The subprotocol to request
+     * @param ec A reference to an error code that will be filled in the case of
+     * errors
+     */
+    void add_subprotocol(std::string const & request, lib::error_code & ec);
+
+    /// Adds the given subprotocol string to the request list
+    /**
+     * Adds a subprotocol to the list to send with the opening handshake. This
+     * may be called multiple times to request more than one. If the server
+     * supports one of these, it may choose one. If so, it will return it
+     * in it's handshake reponse and the value will be available via
+     * get_subprotocol(). Subprotocol requests should be added in order of
+     * preference.
+     *
+     * @param request The subprotocol to request
+     */
+    void add_subprotocol(std::string const & request);
+
+    /// Select a subprotocol to use (exception free)
+    /**
+     * Indicates which subprotocol should be used for this connection. Valid
+     * only during the validate handler callback. Subprotocol selected must have
+     * been requested by the client. Consult get_requested_subprotocols() for a
+     * list of valid subprotocols.
+     *
+     * This member function is valid on server endpoints/connections only
+     *
+     * @param value The subprotocol to select
+     * @param ec A reference to an error code that will be filled in the case of
+     * errors
+     */
+    void select_subprotocol(std::string const & value, lib::error_code & ec);
+
+    /// Select a subprotocol to use
+    /**
+     * Indicates which subprotocol should be used for this connection. Valid
+     * only during the validate handler callback. Subprotocol selected must have
+     * been requested by the client. Consult get_requested_subprotocols() for a
+     * list of valid subprotocols.
+     *
+     * This member function is valid on server endpoints/connections only
+     *
+     * @param value The subprotocol to select
+     */
+    void select_subprotocol(std::string const & value);
+
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // Pass-through access to the request and response objects //
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    /// Retrieve a request header
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the value of a header from the handshake HTTP request.
+     *
+     * @param key Name of the header to get
+     * @return The value of the header
+     */
+    std::string const & get_request_header(std::string const & key) const;
+
+    /// Retrieve a request body
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the value of the request body. This value is typically used with
+     * PUT and POST requests to upload files or other data. Only HTTP
+     * connections will ever have bodies. WebSocket connection's will always
+     * have blank bodies.
+     *
+     * @return The value of the request body.
+     */
+    std::string const & get_request_body() const;
+
+    /// Retrieve a response header
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the value of a header from the handshake HTTP request.
+     *
+     * @param key Name of the header to get
+     * @return The value of the header
+     */
+    std::string const & get_response_header(std::string const & key) const;
+
+    /// Get response HTTP status code
+    /**
+     * Gets the response status code 
+     *
+     * @since 0.7.0
+     *
+     * @return The response status code sent
+     */
+    http::status_code::value get_response_code() const {
+        return m_response.get_status_code();
+    }
+
+    /// Get response HTTP status message
+    /**
+     * Gets the response status message 
+     *
+     * @since 0.7.0
+     *
+     * @return The response status message sent
+     */
+    std::string const & get_response_msg() const {
+        return m_response.get_status_msg();
+    }
+    
+    /// Set response status code and message
+    /**
+     * Sets the response status code to `code` and looks up the corresponding
+     * message for standard codes. Non-standard codes will be entered as Unknown
+     * use set_status(status_code::value,std::string) overload to set both
+     * values explicitly.
+     *
+     * This member function is valid only from the http() and validate() handler
+     * callbacks.
+     *
+     * @param code Code to set
+     * @param msg Message to set
+     * @see websocketpp::http::response::set_status
+     */
+    void set_status(http::status_code::value code);
+
+    /// Set response status code and message
+    /**
+     * Sets the response status code and message to independent custom values.
+     * use set_status(status_code::value) to set the code and have the standard
+     * message be automatically set.
+     *
+     * This member function is valid only from the http() and validate() handler
+     * callbacks.
+     *
+     * @param code Code to set
+     * @param msg Message to set
+     * @see websocketpp::http::response::set_status
+     */
+    void set_status(http::status_code::value code, std::string const & msg);
+
+    /// Set response body content
+    /**
+     * Set the body content of the HTTP response to the parameter string. Note
+     * set_body will also set the Content-Length HTTP header to the appropriate
+     * value. If you want the Content-Length header to be something else set it
+     * to something else after calling set_body
+     *
+     * This member function is valid only from the http() and validate() handler
+     * callbacks.
+     *
+     * @param value String data to include as the body content.
+     * @see websocketpp::http::response::set_body
+     */
+    void set_body(std::string const & value);
+
+    /// Append a header
+    /**
+     * If a header with this name already exists the value will be appended to
+     * the existing header to form a comma separated list of values. Use
+     * `connection::replace_header` to overwrite existing values.
+     *
+     * This member function is valid only from the http() and validate() handler
+     * callbacks, or to a client connection before connect has been called.
+     *
+     * @param key Name of the header to set
+     * @param val Value to add
+     * @see replace_header
+     * @see websocketpp::http::parser::append_header
+     */
+    void append_header(std::string const & key, std::string const & val);
+
+    /// Replace a header
+    /**
+     * If a header with this name already exists the old value will be replaced
+     * Use `connection::append_header` to append to a list of existing values.
+     *
+     * This member function is valid only from the http() and validate() handler
+     * callbacks, or to a client connection before connect has been called.
+     *
+     * @param key Name of the header to set
+     * @param val Value to set
+     * @see append_header
+     * @see websocketpp::http::parser::replace_header
+     */
+    void replace_header(std::string const & key, std::string const & val);
+
+    /// Remove a header
+    /**
+     * Removes a header from the response.
+     *
+     * This member function is valid only from the http() and validate() handler
+     * callbacks, or to a client connection before connect has been called.
+     *
+     * @param key The name of the header to remove
+     * @see websocketpp::http::parser::remove_header
+     */
+    void remove_header(std::string const & key);
+
+    /// Get request object
+    /**
+     * Direct access to request object. This can be used to call methods of the
+     * request object that are not part of the standard request API that
+     * connection wraps.
+     *
+     * Note use of this method involves using behavior specific to the
+     * configured HTTP policy. Such behavior may not work with alternate HTTP
+     * policies.
+     *
+     * @since 0.3.0-alpha3
+     *
+     * @return A const reference to the raw request object
+     */
+    request_type const & get_request() const {
+        return m_request;
+    }
+    
+    /// Get response object
+    /**
+     * Direct access to the HTTP response sent or received as a part of the
+     * opening handshake. This can be used to call methods of the response
+     * object that are not part of the standard request API that connection
+     * wraps.
+     *
+     * Note use of this method involves using behavior specific to the
+     * configured HTTP policy. Such behavior may not work with alternate HTTP
+     * policies.
+     *
+     * @since 0.7.0
+     *
+     * @return A const reference to the raw response object
+     */
+    response_type const & get_response() const {
+        return m_response;
+    }
+    
+    /// Defer HTTP Response until later (Exception free)
+    /**
+     * Used in the http handler to defer the HTTP response for this connection
+     * until later. Handshake timers will be canceled and the connection will be
+     * left open until `send_http_response` or an equivalent is called.
+     *
+     * Warning: deferred connections won't time out and as a result can tie up
+     * resources.
+     *
+     * @since 0.6.0
+     *
+     * @return A status code, zero on success, non-zero otherwise
+     */
+    lib::error_code defer_http_response();
+    
+    /// Send deferred HTTP Response (exception free)
+    /**
+     * Sends an http response to an HTTP connection that was deferred. This will
+     * send a complete response including all headers, status line, and body
+     * text. The connection will be closed afterwards.
+     *
+     * @since 0.6.0
+     *
+     * @param ec A status code, zero on success, non-zero otherwise
+     */
+    void send_http_response(lib::error_code & ec);
+    
+    /// Send deferred HTTP Response
+    void send_http_response();
+    
+    // TODO HTTPNBIO: write_headers
+    // function that processes headers + status so far and writes it to the wire
+    // beginning the HTTP response body state. This method will ignore anything
+    // in the response body.
+    
+    // TODO HTTPNBIO: write_body_message
+    // queues the specified message_buffer for async writing
+    
+    // TODO HTTPNBIO: finish connection
+    //
+    
+    // TODO HTTPNBIO: write_response
+    // Writes the whole response, headers + body and closes the connection
+    
+    
+
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // Pass-through access to the other connection information //
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    /// Get Connection Handle
+    /**
+     * The connection handle is a token that can be shared outside the
+     * WebSocket++ core for the purposes of identifying a connection and
+     * sending it messages.
+     *
+     * @return A handle to the connection
+     */
+    connection_hdl get_handle() const {
+        return m_connection_hdl;
+    }
+
+    /// Get whether or not this connection is part of a server or client
+    /**
+     * @return whether or not the connection is attached to a server endpoint
+     */
+    bool is_server() const {
+        return m_is_server;
+    }
+
+    /// Return the same origin policy origin value from the opening request.
+    /**
+     * This value is available after the HTTP request has been fully read and
+     * may be called from any thread.
+     *
+     * @return The connection's origin value from the opening handshake.
+     */
+    std::string const & get_origin() const;
+
+    /// Return the connection state.
+    /**
+     * Values can be connecting, open, closing, and closed
+     *
+     * @return The connection's current state.
+     */
+    session::state::value get_state() const;
+
+
+    /// Get the WebSocket close code sent by this endpoint.
+    /**
+     * @return The WebSocket close code sent by this endpoint.
+     */
+    close::status::value get_local_close_code() const {
+        return m_local_close_code;
+    }
+
+    /// Get the WebSocket close reason sent by this endpoint.
+    /**
+     * @return The WebSocket close reason sent by this endpoint.
+     */
+    std::string const & get_local_close_reason() const {
+        return m_local_close_reason;
+    }
+
+    /// Get the WebSocket close code sent by the remote endpoint.
+    /**
+     * @return The WebSocket close code sent by the remote endpoint.
+     */
+    close::status::value get_remote_close_code() const {
+        return m_remote_close_code;
+    }
+
+    /// Get the WebSocket close reason sent by the remote endpoint.
+    /**
+     * @return The WebSocket close reason sent by the remote endpoint.
+     */
+    std::string const & get_remote_close_reason() const {
+        return m_remote_close_reason;
+    }
+
+    /// Get the internal error code for a closed/failed connection
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a machine readable detailed error code indicating the reason
+     * that the connection was closed or failed. Valid only after the close or
+     * fail handler is called.
+     *
+     * @return Error code indicating the reason the connection was closed or
+     * failed
+     */
+    lib::error_code get_ec() const {
+        return m_ec;
+    }
+
+    /// Get a message buffer
+    /**
+     * Warning: The API related to directly sending message buffers may change
+     * before the 1.0 release. If you plan to use it, please keep an eye on any
+     * breaking changes notifications in future release notes. Also if you have
+     * any feedback about usage and capabilities now is a great time to provide
+     * it.
+     *
+     * Message buffers are used to store message payloads and other message
+     * metadata.
+     *
+     * The size parameter is a hint only. Your final payload does not need to
+     * match it. There may be some performance benefits if the initial size
+     * guess is equal to or slightly higher than the final payload size.
+     *
+     * @param op The opcode for the new message
+     * @param size A hint to optimize the initial allocation of payload space.
+     * @return A new message buffer
+     */
+    message_ptr get_message(websocketpp::frame::opcode::value op, size_t size)
+        const
+    {
+        return m_msg_manager->get_message(op, size);
+    }
+
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // The remaining public member functions are for internal/policy use  //
+    // only. Do not call from application code unless you understand what //
+    // you are doing.                                                     //
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    
+
+    void read_handshake(size_t num_bytes);
+
+    void handle_read_handshake(lib::error_code const & ec,
+        size_t bytes_transferred);
+    void handle_read_http_response(lib::error_code const & ec,
+        size_t bytes_transferred);
+
+    
+    void handle_write_http_response(lib::error_code const & ec);
+    void handle_send_http_request(lib::error_code const & ec);
+
+    void handle_open_handshake_timeout(lib::error_code const & ec);
+    void handle_close_handshake_timeout(lib::error_code const & ec);
+
+    void handle_read_frame(lib::error_code const & ec, size_t bytes_transferred);
+    void read_frame();
+
+    /// Get array of WebSocket protocol versions that this connection supports.
+    std::vector<int> const & get_supported_versions() const;
+
+    /// Sets the handler for a terminating connection. Should only be used
+    /// internally by the endpoint class.
+    void set_termination_handler(termination_handler new_handler);
+
+    void terminate(lib::error_code const & ec);
+    void handle_terminate(terminate_status tstat, lib::error_code const & ec);
+
+    /// Checks if there are frames in the send queue and if there are sends one
+    /**
+     * \todo unit tests
+     *
+     * This method locks the m_write_lock mutex
+     */
+    void write_frame();
+
+    /// Process the results of a frame write operation and start the next write
+    /**
+     * \todo unit tests
+     *
+     * This method locks the m_write_lock mutex
+     *
+     * @param terminate Whether or not to terminate the connection upon
+     * completion of this write.
+     *
+     * @param ec A status code from the transport layer, zero on success,
+     * non-zero otherwise.
+     */
+    void handle_write_frame(lib::error_code const & ec);
+// protected:
+    // This set of methods would really like to be protected, but doing so 
+    // requires that the endpoint be able to friend the connection. This is 
+    // allowed with C++11, but not prior versions
+
+    /// Start the connection state machine
+    void start();
+
+    /// Set Connection Handle
+    /**
+     * The connection handle is a token that can be shared outside the
+     * WebSocket++ core for the purposes of identifying a connection and
+     * sending it messages.
+     *
+     * @param hdl A connection_hdl that the connection will use to refer
+     * to itself.
+     */
+    void set_handle(connection_hdl hdl) {
+        m_connection_hdl = hdl;
+        transport_con_type::set_handle(hdl);
+    }
+protected:
+    void handle_transport_init(lib::error_code const & ec);
+
+    /// Set m_processor based on information in m_request. Set m_response
+    /// status and return an error code indicating status.
+    lib::error_code initialize_processor();
+
+    /// Perform WebSocket handshake validation of m_request using m_processor.
+    /// set m_response and return an error code indicating status.
+    lib::error_code process_handshake_request();
+private:
+    
+
+    /// Completes m_response, serializes it, and sends it out on the wire.
+    void write_http_response(lib::error_code const & ec);
+
+    /// Sends an opening WebSocket connect request
+    void send_http_request();
+
+    /// Alternate path for write_http_response in error conditions
+    void write_http_response_error(lib::error_code const & ec);
+
+    /// Process control message
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    void process_control_frame(message_ptr msg);
+
+    /// Send close acknowledgement
+    /**
+     * If no arguments are present no close code/reason will be specified.
+     *
+     * Note: the close code/reason values provided here may be overrided by
+     * other settings (such as silent close).
+     *
+     * @param code The close code to send
+     * @param reason The close reason to send
+     * @return A status code, zero on success, non-zero otherwise
+     */
+    lib::error_code send_close_ack(close::status::value code =
+        close::status::blank, std::string const & reason = std::string());
+
+    /// Send close frame
+    /**
+     * If no arguments are present no close code/reason will be specified.
+     *
+     * Note: the close code/reason values provided here may be overrided by
+     * other settings (such as silent close).
+     *
+     * The ack flag determines what to do in the case of a blank status and
+     * whether or not to terminate the TCP connection after sending it.
+     *
+     * @param code The close code to send
+     * @param reason The close reason to send
+     * @param ack Whether or not this is an acknowledgement close frame
+     * @return A status code, zero on success, non-zero otherwise
+     */
+    lib::error_code send_close_frame(close::status::value code =
+        close::status::blank, std::string const & reason = std::string(), bool ack = false,
+        bool terminal = false);
+
+    /// Get a pointer to a new WebSocket protocol processor for a given version
+    /**
+     * @param version Version number of the WebSocket protocol to get a
+     * processor for. Negative values indicate invalid/unknown versions and will
+     * always return a null ptr
+     *
+     * @return A shared_ptr to a new instance of the appropriate processor or a
+     * null ptr if there is no installed processor that matches the version
+     * number.
+     */
+    processor_ptr get_processor(int version) const;
+
+    /// Add a message to the write queue
+    /**
+     * Adds a message to the write queue and updates any associated shared state
+     *
+     * Must be called while holding m_write_lock
+     *
+     * @todo unit tests
+     *
+     * @param msg The message to push
+     */
+    void write_push(message_ptr msg);
+
+    /// Pop a message from the write queue
+    /**
+     * Removes and returns a message from the write queue and updates any
+     * associated shared state.
+     *
+     * Must be called while holding m_write_lock
+     *
+     * @todo unit tests
+     *
+     * @return the message_ptr at the front of the queue
+     */
+    message_ptr write_pop();
+
+    /// Prints information about the incoming connection to the access log
+    /**
+     * Prints information about the incoming connection to the access log.
+     * Includes: connection type, websocket version, remote endpoint, user agent
+     * path, status code.
+     */
+    void log_open_result();
+
+    /// Prints information about a connection being closed to the access log
+    /**
+     * Includes: local and remote close codes and reasons
+     */
+    void log_close_result();
+
+    /// Prints information about a connection being failed to the access log
+    /**
+     * Includes: error code and message for why it was failed
+     */
+    void log_fail_result();
+    
+    /// Prints information about HTTP connections
+    /**
+     * Includes: TODO
+     */
+    void log_http_result();
+
+    /// Prints information about an arbitrary error code on the specified channel
+    template <typename error_type>
+    void log_err(log::level l, char const * msg, error_type const & ec) {
+        std::stringstream s;
+        s << msg << " error: " << ec << " (" << ec.message() << ")";
+        m_elog->write(l, s.str());
+    }
+
+    // internal handler functions
+    read_handler            m_handle_read_frame;
+    write_frame_handler     m_write_frame_handler;
+
+    // static settings
+    std::string const       m_user_agent;
+
+    /// Pointer to the connection handle
+    connection_hdl          m_connection_hdl;
+
+    /// Handler objects
+    open_handler            m_open_handler;
+    close_handler           m_close_handler;
+    fail_handler            m_fail_handler;
+    ping_handler            m_ping_handler;
+    pong_handler            m_pong_handler;
+    pong_timeout_handler    m_pong_timeout_handler;
+    interrupt_handler       m_interrupt_handler;
+    http_handler            m_http_handler;
+    validate_handler        m_validate_handler;
+    message_handler         m_message_handler;
+
+    /// constant values
+    long                    m_open_handshake_timeout_dur;
+    long                    m_close_handshake_timeout_dur;
+    long                    m_pong_timeout_dur;
+    size_t                  m_max_message_size;
+
+    /// External connection state
+    /**
+     * Lock: m_connection_state_lock
+     */
+    session::state::value   m_state;
+
+    /// Internal connection state
+    /**
+     * Lock: m_connection_state_lock
+     */
+    istate_type             m_internal_state;
+
+    mutable mutex_type      m_connection_state_lock;
+
+    /// The lock used to protect the message queue
+    /**
+     * Serializes access to the write queue as well as shared state within the
+     * processor.
+     */
+    mutex_type              m_write_lock;
+
+    // connection resources
+    char                    m_buf[config::connection_read_buffer_size];
+    size_t                  m_buf_cursor;
+    termination_handler     m_termination_handler;
+    con_msg_manager_ptr     m_msg_manager;
+    timer_ptr               m_handshake_timer;
+    timer_ptr               m_ping_timer;
+
+    /// @todo this is not memory efficient. this value is not used after the
+    /// handshake.
+    std::string m_handshake_buffer;
+
+    /// Pointer to the processor object for this connection
+    /**
+     * The processor provides functionality that is specific to the WebSocket
+     * protocol version that the client has negotiated. It also contains all of
+     * the state necessary to encode and decode the incoming and outgoing
+     * WebSocket byte streams
+     *
+     * Use of the prepare_data_frame method requires lock: m_write_lock
+     */
+    processor_ptr           m_processor;
+
+    /// Queue of unsent outgoing messages
+    /**
+     * Lock: m_write_lock
+     */
+    std::queue<message_ptr> m_send_queue;
+
+    /// Size in bytes of the outstanding payloads in the write queue
+    /**
+     * Lock: m_write_lock
+     */
+    size_t m_send_buffer_size;
+
+    /// buffer holding the various parts of the current message being writen
+    /**
+     * Lock m_write_lock
+     */
+    std::vector<transport::buffer> m_send_buffer;
+
+    /// a list of pointers to hold on to the messages being written to keep them
+    /// from going out of scope before the write is complete.
+    std::vector<message_ptr> m_current_msgs;
+
+    /// True if there is currently an outstanding transport write
+    /**
+     * Lock m_write_lock
+     */
+    bool m_write_flag;
+
+    /// True if this connection is presently reading new data
+    bool m_read_flag;
+
+    // connection data
+    request_type            m_request;
+    response_type           m_response;
+    uri_ptr                 m_uri;
+    std::string             m_subprotocol;
+
+    // connection data that might not be necessary to keep around for the life
+    // of the whole connection.
+    std::vector<std::string> m_requested_subprotocols;
+
+    bool const              m_is_server;
+    const lib::shared_ptr<alog_type> m_alog;
+    const lib::shared_ptr<elog_type> m_elog;
+
+    rng_type & m_rng;
+
+    // Close state
+    /// Close code that was sent on the wire by this endpoint
+    close::status::value    m_local_close_code;
+
+    /// Close reason that was sent on the wire by this endpoint
+    std::string             m_local_close_reason;
+
+    /// Close code that was received on the wire from the remote endpoint
+    close::status::value    m_remote_close_code;
+
+    /// Close reason that was received on the wire from the remote endpoint
+    std::string             m_remote_close_reason;
+
+    /// Detailed internal error code
+    lib::error_code m_ec;
+    
+    /// A flag that gets set once it is determined that the connection is an
+    /// HTTP connection and not a WebSocket one.
+    bool m_is_http;
+    
+    /// A flag that gets set when the completion of an http connection is
+    /// deferred until later.
+    session::http_state::value m_http_state;
+
+    bool m_was_clean;
+};
+
+} // namespace websocketpp
+
+#include <websocketpp/impl/connection_impl.hpp>
+
+#endif // WEBSOCKETPP_CONNECTION_HPP