/*
 *  The Mana World Server
 *  Copyright 2007 The Mana World Development Team
 *
 *  This file is part of The Mana World.
 *
 *  The Mana World  is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
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 */

#ifndef _TMWSERV_TOKENDISPENSER_HPP
#define _TMWSERV_TOKENDISPENSER_HPP

#define MAGIC_TOKEN_LENGTH 32

#include <string>

namespace utils
{
    /**
     * \brief Returns a magic_token.
     *
     * The tokens are used for spanning a user's session across multiple
     * servers.
     * NOTE: Uniqueness is not guaranteed, store the account- or characterId
     *       with the token if that is an issue.
     * NOTE: Not passed-by-reference by design.
     * NOTE: Store the token in a variable in this namespace if you want to
     *       avoid 1 copy operation per use.
     */
    std::string getMagicToken();

} // namespace utils

#endif // _TMWSERV_TOKENDISPENSER_HPP