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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_SURFACE_CHANNEL_STACK_TYPE_H
+#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_SURFACE_CHANNEL_STACK_TYPE_H
+
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+typedef enum {
+ // normal top-half client channel with load-balancing, connection management
+ GRPC_CLIENT_CHANNEL,
+ // bottom-half of a client channel: everything that happens post-load
+ // balancing (bound to a specific transport)
+ GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL,
+ // a permanently broken client channel
+ GRPC_CLIENT_LAME_CHANNEL,
+ // a directly connected client channel (without load-balancing, directly talks
+ // to a transport)
+ GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL,
+ // server side channel
+ GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL,
+ // must be last
+ GRPC_NUM_CHANNEL_STACK_TYPES
+} grpc_channel_stack_type;
+
+bool grpc_channel_stack_type_is_client(grpc_channel_stack_type type);
+
+const char* grpc_channel_stack_type_string(grpc_channel_stack_type type);
+
+#endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_SURFACE_CHANNEL_STACK_TYPE_H */