+{- offlineimap component
+Copyright (C) 2008 John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
+
+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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+-}
+
+module Network.IMAP.Types where
+import Data.Int
+
+-- | The fundamental type of low-level communication
+type IMAPString = String
+
+-- | The low-level IMAP connection type.
+data (Monad m) => IMAPConnection m = IMAPConnection {
+ readBytes :: Int64 -> m IMAPString, -- ^ Read exactly x bytes
+ readLine :: m IMAPString, -- ^ Read next line, stripping off trailing CRLF
+ writeBytes :: IMAPString -> m (), -- ^ Write text to server
+ closeConn :: m () -- ^ Close IMAP connection
+ }
+