1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils_tcp.h b/lib/utils_tcp.h
index 34b771d6..0328a9cf 100644
--- a/lib/utils_tcp.h
+++ b/lib/utils_tcp.h
@@ -4,5 +4,19 @@
 #define NP_MATCH_EXACT          0x2
 #define NP_MATCH_VERBOSE        0x4
 
-int np_expect_match(char* status, char** server_expect, int server_expect_count,
-                    int flags);
+/*
+ * The NP_MATCH_RETRY state indicates that matching might succeed if
+ * np_expect_match() is called with a longer input string.  This allows the
+ * caller to decide whether it makes sense to wait for additional data from the
+ * server.
+ */
+enum np_match_result {
+        NP_MATCH_FAILURE,
+        NP_MATCH_SUCCESS,
+        NP_MATCH_RETRY
+};
+
+enum np_match_result np_expect_match(char *status,
+                                     char **server_expect,
+                                     int server_expect_count,
+                                     int flags);