void InitializeReliableSystem(char const*hostname, int port);

bool IsConnected();

void SubscribeToBroadcastChannel(int name);
void UnsubscribeFromBroadcastChannel(int name);

void SubscribeToList(int name);
void UnsubscribeFromList(int name);

bool HasPendingBroadcastMessages();
int GetNextPendingBroadcastMessageLength();
void GetPendingBroadcastMessage(int *channelIndexOut, char *bufferOut, int bufferOutLength);

/**
  * @return true If the list has changed since the last successful call to GetCurrentListData()
  */
bool ListNeedsReloading(int name);

int GetCurrentListDataLength(int name);

/**
  * @return True on success, false if the buffer was too small, list unknown, etc.
  */
bool GetCurrentListData(int name, char *bufferOut, int bufferLength);