2 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/talpid-core/src/lib.rs b/talpid-core/src/lib.rs
index 20c9302c8a..c570d94f85 100644
--- a/talpid-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/talpid-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ extern crate talpid_types;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 mod winnet;
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+/// Abstraction over operating system routing table.
+pub mod routing;
+
 mod offline;
 
 /// Working with processes.
diff --git a/talpid-core/src/routing/mod.rs b/talpid-core/src/routing/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..864a824d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/talpid-core/src/routing/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+use ipnetwork::IpNetwork;
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+
+/// A single route
+#[derive(Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Route {
+    /// Route prefix
+    pub prefix: IpNetwork,
+    /// Route node
+    pub node: NetNode,
+}
+
+impl Route {
+    /// Create a new route
+    pub fn new(prefix: IpNetwork, node: NetNode) -> Self {
+        Self { prefix, node }
+    }
+}
+
+/// A network node for a given route
+#[derive(Hash, Eq, PartialEq, Clone)]
+pub enum NetNode {
+    /// For routing something through a network host
+    Address(IpAddr),
+    /// For routing something through an interface
+    Device(String),
+}
+
+/// Contains a set of routes to be added
+pub struct RequiredRoutes {
+    /// List of routes to be applied to the routing table.
+    pub routes: Vec<Route>,
+    /// Optionally apply the routes to a specific table and only apply routes when a firewall mark
+    /// is not used. Currently only used on Linux.
+    pub fwmark: Option<String>,
+}
+
+
+/// This trait unifies platform specific implementations of route managers
+pub trait RoutingT: Sized {
+    /// Error type of the implementation
+    type Error: ::std::error::Error;
+
+    /// Creates a new router
+    fn new() -> Result<Self, Self::Error>;
+
+    /// Adds routes to the system routing table.
+    fn add_routes(&mut self, required_routes: RequiredRoutes) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
+
+    /// Removes previously set routes. If routes were set for specific tables, the whole tables
+    /// will be removed.
+    fn delete_routes(&mut self) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
+
+    /// Retrieves the gateway for the default route
+    fn get_default_route_node(&mut self) -> Result<std::net::IpAddr, Self::Error>;
+}