package payment

import (
	"net"
	"net/url"
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)

// PaymentClient holds connection data
type PaymentClient struct {
	Addr string // e.g., "127.0.0.1:1869"
}

func InitializeConnection(paymentrUrl string) (net.Conn, error) {
	const funcName = "InitializeServerConnection"
	// Parse the URL to extract host and port
	parsedUrl, err := url.Parse(paymentrUrl)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("[%s] failed to parse LockserverUrl: %v", funcName, err)
	}

	// Remove any leading/trailing slashes just in case
	address := strings.Trim(parsedUrl.Host, "/")

	// Establish a TCP connection to the Visionline server
	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", address)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to payment server: %v", err)
	}
	return conn, nil
}