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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+//
+// FIFO I/O.
+//
+#ifndef _LIBS_UTILS_PIPE_H
+#define _LIBS_UTILS_PIPE_H
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ANDROID_OS
+#error DO NOT USE THIS FILE IN THE DEVICE BUILD
+#endif
+
+namespace android {
+
+/*
+ * Simple anonymous unidirectional pipe.
+ *
+ * The primary goal is to create an implementation with minimal overhead
+ * under Linux.  Making Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux all work the same way
+ * is a secondary goal.  Part of this goal is to have something that can
+ * be fed to a select() call, so that the application can sleep in the
+ * kernel until something interesting happens.
+ */
+class Pipe {
+public:
+    Pipe(void);
+    virtual ~Pipe(void);
+
+    /* Create the pipe */
+    bool create(void);
+
+    /* Create a read-only pipe, using the supplied handle as read handle */
+    bool createReader(unsigned long handle);
+    /* Create a write-only pipe, using the supplied handle as write handle */
+    bool createWriter(unsigned long handle);
+
+    /* Is this object ready to go? */
+    bool isCreated(void);
+
+    /*
+     * Read "count" bytes from the pipe.  Returns the amount of data read,
+     * or 0 if no data available and we're non-blocking.
+     * Returns -1 on error.
+     */
+    int read(void* buf, int count);
+
+    /*
+     * Write "count" bytes into the pipe.  Returns number of bytes written,
+     * or 0 if there's no room for more data and we're non-blocking.
+     * Returns -1 on error.
+     */
+    int write(const void* buf, int count);
+
+    /* Returns "true" if data is available to read */
+    bool readReady(void);
+
+    /* Enable or disable non-blocking I/O for reads */
+    bool setReadNonBlocking(bool val);
+    /* Enable or disable non-blocking I/O for writes.  Only works on Linux. */
+    bool setWriteNonBlocking(bool val);
+
+    /*
+     * Get the handle.  Only useful in some platform-specific situations.
+     */
+    unsigned long getReadHandle(void);
+    unsigned long getWriteHandle(void);
+
+    /*
+     * Modify inheritance, i.e. whether or not a child process will get
+     * copies of the descriptors.  Systems with fork+exec allow us to close
+     * the descriptors before launching the child process, but Win32
+     * doesn't allow it.
+     */
+    bool disallowReadInherit(void);
+    bool disallowWriteInherit(void);
+
+    /*
+     * Close one side or the other.  Useful in the parent after launching
+     * a child process.
+     */
+    bool closeRead(void);
+    bool closeWrite(void);
+
+private:
+    bool    mReadNonBlocking;
+    bool    mWriteNonBlocking;
+
+    unsigned long mReadHandle;
+    unsigned long mWriteHandle;
+};
+
+}; // android
+
+#endif // _LIBS_UTILS_PIPE_H