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+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Name: wx/unix/pipe.h
+// Purpose: wxPipe class
+// Author: Vadim Zeitlin
+// Modified by:
+// Created: 24.06.2003 (extracted from src/unix/utilsunx.cpp)
+// RCS-ID: $Id$
+// Copyright: (c) 2003 Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwindows.org>
+// Licence: wxWindows licence
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef _WX_UNIX_PIPE_H_
+#define _WX_UNIX_PIPE_H_
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxPipe: this class encapsulates pipe() system call
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class wxPipe
+{
+public:
+ // the symbolic names for the pipe ends
+ enum Direction
+ {
+ Read,
+ Write
+ };
+
+ enum
+ {
+ INVALID_FD = -1
+ };
+
+ // default ctor doesn't do anything
+ wxPipe() { m_fds[Read] = m_fds[Write] = INVALID_FD; }
+
+ // create the pipe, return TRUE if ok, FALSE on error
+ bool Create()
+ {
+ if ( pipe(m_fds) == -1 )
+ {
+ wxLogSysError(_("Pipe creation failed"));
+
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+ // return TRUE if we were created successfully
+ bool IsOk() const { return m_fds[Read] != INVALID_FD; }
+
+ // return the descriptor for one of the pipe ends
+ int operator[](Direction which) const
+ {
+ wxASSERT_MSG( which >= 0 && (size_t)which < WXSIZEOF(m_fds),
+ _T("invalid pipe index") );
+
+ return m_fds[which];
+ }
+
+ // detach a descriptor, meaning that the pipe dtor won't close it, and
+ // return it
+ int Detach(Direction which)
+ {
+ wxASSERT_MSG( which >= 0 && (size_t)which < WXSIZEOF(m_fds),
+ _T("invalid pipe index") );
+
+ int fd = m_fds[which];
+ m_fds[which] = INVALID_FD;
+
+ return fd;
+ }
+
+ // close the pipe descriptors
+ void Close()
+ {
+ for ( size_t n = 0; n < WXSIZEOF(m_fds); n++ )
+ {
+ if ( m_fds[n] != INVALID_FD )
+ close(m_fds[n]);
+ }
+ }
+
+ // dtor closes the pipe descriptors
+ ~wxPipe() { Close(); }
+
+private:
+ int m_fds[2];
+};
+
+#endif // _WX_UNIX_PIPE_H_
+