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+/* 
+ *
+ * $Id: sourceheader 511311 2006-02-19 14:51:05Z trueg $
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Sebastian Trueg <trueg@k3b.org>
+ *
+ * This file is part of the K3b project.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998-2007 Sebastian Trueg <trueg@k3b.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * See the file "COPYING" for the exact licensing terms.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _K3B_PIPE_H_
+#define _K3B_PIPE_H_
+
+#include "k3b_export.h"
+
+/**
+ * The K3bPipe class represents a file descriptor pair
+ * which can for example be used to connect two processes
+ */
+class LIBK3B_EXPORT K3bPipe
+{
+ public:
+  /**
+   * Creates a closed pipe object
+   */
+  K3bPipe();
+
+  /**
+   * The destructor takes care of closing the pipe
+   */
+  ~K3bPipe();
+
+  /**
+   * Open the pipe. This creates a file descriptor pair
+   * which can be accessed using the in() and out()
+   * methods.
+   */
+  bool open();
+
+  /**
+   * Calls both closeIn() and closeOut()
+   */
+  void close();
+
+  void closeIn();
+  void closeOut();
+
+  int in() const { return m_fd[1]; }
+  int out() const { return m_fd[0]; }
+
+ private:
+  int m_fd[2];
+};
+
+#endif