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1 // Copyright (c) 2006-2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 #ifndef BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_
6 #define BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_
7 #pragma once
8 
9 namespace base {
10 
11 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 // We introduct a special structure for file descriptors in order that we are
13 // able to use template specialisation to special-case their handling.
14 //
15 // WARNING: (Chromium only) There are subtleties to consider if serialising
16 // these objects over IPC. See comments in ipc/ipc_message_utils.h
17 // above the template specialisation for this structure.
18 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
19 struct FileDescriptor {
FileDescriptorFileDescriptor20   FileDescriptor()
21       : fd(-1),
22         auto_close(false) { }
23 
FileDescriptorFileDescriptor24   FileDescriptor(int ifd, bool iauto_close)
25       : fd(ifd),
26         auto_close(iauto_close) { }
27 
28   bool operator==(const FileDescriptor& other) const {
29     return (fd == other.fd && auto_close == other.auto_close);
30   }
31 
32   // A comparison operator so that we can use these as keys in a std::map.
33   bool operator<(const FileDescriptor& other) const {
34     return other.fd < fd;
35   }
36 
37   int fd;
38   // If true, this file descriptor should be closed after it has been used. For
39   // example an IPC system might interpret this flag as indicating that the
40   // file descriptor it has been given should be closed after use.
41   bool auto_close;
42 };
43 
44 }  // namespace base
45 
46 #endif  // BASE_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_POSIX_H_
47