ChangeLogTag:Thu Jul 22 02:15:46 1999 Irfan Pyarali <irfan@cs.wustl.edu>

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+// $Id$
+
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// = LIBRARY
+//    ace
+//
+// = FILENAME
+//    Handle_Gobbler.h
+//
+// = AUTHOR
+//    Kirthika Parameswaran <kirthika@cs.wustl.edu>
+//    Irfan Pyarali <irfan@cs.wustl.edu>
+//
+// ============================================================================
+
+#ifndef ACE_HANDLE_GOBBLER_H
+#define ACE_HANDLE_GOBBLER_H
+
+#include "ace/OS.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#include "ace/Containers_T.h"
+
+class ACE_Handle_Gobbler
+{
+  // = TITLE
+  //     This class gobbles up handles.
+  //
+  // = DESCRIPTION
+  //     This is useful when we need to control the number of handles
+  //     available for a process.  This class is mostly used for
+  //     testing purposes.
+public:
+
+  ~ACE_Handle_Gobbler (void);
+  // Destructor.  Cleans up any remaining handles.
+
+  int consume_handles (size_t n_handles_to_keep_available);
+  // Handles are opened continously until the process runs out of
+  // them, and then <n_handles_to_keep_available> handles are closed
+  // (freed) thereby making them usable in the future.
+
+  int free_handles (size_t n_handles);
+  // Free up <n_handles>.
+
+  void close_remaining_handles (void);
+  // All remaining handles are closed.
+
+private:
+
+  typedef ACE_Unbounded_Set<ACE_HANDLE> HANDLE_SET;
+
+  HANDLE_SET handle_set_;
+  // The container which holds the open descriptors.
+};
+
+#include "ace/Handle_Gobbler.i"
+
+#endif /* ACE_HANDLE_GOBBLER_H */