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+/*
+ *
+ *  D-Bus++ - C++ bindings for D-Bus
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2005-2007  Paolo Durante <shackan@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef DBUSXX_PIPE_H
+#define DBUSXX_PIPE_H
+
+/* Project */
+#include "api.h"
+
+/* STD */
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+namespace DBus {
+
+class DXXAPI Pipe
+{
+public:
+	/*!
+	 * Write some data into the communication pipe.
+	 *
+	 * @param buffer The raw data to write.
+	 * @param nbytes The number of bytes to write from the buffer.
+	 */
+	void write(const void *buffer, unsigned int nbytes);
+
+  ssize_t read(void *buffer, unsigned int &nbytes);
+
+	/*!
+	 * Simply write one single byte into the pipe. This is a shortcut
+	 * if there's really no data to transport, but to activate the handler.
+	 */
+	void signal();
+	
+private:
+	void(*_handler)(const void *data, void *buffer, unsigned int nbyte);
+	int _fd_write;
+  int _fd_read;
+	const void *_data;
+	
+	// allow construction only in BusDispatcher
+	Pipe (void(*handler)(const void *data, void *buffer, unsigned int nbyte), const void *data);
+	~Pipe () {};
+
+friend class BusDispatcher;
+};
+
+} /* namespace DBus */
+
+#endif // DBUSXX_PIPE_H