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+#ifndef _sys_IOHandle_h
+#define _sys_IOHandle_h
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qpid/CommonImportExport.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace sys {
+
+/**
+ * This is a class intended to abstract the Unix concept of file descriptor
+ * or the Windows concept of HANDLE
+ */
+// Windows-related classes
+class AsynchAcceptorPrivate;
+class AsynchAcceptResult;
+namespace windows {
+    class AsynchIO;
+}
+
+// General classes
+class PollerHandle;
+class IOHandlePrivate;
+class IOHandle {
+
+    friend class AsynchAcceptorPrivate;
+    friend class AsynchAcceptResult;
+    friend class windows::AsynchIO;
+
+    friend class PollerHandle;
+
+protected:
+    IOHandlePrivate* const impl;
+
+	IOHandle(IOHandlePrivate*);
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN virtual ~IOHandle();
+};
+
+}}
+
+#endif // _sys_IOHandle_h