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+#ifndef _posix_check_h
+#define _posix_check_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 <cerrno>
+#include <string>
+#include <QpidError.h>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace sys {
+
+/**
+ * Exception with message from errno.
+ */
+class PosixError : public qpid::QpidError
+{
+  public:
+    static std::string getMessage(int errNo);
+    
+    PosixError(int errNo, const qpid::SrcLine& location) throw();
+    
+    ~PosixError() throw() {}
+    
+    int getErrNo() { return errNo; }
+
+    Exception* clone() const throw() { return new PosixError(*this); }
+        
+    void throwSelf() { throw *this; }
+
+  private:
+    int errNo;
+};
+
+}}
+
+/** Create a PosixError for the current file/line and errno. */
+#define QPID_POSIX_ERROR(errNo) ::qpid::sys::PosixError(errNo, SRCLINE)
+
+/** Throw a posix error if errNo is non-zero */
+#define QPID_POSIX_THROW_IF(ERRNO)              \
+    if ((ERRNO) != 0) throw QPID_POSIX_ERROR((ERRNO))
+#endif  /*!_posix_check_h*/