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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 {
     20   FileDescriptor()
     21       : fd(-1),
     22         auto_close(false) { }
     23 
     24   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