From 3ba18e1a5faf1b20b36bd65e345896cea98acc69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Richard <vincent@vincent-richard.net>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:16:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added 'childProcess'.

---
 vmime/utility/childProcess.hpp | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 vmime/utility/childProcess.hpp

diff --git a/vmime/utility/childProcess.hpp b/vmime/utility/childProcess.hpp
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+//
+// VMime library (http://www.vmime.org)
+// Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Vincent Richard <vincent@vincent-richard.net>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program 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
+// General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+//
+
+#ifndef VMIME_UTILITY_CHILDPROCESS_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define VMIME_UTILITY_CHILDPROCESS_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+
+#include "vmime/utility/stream.hpp"
+#include "vmime/utility/file.hpp"
+
+#include <vector>
+
+
+namespace vmime {
+namespace utility {
+
+
+/** Spawn a process and redirect its standard input
+  * and/or standard output.
+  */
+
+class childProcess
+{
+public:
+
+	virtual ~childProcess() { }
+
+	/** Flags used with start(). */
+	enum Flags
+	{
+		FLAG_REDIRECT_STDIN = (1 << 0),
+		FLAG_REDIRECT_STDOUT = (1 << 1)
+	};
+
+	/** Start the child process.
+	  *
+	  * @param args list of arguments
+	  * @param flags one or more childProcess::Flags
+	  * @throws exceptions::system_error if the an error occurs
+	  * before the process can be started
+	  */
+	virtual void start(const std::vector <string> args, const int flags = 0) = 0;
+
+	/** Return a wrapper to the child process standard input.
+	  *
+	  * @return output stream wrapper for child's stdin
+	  */
+	virtual utility::outputStream* getStdIn() = 0;
+
+	/** Return a wrapper to the child process standard output.
+	  *
+	  * @return input stream wrapper for child's stdout
+	  */
+	virtual utility::inputStream* getStdOut() = 0;
+
+	/** Wait for the process to finish.
+	  *
+	  * @throws exceptions::system_error if the process does
+	  * not exit normally
+	  */
+	virtual void waitForFinish() = 0;
+};
+
+
+/** Create 'childProcess' objects.
+  */
+
+class childProcessFactory
+{
+public:
+
+	virtual ~childProcessFactory() { }
+
+	/** Create a new child process.
+	  *
+	  * @param path full path of the process executable file
+	  */
+	virtual childProcess* create(const utility::file::path& path) const = 0;
+};
+
+
+} // utility
+} // vmime
+
+
+#endif // VMIME_UTILITY_CHILDPROCESS_HPP_INCLUDED
+