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//
// Process.h
//
// $Id: //poco/1.3/Foundation/include/Poco/Process.h#2 $
//
// Library: Foundation
// Package: Processes
// Module:  Process
//
// Definition of the Process class.
//
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#ifndef Foundation_Process_INCLUDED
#define Foundation_Process_INCLUDED


#include "Poco/Foundation.h"


#if defined(POCO_OS_FAMILY_WINDOWS) && defined(POCO_WIN32_UTF8)
#include "Poco/Process_WIN32U.h"
#elif defined(POCO_OS_FAMILY_WINDOWS)
#include "Poco/Process_WIN32.h"
#elif defined(POCO_OS_FAMILY_UNIX)
#include "Poco/Process_UNIX.h"
#else
#include "Poco/Process_VMS.h"
#endif


namespace Poco {


class Pipe;


class Foundation_API ProcessHandle
        /// A handle for a process created with Process::launch().
        ///
        /// This handle can be used to determine the process ID of
        /// the newly created process and it can be used to wait for
        /// the completion of a process.
{
public:
        typedef ProcessImpl::PIDImpl PID;

        ProcessHandle(const ProcessHandle& handle);
                /// Creates a ProcessHandle by copying another one.
                
        ~ProcessHandle();
                /// Destroys the ProcessHandle.
                
        ProcessHandle& operator = (const ProcessHandle& handle);
                /// Assigns another handle.
                
        PID id() const;
                /// Returns the process ID.
                
        int wait() const;
                /// Waits for the process to terminate
                /// and returns the exit code of the process.
                
protected:
        ProcessHandle(ProcessHandleImpl* pImpl);
        
private:
        ProcessHandle();

        ProcessHandleImpl* _pImpl;
        
        friend class Process;
};


class Foundation_API Process: public ProcessImpl
        /// This class provides methods for working with processes.
{
public:
        typedef PIDImpl  PID;
        typedef ArgsImpl Args;
        
        static PID id();
                /// Returns the process ID of the current process.
                
        static void times(long& userTime, long& kernelTime);
                /// Returns the number of seconds spent by the
                /// current process in user and kernel mode.
                
        static ProcessHandle launch(const std::string& command, const Args& args);
                /// Creates a new process for the given command and returns
                /// a ProcessHandle of the new process. The given arguments are
                /// passed to the command on the command line.

        static ProcessHandle launch(const std::string& command, const Args& args, Pipe* inPipe, Pipe* outPipe, Pipe* errPipe);
                /// Creates a new process for the given command and returns
                /// a ProcessHandle of the new process. The given arguments are
                /// passed to the command on the command line.
                ///
                /// If inPipe, outPipe or errPipe is non-null, the corresponding
                /// standard input, standard output or standard error stream
                /// of the launched process is redirected to the Pipe.
                /// PipeInputStream or PipeOutputStream can be used to
                /// send receive data from, or send data to the process.
                ///
                /// Note: the same Pipe can be used for both outPipe and errPipe.
                ///
                /// After a Pipe has been passed as inPipe, only write operations
                /// are valid. After a Pipe has been passed as outPipe or errPipe,
                /// only read operations are valid.
                ///
                /// It is forbidden to pass the same pipe as inPipe and outPipe or errPipe.
                ///
                /// Usage example:
                ///     Pipe outPipe;
                ///     Process::Args args;
                ///     ProcessHandle ph(launch("/bin/ps", args, 0, &outPipe, 0));
                ///     PipeInputStream istr(outPipe);
                ///     ... // read output of ps from istr
                ///     int rc = ph.wait();
                
        static int wait(const ProcessHandle& handle);
                /// Waits for the process specified by handle to terminate
                /// and returns the exit code of the process.
                
        static void kill(PID pid);
                /// Kills the process with the given pid.
                
        static void requestTermination(PID pid);
                /// Requests termination of the process with the give PID.
                ///
                /// On Unix platforms, this will send a SIGINT to the
                /// process and thus work with arbitrary processes.
                ///
                /// On other platforms, a global event flag
                /// will be set. Setting the flag will cause 
                /// Util::ServerApplication::waitForTerminationRequest() to
                /// return. Therefore this will only work with applications
                /// based on Util::ServerApplication.
};


//
// inlines
//
inline Process::PID Process::id()
{
        return ProcessImpl::idImpl();
}

        
inline void Process::times(long& userTime, long& kernelTime)
{
        ProcessImpl::timesImpl(userTime, kernelTime);
}


} // namespace Poco


#endif // Foundation_Process_INCLUDED