source: main/trunk/greenstone2/runtime-src/src/recpt/os_process.h@ 28760

Last change on this file since 28760 was 22183, checked in by davidb, 14 years ago

Further expansion of functionality (and testing) or os_process classes

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1/**********************************************************************
2 *
3 * os_process.h -- base class for OS specific calls related to creating
4 * process *without* (in the case of Windows) opening a
5 * DOS window.
6 *
7 * Nett effect is OS neutral way to support
8 * popen() and related functions
9 *
10 * Copyright (C) 2010 The New Zealand Digital Library Project
11 *
12 * A component of the Greenstone digital library software
13 * from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
14 * University of Waikato, New Zealand.
15 *
16 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
17 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
18 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
19 * (at your option) any later version.
20 *
21 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
22 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
23 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
24 * GNU General Public License for more details.
25 *
26 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
27 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
28 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
29 *
30 *********************************************************************/
31
32#ifndef OS_PROCESS_H
33#define OS_PROCESS_H
34
35#include <stdlib.h>
36
37enum OSProcessPipeMode { uniRead=0, uniWrite=1, biReadWrite=2 };
38enum OSProcessWarnStatus { withoutWarning, withWarning };
39
40class osprocess
41{
42
43 public:
44 osprocess(OSProcessPipeMode mode,
45 char* prog_name, char* argv[]=NULL, char* envp[]=NULL);
46
47 virtual ~osprocess();
48
49 /* one day might want these
50 virtual bool end_of_pipe();
51 virtual bool end_of_read_pipe();
52 virtual bool end_of_write_pipe();
53 */
54
55 virtual int write(char* buffer, const int buffer_len)=0;
56 virtual int read(char* buffer, const int buffer_len)=0;
57
58 virtual void wait()=0;
59
60 virtual bool close_write_pipe(OSProcessWarnStatus warn_status=withWarning)=0;
61 virtual bool close_read_pipe(OSProcessWarnStatus warn_status=withWarning)=0;
62 virtual bool close();
63
64
65 protected:
66 OSProcessPipeMode mode_;
67};
68
69#endif
70
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