1/*
2 Copyright (c) 2007-2016 Contributors as noted in the AUTHORS file
3
4 This file is part of libzmq, the ZeroMQ core engine in C++.
5
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28*/
29
30#ifndef __ZMQ_I_MAILBOX_HPP_INCLUDED__
31#define __ZMQ_I_MAILBOX_HPP_INCLUDED__
32
33#include "macros.hpp"
34#include "stdint.hpp"
35
36namespace zmq
37{
38// Interface to be implemented by mailbox.
39
40class i_mailbox
41{
42 public:
43 virtual ~i_mailbox () ZMQ_DEFAULT;
44
45 virtual void send (const command_t &cmd_) = 0;
46 virtual int recv (command_t *cmd_, int timeout_) = 0;
47
48
49#ifdef HAVE_FORK
50 // close the file descriptors in the signaller. This is used in a forked
51 // child process to close the file descriptors so that they do not interfere
52 // with the context in the parent process.
53 virtual void forked () = 0;
54#endif
55};
56}
57
58#endif
59