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+/* -*- C++ -*- */
+// $Id$
+
+
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// = LIBRARY
+//    ace
+// 
+// = FILENAME
+//    FIFO.h
+//
+// = AUTHOR
+//    Doug Schmidt 
+// 
+// ============================================================================
+
+#if !defined (ACE_FIFO_H)
+#define ACE_FIFO_H
+
+#include "ace/IPC_SAP.h"
+
+class ACE_Export ACE_FIFO : public ACE_IPC_SAP
+  // = TITLE
+  //    Abstract base class for UNIX FIFOs (a.k.a. Named Pipes).
+{
+public:
+  int open (const char *rendezvous, int flags, int perms);
+  // Open up the named pipe on the <rendezvous> in accordance with the
+  // flags.
+
+  int close (void);
+  // Close down the ACE_FIFO without removing the rendezvous point.
+
+  int remove (void);
+  // Close down the ACE_FIFO and remove the rendezvous point from the
+  // file system.
+
+  int get_local_addr (const char *&rendezvous) const;
+  // Return the local address of this endpoint.
+
+  void dump (void) const;
+  // Dump the state of an object.
+
+  ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE;
+  // Declare the dynamic allocation hooks.
+
+protected:
+  // = Make these protected to ensure that the class is "abstract."
+  ACE_FIFO (void);
+  // Default constructor.
+
+  ACE_FIFO (const char *rendezvous, int flags, int perms);
+  // Open up the named pipe on the <rendezvous> in accordance with the
+  // flags.
+
+private:
+  char rendezvous_[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
+  // Rendezvous point in the file system.
+};
+
+#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
+#include "ace/FIFO.i"
+#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */
+
+#endif /* ACE_FIFO_H */