--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2013 Canonical Ltd.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Authored by: Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@canonical.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef CORE_POSIX_STANDARD_STREAM_H_
+#define CORE_POSIX_STANDARD_STREAM_H_
+
+#include <core/posix/visibility.h>
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace core
+{
+namespace posix
+{
+/**
+ * @brief The StandardStream enum wraps the POSIX standard streams.
+ */
+enum class StandardStream : std::uint8_t
+{
+ empty = 0,
+ stdin = 1 << 0,
+ stdout = 1 << 1,
+ stderr = 1 << 2
+};
+
+CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC StandardStream operator|(StandardStream l, StandardStream r);
+CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC StandardStream operator&(StandardStream l, StandardStream r);
+}
+}
+
+#endif // CORE_POSIX_STANDARD_STREAM_H_