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+/*
+ * 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_WAIT_H_
+#define CORE_POSIX_WAIT_H_
+
+#include <core/posix/exit.h>
+#include <core/posix/signal.h>
+#include <core/posix/visibility.h>
+
+#include <bitset>
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+namespace core
+{
+namespace posix
+{
+namespace wait
+{
+
+/**
+ * @brief Flags enumerates different behavior when waiting for a child process to change state.
+ */
+enum class Flags : std::uint8_t
+{
+ continued = WCONTINUED, ///< Also wait for a child to continue after having been stopped.
+ untraced = WUNTRACED, ///< Also wait for state changes in untraced children.
+ no_hang = WNOHANG ///< Do not block if a child process hasn't changed state.
+};
+
+CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC Flags operator|(Flags l, Flags r);
+
+/**
+ * @brief The Result struct encapsulates the result of waiting for a process state change.
+ */
+struct CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC Result
+{
+ /**
+ * @brief The status of the process/wait operation.
+ */
+ enum class Status
+ {
+ undefined, ///< Marks an undefined state.
+ no_state_change, ///< No state change occured.
+ exited, ///< The process exited normally.
+ signaled, ///< The process was signalled and terminated.
+ stopped, ///< The process was signalled and stopped.
+ continued ///< The process resumed operation.
+ } status = Status::undefined;
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Union of result-specific details.
+ */
+ union
+ {
+ /**
+ * Contains the exit status of the process if status == Status::exited.
+ */
+ struct
+ {
+ exit::Status status; ///< Exit status of the process.
+ } if_exited;
+
+ /**
+ * Contains the signal that caused the process to terminate if status == Status::signaled.
+ */
+ struct
+ {
+ Signal signal; ///< Signal that caused the process to terminate.
+ bool core_dumped; ///< true if the process termination resulted in a core dump.
+ } if_signaled;
+
+ /**
+ * Contains the signal that caused the process to terminate if status == Status::stopped.
+ */
+ struct
+ {
+ Signal signal; ///< Signal that caused the process to terminate.
+ } if_stopped;
+ } detail;
+};
+}
+}
+}
+
+#endif // CORE_POSIX_WAIT_H_