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+/*
+    Copyright (c) 2007-2013 Contributors as noted in the AUTHORS file
+
+    This file is part of 0MQ.
+
+    0MQ is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+    the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    0MQ 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/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __ZMQ_MAILBOX_HPP_INCLUDED__
+#define __ZMQ_MAILBOX_HPP_INCLUDED__
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include "platform.hpp"
+#include "signaler.hpp"
+#include "fd.hpp"
+#include "config.hpp"
+#include "command.hpp"
+#include "ypipe.hpp"
+#include "mutex.hpp"
+
+namespace zmq
+{
+
+    class mailbox_t
+    {
+    public:
+
+        mailbox_t ();
+        ~mailbox_t ();
+
+        fd_t get_fd ();
+        void send (const command_t &cmd_);
+        int recv (command_t *cmd_, int timeout_);
+        
+#ifdef HAVE_FORK
+        // close the file descriptors in the signaller. This is used in a forked
+        // child process to close the file descriptors so that they do not interfere
+        // with the context in the parent process.
+        void forked() { signaler.forked(); }
+#endif
+
+    private:
+
+        //  The pipe to store actual commands.
+        typedef ypipe_t <command_t, command_pipe_granularity> cpipe_t;
+        cpipe_t cpipe;
+
+        //  Signaler to pass signals from writer thread to reader thread.
+        signaler_t signaler;
+
+        //  There's only one thread receiving from the mailbox, but there
+        //  is arbitrary number of threads sending. Given that ypipe requires
+        //  synchronised access on both of its endpoints, we have to synchronise
+        //  the sending side.
+        mutex_t sync;
+
+        //  True if the underlying pipe is active, ie. when we are allowed to
+        //  read commands from it.
+        bool active;
+
+        //  Disable copying of mailbox_t object.
+        mailbox_t (const mailbox_t&);
+        const mailbox_t &operator = (const mailbox_t&);
+    };
+
+}
+
+#endif