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+/*
+* This file is part of rasdaman community.
+*
+* Rasdaman community is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.
+*
+* Rasdaman community 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 General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+* along with rasdaman community.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*
+* Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Peter Baumann /
+rasdaman GmbH.
+*
+* For more information please see <http://www.rasdaman.org>
+* or contact Peter Baumann via <baumann@rasdaman.com>.
+/
+/**
+ * INCLUDE: akgnet_file.hh
+ *
+ * MODULE:  akg network
+ * CLASS:   File
+ *
+ * COMMENTS:
+ * Namespace akg
+ * 
+*/
+
+#ifndef AKGNET_FILE_HH
+#define AKGNET_FILE_HH
+
+#include "akgnet_fdescr.hh"
+
+namespace akg
+  {
+  
+/** This class represents the files in the file descriptor hierarchie.
+    Since this is a network library, our concearn is only for the
+    descriptor of the files. The primary use of this class is access
+    to file descriptors opened in other ways than sockets, like stdin or stdout
+*/
+
+class File : public FileDescriptor
+  {
+    public:
+      /// Default constructor
+      File() throw();
+      
+      /** Constructor taking an already opened file descriptor
+          Assert: osFileDescriptor > 0
+      */
+      File(int osFileDescriptor) throw();
+      
+      /** Connect to an already opened file descriptor
+          Assert: osFileDescriptor > 0
+      */
+      void connectToDescriptor(int osFileDescriptor) throw();
+    
+    private:
+      /// unimplemented, objects of this type can't be copied
+      File(const File&);
+      
+      /// unimplemented, objects of this type can't be copied
+      File& operator=(const File&);
+   };
+
+} //namespace
+#endif