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+/* vim:set ts=4 sw=2 sts=2 et cin: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef ConnectionHandle_h__
+#define ConnectionHandle_h__
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace net {
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// ConnectionHandle
+//
+// thin wrapper around a real connection, used to keep track of references
+// to the connection to determine when the connection may be reused.  the
+// transaction owns a reference to this handle.  this extra
+// layer of indirection greatly simplifies consumer code, avoiding the
+// need for consumer code to know when to give the connection back to the
+// connection manager.
+//
+class ConnectionHandle : public nsAHttpConnection {
+ public:
+  NS_DECL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS
+  NS_DECL_NSAHTTPCONNECTION(mConn)
+
+  explicit ConnectionHandle(HttpConnectionBase* conn) : mConn(conn) {}
+  void Reset() { mConn = nullptr; }
+
+ private:
+  virtual ~ConnectionHandle();
+  RefPtr<HttpConnectionBase> mConn;
+};
+
+}  // namespace net
+}  // namespace mozilla
+
+#endif  // ConnectionHandle_h__