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+# 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/.
+
+import signal
+import subprocess
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+
+class LintProcess(subprocess.Popen, ABC):
+    def __init__(self, config, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.config = config
+        self.results = []
+
+        kwargs["text"] = True
+        kwargs["stdout"] = subprocess.PIPE
+        kwargs["stderr"] = subprocess.STDOUT
+        orig = signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
+        subprocess.Popen.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, orig)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def process_line(self, line):
+        """Process a single line of output.
+
+        The implementation is responsible for creating one or more :class:`~mozlint.result.Issue`
+        and storing them somewhere accessible.
+
+        Args:
+            line (str): The line of output to process.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def run(self):
+        for line in self.stdout:
+            self.process_line(line)