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+/** @file
+ * IPRT - Generic Handle Operations.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
+ * available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
+ *
+ * This program 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, in version 3 of the
+ * License.
+ *
+ * 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
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL), a copy of it is provided in the "COPYING.CDDL" file included
+ * in the VirtualBox distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only OR CDDL-1.0
+ */
+
+#ifndef IPRT_INCLUDED_handle_h
+#define IPRT_INCLUDED_handle_h
+#ifndef RT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+#include <iprt/cdefs.h>
+#include <iprt/types.h>
+
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_handle     RTHandle - Generic Handle Operations
+ * @ingroup grp_rt
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Closes or destroy a generic handle.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param   ph              Pointer to the generic handle.  The structure handle
+ *                          will be set to NIL.  A NULL pointer or a NIL handle
+ *                          will be quietly ignore (VINF_SUCCESS).
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTHandleClose(PRTHANDLE ph);
+
+/**
+ * Gets one of the standard handles.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param   enmStdHandle    The standard handle.
+ * @param   fLeaveOpen      Whether closing the returned handle should leave the
+ *                          native standard handle open or not.
+ *                          Note! This currently only works with pipes and
+ *                                sockets!
+ * @param   ph              Pointer to the generic handle.  This will contain
+ *                          the most appropriate IPRT handle on success.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTHandleGetStandard(RTHANDLESTD enmStdHandle, bool fLeaveOpen, PRTHANDLE ph);
+
+/** @} */
+
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+
+#endif /* !IPRT_INCLUDED_handle_h */
+