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+// Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef SHILL_GLIB_IO_READY_HANDLER_
+#define SHILL_GLIB_IO_READY_HANDLER_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include <base/callback_old.h>
+
+#include "shill/io_handler.h"
+
+namespace shill {
+
+// This handler is different from the GlibIOInputHandler
+// in that we don't read/write from the file handle and
+// leave that to the caller.  This is useful in accept()ing
+// sockets and effort to working with peripheral libraries.
+class GlibIOReadyHandler : public IOHandler {
+ public:
+    GlibIOReadyHandler(int fd,
+                       IOHandler::ReadyMode mode,
+                       Callback1<int>::Type *callback);
+  ~GlibIOReadyHandler();
+
+  virtual void Start();
+  virtual void Stop();
+
+ private:
+  GIOChannel *channel_;
+  GIOCondition condition_;
+  Callback1<int>::Type *callback_;
+  guint source_id_;
+};
+
+
+}  // namespace shill
+
+#endif  // SHILL_GLIB_IO_READY_HANDLER_