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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Infosys Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDE_CMN_IPCCHANNEL_H_
+#define INCLUDE_CMN_IPCCHANNEL_H_
+
+#include "ipcTypes.h"
+
+namespace cmn {
+namespace ipc {
+
+class IpcChannel {
+public:
+	IpcChannel(IpcChannelType ipcType);
+	virtual ~IpcChannel();
+
+	IpcChannelType getIpcChannelType() const;
+	void setIpcChannelType(const IpcChannelType ipcType);
+
+	IpcChannelHdl getIpcChannelHdl() const;
+	void setIpcChannelHdl(const IpcChannelHdl ipcHdl, const IpcChannelType ipcType);
+
+	virtual void sendMsgTo(void * buffer, uint32_t len, IpcAddress destAddress) = 0;
+	virtual uint32_t recvMsgFrom(void * buffer, uint32_t bufLen, IpcAddress& srcAddress) = 0;
+
+protected:
+	IpcChannelType ipcType_m;
+	IpcChannelHdl ipcHdl_m;
+};
+
+} /* namespace ipc */
+} /* namespace cmn */
+
+#endif /* INCLUDE_CMN_IPCCHANNEL_H_ */