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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2018, Great Software Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ * 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 IPC_API_H_
+#define IPC_API_H_
+
+#include <tipcTypes.h>
+
+#define		IPC_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE		1024
+
+#define IPC_MODE 0664
+
+enum ipc_access_mode {
+	IPC_READ = 01,
+	IPC_WRITE = 02,
+};
+
+typedef int ipc_handle;
+
+int
+create_ipc_channel(char *name);
+
+int
+open_ipc_channel(char *name, enum ipc_access_mode access_mode);
+
+int
+create_open_ipc_channel(char *name,
+		enum ipc_access_mode access_mode);
+
+int
+read_ipc_channel(ipc_handle fd, char *buffer, size_t size);
+
+int
+write_ipc_channel(ipc_handle fd, char *buffer, size_t size);
+
+int
+close_ipc_channel(ipc_handle fd);
+
+int
+create_tipc_socket();
+
+int
+bind_tipc_socket(int sockFd, uint32_t instanceNum);
+
+int
+send_tipc_message(int sd, uint32_t destAddr, void * buf, int len);
+
+int
+read_tipc_msg(int sockFd, void * buf, int len);
+
+void
+close_tipc_socket(int sockFd);
+
+
+#endif /* IPC_API_H_ */