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/**
 * @author Philipp Huppertz <huppertz@tkn.tu-berlin.de>
 */

#ifndef BASECOMM_H
#define BASECOMM_H

class BaseComm
{
public:
    BaseComm();

    virtual ~BaseComm();
protected:
    /* performs blocking read on fd */
    virtual int readFD(int fd, char *buffer, int count, int *err);

    /* performs blocking write on fd */
    virtual int writeFD(int fd, const char *buffer, int count, int *err);
};

#endif
