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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2016 TrinityCore <http://www.trinitycore.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; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef Process_h__
+#define Process_h__
+
+#include <future>
+#include <memory>
+#include "Common.h"
+
+namespace Trinity {
+
+/// Starts a process with the given arguments and parameters and will block
+/// until the process is finished.
+/// When an input path is given, the file will be routed to the processes stdin.
+/// When the process is marked as secure no arguments are leaked to logs.
+/// Note that most executables expect it's name as the first argument.
+TC_COMMON_API int StartProcess(std::string const& executable, std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                               std::string const& logger, std::string input_file = "",
+                               bool secure = false);
+
+/// Platform and library independent representation
+/// of asynchronous process results
+class AsyncProcessResult
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~AsyncProcessResult() { }
+
+    /// Returns the future which contains the result of the process
+    /// as soon it is finished.
+    virtual std::future<int>& GetFutureResult() = 0;
+
+    /// Tries to terminate the process
+    virtual void Terminate() = 0;
+};
+
+/// Starts a process asynchronously with the given arguments and parameters and
+/// returns an AsyncProcessResult immediately which is set, when the process exits.
+/// When an input path is given, the file will be routed to the processes stdin.
+/// When the process is marked as secure no arguments are leaked to logs.
+/// Note that most executables expect it's name as the first argument.
+TC_COMMON_API std::shared_ptr<AsyncProcessResult>
+    StartAsyncProcess(std::string executable, std::vector<std::string> args,
+                      std::string logger, std::string input_file = "",
+                      bool secure = false);
+
+/// Searches for the given executable in the PATH variable
+/// and returns a present optional when it was found.
+TC_COMMON_API Optional<std::string> SearchExecutableInPath(std::string const& filename);
+
+} // namespace Trinity
+
+#endif // Process_h__