Util merge-age

util/util.h

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+/// \file util.h
+/// Contains generic function headers for managing processes and configuration.
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+
+/// Contains utility code, not directly related to streaming media
+namespace Util{
+
+  /// Deals with spawning, monitoring and stopping child processes
+  class Procs{
+    private:
+      static std::map<pid_t, std::string> plist; ///< Holds active processes
+      static bool handler_set; ///< If true, the sigchld handler has been setup.
+      static void childsig_handler(int signum);
+      static void runCmd(std::string & cmd);
+    public:
+      static pid_t Start(std::string name, std::string cmd);
+      static pid_t Start(std::string name, std::string cmd, std::string cmd2);
+      static void Stop(std::string name);
+      static void Stop(pid_t name);
+      static void StopAll();
+      static int Count();
+      static bool isActive(std::string name);
+      static bool isActive(pid_t name);
+      static pid_t getPid(std::string name);
+      static std::string getName(pid_t name);
+  };
+
+  /// Will set the active user to the named username.
+  static setUser(std::string user);
+
+  /// Deals with parsing configuration from files or commandline options.
+  class Config{
+  private:
+    bool ignore_daemon;
+    bool ignore_interface;
+    bool ignore_port;
+    bool ignore_user;
+  public:
+    std::string configfile;
+    bool daemon_mode;
+    std::string interface;
+    int listen_port;
+    std::string username;
+    Config();
+    void parseArgs(int argc, char ** argv);
+  };
+  
+  /// Will turn the current process into a daemon.
+  void Daemonize();
+
+};