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+#ifndef T_PROCESSOR_H
+#define T_PROCESSOR_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include "transport/TTransport.h"
+
+/**
+ * A processor is a generic object that acts upon two streams of data, one
+ * an input and the other an output. The definition of this object is loose,
+ * though the typical case is for some sort of server that either generates
+ * responses to an input stream or forwards data from one pipe onto another.
+ *
+ * @author Mark Slee <mcslee@facebook.com>
+ */
+class TProcessor {
+ public:
+  virtual ~TProcessor() {}
+  virtual bool process(TTransport* in, TTransport *out) = 0;
+  virtual bool process(TTransport* io) { return process(io, io); }
+ protected:
+  TProcessor() {}
+};
+
+#endif