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+// Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef BASE_SCOPED_OPEN_PROCESS_H_
+#define BASE_SCOPED_OPEN_PROCESS_H_
+
+#include "base/process.h"
+#include "base/process_util.h"
+
+namespace base {
+
+// A class that opens a process from its process id and closes it when the
+// instance goes out of scope.
+class ScopedOpenProcess {
+ public:
+  ScopedOpenProcess() : handle_(kNullProcessHandle) {
+  }
+
+  // Automatically close the process.
+  ~ScopedOpenProcess() {
+    Close();
+  }
+
+  // Open a new process by pid. Closes any previously opened process (even if
+  // opening the new one fails).
+  bool Open(ProcessId pid) {
+    Close();
+    return OpenProcessHandle(pid, &handle_);
+  }
+
+  // Close the previously opened process.
+  void Close() {
+    if (handle_ == kNullProcessHandle)
+      return;
+
+    CloseProcessHandle(handle_);
+    handle_ = kNullProcessHandle;
+  }
+
+  ProcessHandle handle() const { return handle_; }
+
+ private:
+  ProcessHandle handle_;
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedOpenProcess);
+};
+}  // namespace base
+
+#endif  // BASE_SCOPED_OPEN_PROCESS_H_