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+//
+// Copyright © 2020 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <common/include/NetworkSockets.hpp>
+#include <common/include/Packet.hpp>
+#include <common/include/SocketConnectionException.hpp>
+
+#include <string>
+#include <atomic>
+
+namespace arm
+{
+
+namespace pipe
+{
+
+enum class TargetEndianness
+{
+    BeWire,
+    LeWire
+};
+
+enum class PacketDirection
+{
+    Sending,
+    ReceivedHeader,
+    ReceivedData
+};
+class ConnectionHandler;
+
+class BasePipeServer
+{
+
+public:
+
+    BasePipeServer(arm::pipe::Socket clientConnection, bool echoPackets)
+            : m_ClientConnection(clientConnection)
+            , m_EchoPackets(echoPackets)
+            {}
+
+    ~BasePipeServer()
+    {
+        // We have set SOCK_CLOEXEC on this socket but we'll close it to be good citizens.
+        arm::pipe::Close(m_ClientConnection);
+    }
+
+    BasePipeServer(const BasePipeServer&) = delete;
+    BasePipeServer& operator=(const BasePipeServer&) = delete;
+
+    BasePipeServer(BasePipeServer&&) = delete;
+    BasePipeServer& operator=(BasePipeServer&&) = delete;
+
+    /// Close the client connection
+    /// @return 0 if successful
+    int Close()
+    {
+        return arm::pipe::Close(m_ClientConnection);
+    }
+
+    /// Send a packet to the client
+    /// @return true if a valid packet has been sent.
+    bool SendPacket(uint32_t packetFamily, uint32_t packetId, const uint8_t* data, uint32_t dataLength);
+
+    /// Set the client socket to nonblocking
+    /// @return true if successful.
+    bool SetNonBlocking()
+    {
+        return arm::pipe::SetNonBlocking(m_ClientConnection);
+    }
+
+    /// Block on the client connection until a complete packet has been received.
+    /// @return true if a valid packet has been received.
+    arm::pipe::Packet WaitForPacket(uint32_t timeoutMs);
+
+    /// Once the connection is open wait to receive the stream meta data packet from the client. Reading this
+    /// packet differs from others as we need to determine endianness.
+    /// @return true only if a valid stream meta data packet has been received.
+    bool WaitForStreamMetaData();
+
+    uint32_t GetStreamMetadataVersion()
+    {
+        return m_StreamMetaDataVersion;
+    }
+
+    uint32_t GetStreamMetadataMaxDataLen()
+    {
+        return m_StreamMetaDataMaxDataLen;
+    }
+
+    uint32_t GetStreamMetadataPid()
+    {
+        return m_StreamMetaDataPid;
+    }
+
+private:
+
+    void EchoPacket(PacketDirection direction, uint8_t* packet, size_t lengthInBytes);
+    bool ReadFromSocket(uint8_t* packetData, uint32_t expectedLength);
+    bool ReadHeader(uint32_t headerAsWords[2]);
+
+    arm::pipe::Packet ReceivePacket();
+
+    uint32_t ToUint32(uint8_t* data, TargetEndianness endianness);
+    void InsertU32(uint32_t value, uint8_t* data, TargetEndianness endianness);
+
+    arm::pipe::Socket m_ClientConnection;
+    bool m_EchoPackets;
+    TargetEndianness m_Endianness;
+
+    uint32_t m_StreamMetaDataVersion;
+    uint32_t m_StreamMetaDataMaxDataLen;
+    uint32_t m_StreamMetaDataPid;
+};
+
+} // namespace pipe
+} // namespace arm