Add ipc::Context and ipc::capnp::Context structs

These are currently empty structs but they will be used to pass some
function and object pointers from bitcoin application code to IPC hooks
that run, for example, when a remote object is created or destroyed, or
a new process is created.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/interfaces/ipc.h b/src/interfaces/ipc.h
index e9e6c78053..963649fc9a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ipc.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ipc.h
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <typeindex>
 
+namespace ipc {
+struct Context;
+} // namespace ipc
+
 namespace interfaces {
 class Init;
 
@@ -58,6 +62,9 @@ public:
         addCleanup(typeid(Interface), &iface, std::move(cleanup));
     }
 
+    //! IPC context struct accessor (see struct definition for more description).
+    virtual ipc::Context& context() = 0;
+
 protected:
     //! Internal implementation of public addCleanup method (above) as a
     //! type-erased virtual function, since template functions can't be virtual.