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+// Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_IPC_PROCESS_H
+#define BITCOIN_IPC_PROCESS_H
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace ipc {
+class Protocol;
+
+//! IPC process interface for spawning bitcoin processes and serving requests
+//! in processes that have been spawned.
+//!
+//! There will be different implementations of this interface depending on the
+//! platform (e.g. unix, windows).
+class Process
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~Process() = default;
+
+    //! Spawn process and return socket file descriptor for communicating with
+    //! it.
+    virtual int spawn(const std::string& new_exe_name, const fs::path& argv0_path, int& pid) = 0;
+
+    //! Wait for spawned process to exit and return its exit code.
+    virtual int waitSpawned(int pid) = 0;
+
+    //! Parse command line and determine if current process is a spawned child
+    //! process. If so, return true and a file descriptor for communicating
+    //! with the parent process.
+    virtual bool checkSpawned(int argc, char* argv[], int& fd) = 0;
+};
+
+//! Constructor for Process interface. Implementation will vary depending on
+//! the platform (unix or windows).
+std::unique_ptr<Process> MakeProcess();
+} // namespace ipc
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_IPC_PROCESS_H