/**
 * IPC.h - System Starter IPC routines
 * Wilfredo Sanchez  | wsanchez@opensource.apple.com
 * Kevin Van Vechten | kevinvv@uclink4.berkeley.edu
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#ifndef _IPC_H_
#define _IPC_H_

#include "SystemStarter.h"

/**
 * Monitor a startup item task.  Creates a mach port and uses the
 * invalidation callback to notify system starter when the process 
 * terminates.
 **/
void MonitorStartupItem (StartupContext aStartupContext, CFMutableDictionaryRef anItem);

/**
 * Creates a named mach port and run loop source.  The name is encoded using UTF-8.
 **/
CFRunLoopSourceRef CreateIPCRunLoopSource(CFStringRef aPortName, StartupContext aStartupContext);

#endif /* _IPC_H_ */