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+#ifndef NEOVIM_OS_WSTREAM_H
+#define NEOVIM_OS_WSTREAM_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <uv.h>
+
+#include "os/wstream_defs.h"
+
+/// Creates a new WStream instance. A WStream encapsulates all the boilerplate
+/// necessary for writing to a libuv stream.
+///
+/// @param maxmem Maximum amount memory used by this `WStream` instance.
+/// @return The newly-allocated `WStream` instance
+WStream * wstream_new(uint32_t maxmem);
+
+/// Frees all memory allocated for a WStream instance
+///
+/// @param wstream The `WStream` instance
+void wstream_free(WStream *wstream);
+
+/// Sets the underlying `uv_stream_t` instance
+///
+/// @param wstream The `WStream` instance
+/// @param stream The new `uv_stream_t` instance
+void wstream_set_stream(WStream *wstream, uv_stream_t *stream);
+
+/// Queues data for writing to the backing file descriptor of a `WStream`
+/// instance. This will fail if the write would cause the WStream use more
+/// memory than specified by `maxmem`.
+///
+/// @param wstream The `WStream` instance
+/// @param buffer The buffer which contains data to be written
+/// @param length Number of bytes that should be written from `buffer`
+/// @param free If true, `buffer` will be freed after the write is complete
+/// @return true if the data was successfully queued, false otherwise.
+bool wstream_write(WStream *wstream, char *buffer, uint32_t length, bool free);
+
+#endif  // NEOVIM_OS_WSTREAM_H
+