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+//===- lib/ReaderWriter/ELF/Writer.h --------------------------------------===//
+//
+//                             The LLVM Linker
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLD_READER_WRITER_ELF_WRITER_H
+#define LLD_READER_WRITER_ELF_WRITER_H
+
+#include "lld/Core/File.h"
+#include "lld/Core/Writer.h"
+
+namespace lld {
+namespace elf {
+/// \brief The Writer class is a base class for the linker to write
+///        various kinds of ELF files.
+class ELFWriter : public Writer {
+public:
+  ELFWriter() { }
+
+public:
+  /// \brief builds the chunks that needs to be written to the output
+  ///        ELF file
+  virtual void buildChunks(const File &file) = 0;
+
+  /// \brief Writes the chunks into the output file specified by path
+  virtual std::error_code writeFile(const File &file, StringRef path) = 0;
+
+  /// \brief Get the virtual address of \p atom after layout.
+  virtual uint64_t addressOfAtom(const Atom *atom) = 0;
+};
+} // end namespace elf
+} // end namespace lld
+
+#endif