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+#pragma once
+
+#include <grpcpp/grpcpp.h>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace comm {
+namespace network {
+
+template <class Request, class Response>
+class ReactorBase : public grpc::ServerBidiReactor<Request, Response> {
+  Request request;
+  Response response;
+  bool finished = false;
+
+  void finish(grpc::Status status = grpc::Status::OK);
+
+public:
+  ReactorBase();
+
+  void OnDone() override;
+  void OnReadDone(bool ok) override;
+  void OnWriteDone(bool ok) override;
+
+  virtual grpc::Status handleRequest(Request request, Response *response) = 0;
+};
+
+template <class Request, class Response>
+void ReactorBase<Request, Response>::finish(grpc::Status status) {
+  if (this->finished) {
+    return;
+  }
+  this->finished = true;
+  this->Finish(status);
+}
+
+template <class Request, class Response>
+ReactorBase<Request, Response>::ReactorBase() {
+  this->StartRead(&this->request);
+}
+
+template <class Request, class Response>
+void ReactorBase<Request, Response>::OnDone() {
+  if (!this->finished) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "trying to delete the reactor without finishing the connection "
+        "properly");
+  }
+  delete this;
+}
+
+template <class Request, class Response>
+void ReactorBase<Request, Response>::OnReadDone(bool ok) {
+  if (!ok) {
+    this->finish(grpc::Status(grpc::StatusCode::INTERNAL, "reading error"));
+    return;
+  }
+  try {
+    grpc::Status status = this->handleRequest(this->request, &this->response);
+    if (status.ok()) {
+      this->finish(status);
+      return;
+    }
+    this->StartWrite(&this->response);
+  } catch (std::runtime_error &e) {
+    this->finish(grpc::Status(grpc::StatusCode::INTERNAL, e.what()));
+  }
+}
+
+template <class Request, class Response>
+void ReactorBase<Request, Response>::OnWriteDone(bool ok) {
+  if (!ok) {
+    gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Server write failed");
+    return;
+  }
+  this->StartRead(&this->request);
+}
+
+} // namespace network
+} // namespace comm