--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/ch/ethz/ssh2/SFTPFileHandle.java	Fri Jul 18 11:21:46 2014 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package ch.ethz.ssh2;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * @version $Id: SFTPFileHandle.java 151 2014-04-28 10:03:39Z dkocher@sudo.ch $
+ */
+public class SFTPFileHandle {
+
+    private final SFTPClient client;
+
+    private final byte[] handle;
+
+    protected SFTPFileHandle(final SFTPClient client, final byte[] handle) {
+        this.client = client;
+        this.handle = handle;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the SFTPv3Client instance which created this handle.
+     *
+     * @return A SFTPv3Client instance.
+     */
+    public SFTPClient getClient() {
+        return client;
+    }
+
+    public byte[] getHandle() {
+        return handle;
+    }
+
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        client.closeFile(this);
+    }
+}