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+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ *  @file   IOR_Parser.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  @author Carlos O'Ryan (coryan@cs.wustl.edu)
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+
+
+#ifndef TAO_IOR_PARSER_H
+#define TAO_IOR_PARSER_H
+
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+#include "ace/Service_Object.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#include "tao/orbconf.h"
+#include "tao/TAO_Export.h"
+
+TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+namespace CORBA
+{
+  class Object;
+  typedef Object *Object_ptr;
+
+  class ORB;
+  typedef ORB *ORB_ptr;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @class TAO_IOR_Parser
+ *
+ * @brief Defines the interface for the pluggable IOR parser components
+ *
+ * The ORB is able to dynamically load the list of IOR formats it
+ * understands.  That allow us to integrate formats such as
+ * corbaname:, http: or ftp: only when required.
+ * This class provides a uniform interface for all the IOR parsers
+ */
+class TAO_Export TAO_IOR_Parser : public ACE_Service_Object
+{
+public:
+  /// The destructor
+  virtual ~TAO_IOR_Parser (void);
+
+  /// Return true if @a ior_string starts with a prefix known to this IOR
+  /// parser
+  virtual bool match_prefix (const char *ior_string) const = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Parse the @a ior argument and return an object reference.
+   * The call may raise the standard system exceptions (NO_MEMORY,
+   * INV_OBJREF, etc.)
+   */
+  virtual CORBA::Object_ptr parse_string (const char *ior, CORBA::ORB_ptr orb)
+    = 0;
+};
+
+TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+#endif /* TAO_IOR_PARSER_H */