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+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ *  @file Refcounted_ObjectKey.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  @author Balachandran Natarajan <bala@dre.vanderbilt.edu>
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+
+#ifndef TAO_REFCOUNTED_OBJECTKEY_H
+#define TAO_REFCOUNTED_OBJECTKEY_H
+
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include /**/ "tao/TAO_Export.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#include "tao/Object_KeyC.h"
+
+TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+namespace TAO
+{
+  /**
+   * @class Refcounted_ObjectKey
+   *
+   * @brief A wrapper class that ties together a refcount to an
+   * ObjectKey.
+   *
+   * The refcount in this class is manipulated within the context of
+   * the lock in the TAO::ObjectKey_Table. Manipulating the refcount
+   * from anywhere else is strictly forbidden.
+   */
+  class TAO_Export Refcounted_ObjectKey
+  {
+  public:
+    /// Constructor
+    Refcounted_ObjectKey (const ObjectKey &ref);
+
+    /// Accessor for the underlying ObjectKey.
+    const ObjectKey &object_key (void) const;
+
+  protected:
+    friend class ObjectKey_Table;
+
+    /// Protected destructor
+    ~Refcounted_ObjectKey (void);
+
+    /// Methods for incrementing refcount.
+    void incr_refcount (void);
+
+    /// Methods for decrementing refcount. Return the refcount, used by the
+    /// ObjectKey table.
+    CORBA::ULong decr_refcount (void);
+
+  private:
+    /// The object key
+    ObjectKey object_key_;
+
+    /// The refcount on the object key..
+    CORBA::ULong ref_count_;
+  };
+}
+
+TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
+#include "tao/Refcounted_ObjectKey.inl"
+#endif /* defined INLINE */
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+
+#endif /*TAO_REFCOUNTED_OBJECTKEY_H*/