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+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+//=========================================================================
+/**
+ * @file Encoding_Converter_Factory.h
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * This class can be used to create encoding converters of various types.
+ *
+ * @author Chad Elliott <elliott_c@ociweb.com>
+ */
+//=========================================================================
+
+#ifndef ACE_ENCODING_CONVERTER_FACTORY_H
+#define ACE_ENCODING_CONVERTER_FACTORY_H
+
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include "ace/Basic_Types.h"
+
+#if defined (ACE_USES_WCHAR)
+#include /**/ "ace/ACE_export.h"
+
+ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+class ACE_Encoding_Converter;
+
+/** Create an encoding converter based on the source or hint.
+ * This class allows users to avoid knowing any concrete converter types.
+ */
+class ACE_Export ACE_Encoding_Converter_Factory
+{
+public:
+  /// This enum is used to tell what type of converter to create.
+  enum Encoding_Hint { ACE_UTF_32BE, ACE_UTF_32LE,
+                       ACE_UTF_16BE, ACE_UTF_16LE,
+                       ACE_UTF_8, ACE_NONE
+                     };
+
+  /// Create an encoding converter based on the source.  If a hint is
+  /// given, it just creates the specified type of converter without looking
+  /// at the source.
+  static ACE_Encoding_Converter* create (const ACE_Byte* source,
+                                         size_t source_size,
+                                         Encoding_Hint hint = ACE_NONE);
+};
+
+ACE_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+#endif /* ACE_USES_WCHAR */
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+
+#endif /* ACE_ENCODING_CONVERTER_FACTORY_H */