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+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ * @file Auto_Update_Starter.h
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * @author Jeff Parsons <j.parsons@vanderbilt.edu>
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+
+#ifndef AUTO_UPDATE_STARTER_H
+#define AUTO_UPDATE_STARTER_H
+
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include "ace/Task.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+#pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#if defined (ACE_HAS_MONITOR_FRAMEWORK) && (ACE_HAS_MONITOR_FRAMEWORK == 1)
+
+#include "ace/Monitor_Control/Monitor_Control_export.h"
+
+ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+namespace ACE
+{
+  namespace Monitor_Control
+  {
+    /**
+     * @class Auto_Update_Starter
+     *
+     * @brief Starts reactor event loop that handles registered timers.
+     *
+     * For all the monitors that are periodically updated, the reactor
+     * event loop that calls their associated registered timers must
+     * be started in a separate thread so the rest of the application
+     * isn't blocked. A very simple class inheriting from ACE_Task_Base
+     * and overriding the svc() method suffices.
+     */
+    class MONITOR_CONTROL_Export Auto_Update_Starter : public ACE_Task_Base
+    {
+    public:
+      int svc (void);
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+typedef ACE::Monitor_Control::Auto_Update_Starter STARTER;
+
+ACE_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#endif /* ACE_HAS_MONITOR_FRAMEWORK==1 */
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+
+#endif // AUTO_UPDATE_STARTER_H