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+// $Id$
+
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// = FILENAME
+//    LifeCycleService.idl
+//
+// = DESCRIPTION
+//    A generic creation service named lifecycle service using
+//    the GenericFactory interface of the LifeCycle Service specification.
+//
+// = AUTHOR
+//    Michael Kircher (mk1@cs.wustl.edu)
+//
+// ============================================================================
+
+#ifndef TAO_LIFECYCLESERVICE_IDL
+#define TAO_LIFECYCLESERVICE_IDL
+
+#include "CosLifeCycle.idl"
+
+module LifeCycleService
+{
+  interface Life_Cycle_Service : CosLifeCycle::GenericFactory
+    {
+      // = TITLE
+      //   Wrapper for the CosLifeCycle GenericFactory
+      //
+      // = inherits:
+      //    boolean supports(in Key k);
+      //    Object create_object(in Key k, in Criteria the_criteria)
+      //          raises (NoFactory, InvalidCriteria, CannotMeetCriteria);
+
+      void register_factory (in string name,
+                             in string location,
+                             in string description,
+                             in Object _object);
+      // provide an method for registering factories with their properties
+    };
+
+  interface Criteria_Evaluator
+    {
+      // = TITLE
+      //   Criteria Evaluator
+      //
+      // = DESCRIPTION
+      //   Interface description for an evaluator of CosLifeCycle
+      //   Criterias. It is mainly a wrapper, which should make
+      //   access easier.
+      //
+      // @@ NOTE: The definition should be this. But see note below!
+      // typedef sequence <CosLifeCycle::NameValuePair> SeqNamedValuePair;
+
+      // @@ NOTE: This is just a workaround for a problem seen with
+      // explicit template builds. This file and CosLifeCycle.idl
+      // define a sequence of the same data structure which creates
+      // multiply defined symbols in the above configuration. We need
+      // to fix the IDL compile at some point of time. Till then this
+      // should be okay...
+      typedef CosLifeCycle::Criteria SeqNamedValuePair;
+      typedef CosLifeCycle::Criteria Criteria;
+
+      exception NotAvailable { string reason; };
+      // raised if the questioned configuration is not available
+
+      SeqNamedValuePair getInitialization ();
+      // get the initialization
+
+      string getFilter ();
+      // get a filter string
+
+      SeqNamedValuePair getLogicalLocation ();
+      // get the logical location
+
+      string getPreferences ();
+      // get the preferences, not implemented
+
+      void setCriteria (in Criteria criteria_);
+      // set the Criteria which is searched for keywords
+    };
+};
+
+#endif /* TAO_LIFECYCLESERVICE_IDL */