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+/* -*- C++ -*- */
+
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ *  @file    Naming_Client.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *    Implement wrappers useful to Naming Service clients.
+ *
+ *
+ *  @author Nagarajan Surendran (naga@cs.wustl.edu)
+ *  @author Matt Braun <mjb2@cs.wustl.edu>
+ *  @author and Douglas C. Schmidt <schmidt@cs.wustl.edu>.
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+
+
+#ifndef TAO_NAMING_CLIENT_H
+#define TAO_NAMING_CLIENT_H
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include "tao/ORB.h"
+#include "orbsvcs/CosNamingC.h"
+#include "orbsvcs/Naming/naming_export.h"
+
+TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+/**
+ * @class TAO_Naming_Client
+ *
+ * @brief This class is intended to simplify programs that want to play
+ * the role of Naming Service clients.
+ *
+ * Wrapper class that locates the root Naming Context.  It also
+ * defines the operator-> so that <NamingContext> functions like
+ * <resolve>, etc. can be directly called on a
+ * <TAO_Naming_Client> object, and will be forwarded to the root
+ * Naming Context.
+ */
+class TAO_Naming_Export TAO_Naming_Client
+{
+public:
+  // = Initialization and termination methods.
+
+  /// Default constructor.
+  TAO_Naming_Client (void);
+
+  /**
+   * Look for a Naming Service for a period of <timeout> using
+   * <resolve_initial_references>.  Return 0 if Naming Service is
+   * successfully located, and -1 on failure.
+   */
+  int init (CORBA::ORB_ptr orb,
+            ACE_Time_Value *timeout = 0);
+
+  /// Destructor.
+  ~TAO_Naming_Client (void);
+
+  /// Returns a pointer to the root Naming Context.
+  CosNaming::NamingContext_ptr operator-> (void) const;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a pointer to the root Naming Context.  This ptr is
+   * duplicated via <_duplicate> so that it can be stored into a
+   * <*_var>.
+   */
+  CosNaming::NamingContext_ptr get_context (void) const;
+
+protected:
+  /// Reference to the root Naming Context.
+  CosNaming::NamingContext_var naming_context_;
+};
+
+TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+#endif /* TAO_NAMING_CLIENT_H */