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+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ *  @file    Allocator.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  @author Johnny Willemsen (jwillemsen@remedy.nl)
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+
+#ifndef TAO_ALLOCATOR_H
+#define TAO_ALLOCATOR_H
+
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#include /**/ "tao/Versioned_Namespace.h"
+
+TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+namespace TAO
+{
+  /**
+   * @class TAO_Allocator
+   *
+   * @brief Abstract class for TAO allocators. This will be used for derived
+   * allocator templates that are capable of allocating a specific type of
+   * objects
+   */
+  template <typename handler_type>
+  class TAO_Allocator
+  {
+  public:
+
+    virtual ~TAO_Allocator (void) {}
+
+    virtual handler_type *allocate () = 0;
+    virtual void release (handler_type *ptr) = 0;
+  };
+}
+
+TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+#endif /* TAO_ALLOCATOR_H */