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+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ *  @file    GIOP_Fragmentation_Strategy.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  @author  Ossama Othman <ossama@dre.vanderbilt.edu>
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+
+#ifndef TAO_GIOP_FRAGMENTATION_STRATEGY_H
+#define TAO_GIOP_FRAGMENTATION_STRATEGY_H
+
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include /**/ "tao/TAO_Export.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#include "tao/orbconf.h"
+#include "ace/CDR_Base.h"
+
+TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+class TAO_OutputCDR;
+
+/**
+ * @class TAO_GIOP_Fragmenation_Strategy
+ *
+ * @brief Abstract base class that defines TAO fragmentation strategy
+ *        interface.
+ *
+ * GIOP message fragmentation is deferred to a fragmentation strategy
+ */
+class TAO_Export TAO_GIOP_Fragmentation_Strategy
+{
+public:
+
+  /// Constructor
+  TAO_GIOP_Fragmentation_Strategy (void) {}
+
+  /// Destructor.
+  virtual ~TAO_GIOP_Fragmentation_Strategy (void);
+
+  /// Fragment the (potentially partially) encoded GIOP message.
+  /**
+   * Fragmentation the contents of the CDR output stream @a cdr into
+   * smaller chunks of data of size that fits within the configured
+   * ORB fragmentation threshold, and send each fragment "over the
+   * wire."
+   *
+   * @note Fragmentation will only occur if the CDR stream length will
+   *       surpass the configured fragmentation threshold when
+   *       marshaling the pending set of data.
+   *
+   * @param cdr               Output CDR stream.
+   * @param pending_alignment Size of alignment boundary for next data
+   *                          to be marshaled (e.g. 4 for a
+   *                          CORBA::ULong).
+   * @param pending_length    Size of next data to be marshaled (e.g. 2
+   *                          for a CORBA::UShort).
+   *
+   * @return Zero on success.
+   */
+  virtual int fragment (TAO_OutputCDR & cdr,
+                        ACE_CDR::ULong pending_alignment,
+                        ACE_CDR::ULong pending_length) = 0;
+
+private:
+
+  // Disallow copying and assignment.
+  TAO_GIOP_Fragmentation_Strategy (TAO_GIOP_Fragmentation_Strategy const &);
+  void operator= (TAO_GIOP_Fragmentation_Strategy const &);
+
+};
+
+TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+
+#endif  /* TAO_GIOP_FRAGMENTATION_STRATEGY_H */