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-// -*- C++ -*-
-// $Id$
-
-// ============================================================================
-//
-// = LIBRARY
-//   TAO
-//
-// = FILENAME
-//   Protocol_Factory.h
-//
-// = AUTHOR
-//   Fred Kuhns <fredk@cs.wustl.edu>
-//
-// ============================================================================
-
-#ifndef TAO_PROTOCOL_FACTORY_H
-#define TAO_PROTOCOL_FACTORY_H
-
-#include "ace/Service_Object.h"
-#include "ace/Strategies_T.h"
-#include "ace/SString.h"
-#include "tao/Pluggable.h"
-#include "tao/GIOP.h"
-
-#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
-# pragma once
-#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
-
-
-class TAO_Export TAO_Protocol_Factory : public ACE_Service_Object
-{
-public:
-  TAO_Protocol_Factory (void);
-  virtual ~TAO_Protocol_Factory (void);
-
-  virtual int init (int argc, char *argv[]);
-  // Initialization hook.
-
-  virtual int match_prefix (const ACE_CString &prefix);
-  // Verify prefix is a match
-
-  virtual const char *prefix (void) const;
-  // Returns the prefix used by the protocol.
-
-  virtual char options_delimiter (void) const;
-  // Return the character used to mark where an endpoint ends and
-  // where its options begin.
-
-  // Factory methods
-  virtual TAO_Acceptor  *make_acceptor (void);
-  // Create an acceptor
-
-  virtual TAO_Connector *make_connector  (void);
-  // Create a connector
-
-  virtual int requires_explicit_endpoint (void) const = 0;
-  // Some protocols should not create a default endpoint unless the
-  // user specifies a -ORBendpoint option. For example, local IPC
-  // (aka UNIX domain sockets) is unable to remove the rendesvouz
-  // point if the server crashes.  For those protocols is better to
-  // create the endpoint only if the user requests one.
-};
-
-#endif /* TAO_PROTOCOL_FACTORY_H */