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+// This may look like C, but it's really -*- C++ -*-
+// $Id$
+
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// = LIBRARY
+//     TAO
+//
+// = FILENAME
+//     ValueFactory.h
+//
+// = AUTHOR
+//     Torsten Kuepper  <kuepper2@lfa.uni-wuppertal.de>
+//
+// ============================================================================
+
+#ifndef TAO_VALUEFACTORY_H
+#define TAO_VALUEFACTORY_H
+
+#include "tao/corbafwd.h"
+
+#ifdef TAO_HAS_VALUETYPE
+
+
+class TAO_Export CORBA_ValueFactoryBase
+{
+  /*  friend CORBA::Boolean _tao_unmarshal_pre (TAO_InputCDR &,
+                                            CORBA_ValueFactory_ptr &,
+                                            CORBA_ValueBase *&,
+                                            const char * const);
+  %! how can I make the friendship work ? (g++) */
+public:
+  CORBA_ValueFactoryBase ();
+  virtual ~CORBA_ValueFactoryBase ();
+
+  // non-standard
+  virtual const char* tao_repository_id () = 0;
+
+  // non-virtual is non-standard
+  void _add_ref (void);
+  void _remove_ref (void);
+
+  // private: %!
+  virtual CORBA_ValueBase* create_for_unmarshal (void) = 0;
+  // In a derived class T use return type TAO_OBV_CREATE_RETURN_TYPE (T)
+  // (see at definition below)
+
+private:
+  CORBA::ULong _tao_reference_count_;
+  ACE_SYNCH_MUTEX _tao_reference_count_lock_;
+}; // CORBA_ValueFactoryBase
+
+
+
+// Use this macro for writing code that is independend from
+// the compiler support of covariant return types of pointers to
+// virtual inherited classes.
+// (e.g. in egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs-1.0.3 release) its not yet implemented)
+// (But it is TAO specific and at the moment the covariant case is not
+// elaborated --- its just a suggestion.)
+
+#ifdef TAO_HAS_OBV_COVARIANT_RETURN
+#  define TAO_OBV_CREATE_RETURN_TYPE(TYPE) TYPE *
+#else /*  TAO_HAS_OBV_COVARIANT_RETURN */
+#  define TAO_OBV_CREATE_RETURN_TYPE(TYPE) CORBA::ValueBase *
+#endif /* TAO_HAS_OBV_COVARIANT_RETURN */
+
+
+
+// (The obtaining of the repository id is currently not yet like the OMG way. %!)
+//
+// Macro for on the fly registration of a factory (with type Factory).
+// The repository id is taken from the static repository id of the
+// valuetype via tao_repository_id () of the specialized factory.
+// It forgets the pre-registered factory (if any) and the reference
+// to the newly created one. (A new reference could be obtained with
+// orb->lookup_value_factory (CORBA::String repo_id) .)
+
+#define TAO_OBV_REGISTER_FACTORY(FACTORY) \
+  { CORBA_ValueFactory_ptr factory = new FACTORY; \
+    CORBA_ValueFactory_ptr prev_factory = \
+    TAO_ORB_Core_instance ()->orb ()->register_value_factory (\
+                                   factory->tao_repository_id (),\
+                                   factory); \
+    if (prev_factory) prev_factory->_remove_ref (); \
+    factory->_remove_ref (); }
+
+
+#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
+# include "tao/ValueFactory.i"
+#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__) */
+
+#endif /* TAO_HAS_VALUETYPE */
+#endif /* TAO_VALUEFACTORY_H */