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+// $Id$
+
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// = LIBRARY
+//   TAO
+//
+// = FILENAME
+//   Object_Loader.h
+//
+// = AUTHOR
+//   Carlos O'Ryan (coryan@cs.wustl.edu)
+//
+// ============================================================================
+
+#ifndef TAO_OBJECT_LOADER_H
+#define TAO_OBJECT_LOADER_H
+#include "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include "tao/corbafwd.h"
+#include "ior_dll_export.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#include "ace/Service_Object.h"
+
+class TAO_IOR_DLL_Export TAO_Object_Loader : public ACE_Service_Object
+{
+  // = TITLE
+  //   A class to dynamically load object implementations into an
+  //   ORB.
+  //
+  // = DESCRIPTION
+  //   Many services and components of the ORB can be dynamically
+  //   loaded, this is the class used to implement ....
+  //   @@ TODO
+  //
+public:
+  virtual ~TAO_Object_Loader (void);
+  // The destructor
+
+  virtual CORBA::Object_ptr create_object (CORBA::ORB_ptr orb,
+                                           CORBA::Environment &)
+    ACE_THROW_SPEC (()) = 0;
+  // Create and activate a new object into the orb.
+  // This method cannot throw any exception, but it can return a nil
+  // object to indicate an error condition.
+};
+
+#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
+# include "Object_Loader.i"
+#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */
+
+#include "ace/post.h"
+#endif /* TAO_OBJECT_LOADER_H */