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+// This may look like C, but it's really -*- C++ -*-
+
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// = LIBRARY
+//    TAO
+// 
+// = FILENAME
+//    principa.hh
+//
+// = DESCRIPTION
+//    The CORBA_Principal pseudo-object implementation.
+//
+// = AUTHOR
+//     Copyright 1994-1995 by Sun Microsystems Inc.
+// 
+// ============================================================================
+
+#if !defined (TAO_PRINCIPAL_H)
+#  define TAO_PRINCIPAL_H
+
+class TAO_Export CORBA_Principal
+  // = TITLE
+  //    A "Principal" identifies an authenticated entity in the
+  //    network administration framework.  Identities are used to
+  //    control acccess (authorization) as well as in audit trails
+  //    (accountability).
+{
+public:
+  // To applications, the identifier is an opaque ID.
+
+  //  CORBA::SEQUENCE <CORBA::Octet> id;
+  CORBA::OctetSeq id;
+
+  // XXX add "==", "<", ">" operators
+
+  // Stuff required for COM IUnknown support
+
+  CORBA::ULong AddRef (void);
+  CORBA::ULong Release (void);
+
+  CORBA_Principal (void);
+
+private:
+  CORBA::ULong refcount_;
+
+  ~CORBA_Principal (void);
+
+  // = these are not provided
+  CORBA_Principal &operator = (const CORBA::Principal_ptr &);
+  CORBA_Principal (const CORBA::Principal_ptr &);
+
+#if defined (__GNUG__)
+  // Maybe this should be fixed to use the ACE_CLASS_IS_NAMESPACE()
+  // macro?
+  //
+  // No, the intent of that macro is to state that there's no way to
+  // instantiate that type.  However, we can definitely instantiate
+  // one of these, but only friends can.
+  //
+  // G++ (even 2.6.3) stupidly thinks instances can't be
+  // created.  This de-warns.
+  friend class everyone_needs_a_friend;
+#endif /* __GNUG__ */
+};
+
+#endif /* TAO_PRINCIPAL_H */