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+// This may look like C, but it's really -*- C++ -*-
+// $Id$
+
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// = LIBRARY
+//    TAO
+// 
+// = FILENAME
+//    tao_internals.h
+//
+// = DESCRIPTION
+//    Structures and methods completely internal to TAO.
+//
+// = AUTHOR
+//    Chris Cleeland
+// 
+// ============================================================================
+
+#if !defined (TAO_INTERNALS_H)
+#  define TAO_INTERNALS_H
+
+#  include "tao/corba.h"
+
+class TAO_Export TAO_Internal
+  // = TITLE
+  //    This class encapsulates some private behaviors and global data
+  //    structures used internal to TAO.  No application should EVER
+  //    see this class.
+{
+public:
+  static int open_services (int& argc, char** argv);
+  // Initialize the ACE Service Configurator.  This is a one-shot
+  // method, i.e., it can be called multiple times but it will only do
+  // its work once.  It does, however, track the number of times it's
+  // called (see <open_services>).  It is fully thread-safe.  Return 0
+  // if successful, -1 with errno set if failure.
+
+  static int close_services (void);
+  // The complement to <open_services>, this will perform appropriate
+  // ACE Service Configurator closure operations.  It should be called
+  // as many times as <open_services>, and will only actually close
+  // things down on the last call.  It is fully thread-safe.  Return 0
+  // if successful, -1 with errno set if failure.
+
+protected:
+  static int fake_service_entries_i (void);
+  // If your platform can't support the Service Configurator's model
+  // of loading services found in a file, then you should change the
+  // code in here in order to get service entries into the service
+  // repository.
+  
+private:
+  TAO_Internal (void);
+  // Private CTOR prevents this class from being instantiated.
+
+  static int service_open_count_;
+  // Number of times <open_services> has been called.  Incremented by
+  // <open_services>, and decremented by <close_services>.  Access to
+  // this is protected via the <ACE_Static_Object_Lock>.
+};
+
+#endif /* TAO_INTERNALS_H */