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+/* -*- C++ -*- */
+// $Id$
+
+
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// = LIBRARY
+//    ace
+// 
+// = FILENAME
+//    Dynamic_Service.h
+//
+// = AUTHOR
+//    Prashant Jain, Doug Schmidt 
+// 
+// ============================================================================
+
+#if !defined (ACE_DYNAMIC_SERVICE_H)
+#define ACE_DYNAMIC_SERVICE_H
+
+template <class SERVICE>
+class ACE_Dynamic_Service
+  // = TITLE
+  //     Provides a general interface to retrieve arbitrary objects
+  //     from the ACE service repository.
+  //
+  // = DESCRIPTION
+  //     Uses "name" for lookup in the ACE service repository. Obtains
+  //	 the object and returns it as the appropriate type.
+{
+public:
+  static SERVICE *instance (const char *name);
+  // Return instance using <name> to search the Service_Repository.
+
+  void dump (void) const;
+  // Dump the current state of the object.
+};
+
+#if defined (ACE_TEMPLATES_REQUIRE_SOURCE)
+#include "ace/Dynamic_Service.cpp"
+#endif /* ACE_TEMPLATES_REQUIRE_SOURCE */
+
+#if defined (ACE_TEMPLATES_REQUIRE_PRAGMA)
+#pragma implementation ("Dynamic_Service.cpp")
+#endif /* ACE_TEMPLATES_REQUIRE_PRAGMA */
+
+#endif /* ACE_DYNAMIC_SERVICE_H */