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+/* -*- C++ -*- */
+// $Id$
+
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// = LIBRARY
+//    ace
+//
+// = FILENAME
+//    RMCast_Module.h
+//
+// = AUTHOR
+//    Carlos O'Ryan <coryan@uci.edu>
+//
+// ============================================================================
+
+#ifndef ACE_RMCAST_MODULE_H
+#define ACE_RMCAST_MODULE_H
+#include "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include "RMCast.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+class ACE_Message_Block;
+class ACE_Time_Value;
+
+class ACE_RMCast_Export ACE_RMCast_Module
+{
+  // = TITLE
+  //     Reliable Multicast Module
+  //
+  // = DESCRIPTION
+  //     The reliable multicast protocol is implemented as a stack of
+  //     "Modules" each one performing one specific task.
+  //     In short, this is an instance of the pipes-and-filters
+  //     architectural pattern.
+  //
+public:
+  // = Initialization and termination methods.
+  ACE_RMCast_Module (void);
+  // Constructor
+
+  virtual ~ACE_RMCast_Module (void);
+  // Destructor
+
+  virtual int next (ACE_RMCast_Module *next);
+  virtual ACE_RMCast_Module* next (void) const;
+  virtual int prev (ACE_RMCast_Module *prev);
+  virtual ACE_RMCast_Module* prev (void) const;
+  // Modifiers and accessors for the previous and next module in the
+  // stack
+
+  virtual int open (void);
+  // Initialize the module, setting up the next module
+
+  virtual int close (void);
+  // Close the module.
+
+  virtual int put_data (ACE_RMCast::Data &data) = 0;
+  // Push data down the stack
+
+private:
+  ACE_RMCast_Module *next_;
+  ACE_RMCast_Module *prev_;
+  // The next and previous modules in the stack
+};
+
+#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
+#include "RMCast_Module.i"
+#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */
+
+#include "ace/post.h"
+#endif /* ACE_RMCAST_MODULE_H */