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+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+/**
+ *  @file   EC_Timeout_Generator.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  @author Carlos O'Ryan (coryan@cs.wustl.edu)
+ *
+ * Based on previous work by Tim Harrison (harrison@cs.wustl.edu) and
+ * other members of the DOC group. More details can be found in:
+ *
+ * http://doc.ece.uci.edu/~coryan/EC/index.html
+ */
+
+#ifndef TAO_EC_TIMEOUT_GENERATOR_H
+#define TAO_EC_TIMEOUT_GENERATOR_H
+
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+#include "ace/Event_Handler.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#include /**/ "orbsvcs/Event/event_serv_export.h"
+
+#include "orbsvcs/Event/EC_Timeout_Filter.h"
+
+TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+class TAO_EC_QOS_Info;
+
+/**
+ * @class TAO_EC_Timeout_Generator
+ *
+ * @brief Define the interface for the generators of timeout events.
+ *
+ * The Event Channel can use several strategies to dispatch
+ * timers, for instance, it can use the ORB reactor or a pool of
+ * reactors running at different priorities or a pool of
+ * Thread_Timer_Queue_Adapters running at different priorities
+ * also.
+ * This class is the abstract base class to abstract this
+ * strategies.
+ */
+class TAO_RTEvent_Serv_Export TAO_EC_Timeout_Generator
+{
+public:
+  /// destructor
+  virtual ~TAO_EC_Timeout_Generator (void);
+
+  /// Activate any internal threads.
+  virtual void activate (void) = 0;
+
+  /// Deactivate any internal threads, clients can destroy the object
+  /// after calling this method.
+  virtual void shutdown (void) = 0;
+
+  /// Add a timer at the given priority, returns the timer ID.
+  virtual int schedule_timer (TAO_EC_Timeout_Filter* filter,
+                              const ACE_Time_Value& delta,
+                              const ACE_Time_Value& interval) = 0;
+
+  /// Cancel a timer at the given priority.
+  virtual int cancel_timer (const TAO_EC_QOS_Info& info,
+                            int id) = 0;
+};
+
+// ****************************************************************
+
+/**
+ * @class TAO_EC_Timeout_Adapter
+ *
+ * @brief Adapt the EC_Filter interface as an Event_Handler.
+ *
+ * ACE timer queues (including the reactor) use Event_Handlers to
+ * dispatch events, but we want to receive them in EC_Filters,
+ * this class is and adaptor for that purpose.
+ */
+class TAO_RTEvent_Serv_Export TAO_EC_Timeout_Adapter : public ACE_Event_Handler
+{
+public:
+  /// Default construction.
+  TAO_EC_Timeout_Adapter (void);
+
+private:
+  /// Casts <act> to EC_Filter and dispatches an event to it.
+  virtual int handle_timeout (const ACE_Time_Value &tv,
+                              const void *act);
+};
+
+TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
+#include "orbsvcs/Event/EC_Timeout_Generator.inl"
+#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+
+#endif /* TAO_EC_TIMEOUT_GENERATOR_H */