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+/**
+ *    Copyright (C) 2020-present MongoDB, Inc.
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the Server Side Public License, version 1,
+ *    as published by MongoDB, Inc.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    Server Side Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the Server Side Public License
+ *    along with this program. If not, see
+ *    <http://www.mongodb.com/licensing/server-side-public-license>.
+ *
+ *    As a special exception, the copyright holders give permission to link the
+ *    code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL library under certain
+ *    conditions as described in each individual source file and distribute
+ *    linked combinations including the program with the OpenSSL library. You
+ *    must comply with the Server Side Public License in all respects for
+ *    all of the code used other than as permitted herein. If you modify file(s)
+ *    with this exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the
+ *    file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so,
+ *    delete this exception statement from your version. If you delete this
+ *    exception statement from all source files in the program, then also delete
+ *    it in the license file.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace mongo {
+
+template <class Container>
+class ClearDeleter {
+public:
+    void operator()(Container* container) {
+        container->clear();
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ * A RAII style move-only pointer that calls clear() when going out of scope
+ */
+template <class Container>
+using AutoClearPtr = std::unique_ptr<Container, ClearDeleter<Container>>;
+
+template <class Container>
+auto makeAutoClearPtr(Container* container) {
+    // It should always be cleared when it is accessed
+    dassert(container);
+    dassert(container->empty());
+    return AutoClearPtr<Container>{container, ClearDeleter<Container>{}};
+}
+
+}  // namespace mongo