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+#ifndef QPID_FRAMING_UUID_H
+#define QPID_FRAMING_UUID_H
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <boost/array.hpp>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <istream>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace framing {
+
+/**
+ * A UUID is represented as a boost::array of 16 bytes.
+ *
+ * Full value semantics, operators ==, < etc.  are provided by
+ * boost::array so Uuid can be the key type in a map etc.
+ */
+struct Uuid : public boost::array<uint8_t, 16> {
+    /** Geneate universally  unique identifier */
+    Uuid();
+
+    /** Initialize from 16 bytes of data */
+    Uuid(uint8_t* data);
+
+    // Default op= and copy ctor are fine.
+    // boost::array gives us ==, < etc.
+};
+
+/** Print in format 1b4e28ba-2fa1-11d2-883f-b9a761bde3fb */
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const Uuid&);
+
+/** Read from format 1b4e28ba-2fa1-11d2-883f-b9a761bde3fb */
+std::istream& operator>>(std::istream&, Uuid&);
+
+}} // namespace qpid::framing
+
+
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_FRAMING_UUID_H*/