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+#ifndef QPID_AMQP_CHARSEQUENCE_H
+#define QPID_AMQP_CHARSEQUENCE_H
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 <stddef.h>
+#include <string>
+#include "qpid/CommonImportExport.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace amqp {
+
+/**
+ * Simple record of a particular sequence of chars/bytes. The memroy
+ * referenced is assumed to be owned by some other entity, this is
+ * merely a pointer into a (segment of) it.
+ */
+struct CharSequence
+{
+    const char* data;
+    size_t size;
+
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN operator bool() const;
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN std::string str() const;
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN void init();
+
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN static CharSequence create();
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN static CharSequence create(const std::string& str);
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN static CharSequence create(const char* data, size_t size);
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN static CharSequence create(const unsigned char* data, size_t size);
+};
+}} // namespace qpid::amqp
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_AMQP_CHARSEQUENCE_H*/