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+#ifndef QPID_AMQP_0_10_SERIALIZABLESTRING_H
+#define QPID_AMQP_0_10_SERIALIZABLESTRING_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.
+ *
+ */
+namespace qpid {
+namespace amqp_0_10 {
+
+/** Template for length-prefixed strings/arrays.
+ * Unique parameter allows creation of distinct SerializableString
+ * types with the smae T/SizeType
+ */
+template <class T, class SizeType, int Unique=0>
+struct SerializableString : public std::basic_string<T> {
+    SerializableString() {}
+    template <class U> SerializableString(const U& u) : std::basic_string<T>(u) {}
+    template <class I> SerializableString(const I& i, const I& j) : std::basic_string<T>(i,j) {}
+
+    using std::basic_string<T>::operator=;
+
+    template <class S> void serialize(S& s) { s.split(*this); }
+
+    template <class S> void encode(S& s) const {
+        s(SizeType(this->size()))(this->begin(), this->end());
+    }
+
+    template <class S> void decode(S& s) {
+        SizeType newSize;
+        s(newSize);
+        this->resize(newSize);
+        s(this->begin(), this->end());
+    }
+};
+
+// TODO aconway 2008-02-29: separate ostream ops
+template <class T, class SizeType>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const SerializableString<T,SizeType>& s) {
+    const std::basic_string<T> str(s);
+    return o << str.c_str();    // TODO aconway 2008-02-29: why doesn't o<<str work?
+}
+
+}} // namespace qpid::amqp_0_10
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_AMQP_0_10_SERIALIZABLESTRING_H*/