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+#ifndef QPID_ASSERT_H
+#define QPID_ASSERT_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 <boost/current_function.hpp>
+
+/**
+ * Abort if !expr in debug mode, throw an exception if NDEBUG is set. 
+ */
+#define QPID_ASSERT(expr) ((expr) ? static_cast<void>(0) : ::qpid::assert_fail(#expr, BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION, __FILE__, __LINE__))
+
+namespace qpid {
+
+void assert_fail(char const * expr, char const * function, char const * file, long line); 
+
+} // namespace qpid
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_ASSERT_H*/