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+#ifndef _broker_Persistable_h
+#define _broker_Persistable_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 "qpid/framing/amqp_types.h"
+#include "qpid/framing/Buffer.h"
+#include "qpid/RefCounted.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace broker {
+
+/**
+ * Base class for all persistable objects
+ */
+class Persistable : public RefCounted
+{
+public:
+    /**
+     * Allows the store to attach its own identifier to this object
+     */
+    virtual void setPersistenceId(uint64_t id) const = 0;
+    /**
+     * Returns any identifier the store may have attached to this
+     * object
+     */
+    virtual uint64_t getPersistenceId() const = 0;
+    /**
+     * Encodes the persistable state of this object into the supplied
+     * buffer
+     */
+    virtual void encode(framing::Buffer& buffer) const = 0;
+    /**
+     * @returns the size of the buffer needed to encode this object
+     */
+    virtual uint32_t encodedSize() const = 0;
+
+    virtual ~Persistable() {};
+};
+
+}}
+
+
+#endif