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+#ifndef QPID_CLIENT_PRIVATEIMPL_H
+#define QPID_CLIENT_PRIVATEIMPL_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/client/ClientImportExport.h"
+#include <boost/intrusive_ptr.hpp>
+#include "qpid/RefCounted.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace client {
+
+// FIXME aconway 2009-04-24: details!
+/** @file
+ *
+ * Helper class to implement a class with a private, reference counted
+ * implementation and reference semantics. 
+ *
+ * Such classes are used in the public API to hide implementation, they
+ * should. Example of use:
+ *
+ * === Foo.h
+ * 
+ * template <class T> PrivateImplRef; 
+ * class FooImpl;
+ * 
+ * Foo : public Handle<FooImpl> {
+ *  public:
+ *   Foo(FooImpl* = 0);
+ *   Foo(const Foo&);
+ *   ~Foo();
+ *   Foo& operator=(const Foo&);
+ *
+ *   int fooDo();              //  and other Foo functions...
+ *
+ *  private:
+ *   typedef FooImpl Impl;
+ *   Impl* impl;
+ *   friend class PrivateImplRef<Foo>;
+ *
+ * === Foo.cpp
+ *
+ * typedef PrivateImplRef<Foo> PI;
+ * Foo::Foo(FooImpl* p) { PI::ctor(*this, p); }
+ * Foo::Foo(const Foo& c) : Handle<FooImpl>() { PI::copy(*this, c); }
+ * Foo::~Foo() { PI::dtor(*this); }
+ * Foo& Foo::operator=(const Foo& c) { return PI::assign(*this, c); }
+ *
+ * int foo::fooDo() { return impl->fooDo(); }
+ *
+ */
+template <class T> class PrivateImplRef {
+  public:
+    typedef typename T::Impl Impl;
+    typedef boost::intrusive_ptr<Impl> intrusive_ptr;
+    
+    static intrusive_ptr get(const T& t) { return intrusive_ptr(t.impl); }
+
+    static void set(T& t, const intrusive_ptr& p) {
+        if (t.impl == p) return;
+        if (t.impl) boost::intrusive_ptr_release(t.impl); 
+        t.impl = p.get();
+        if (t.impl) boost::intrusive_ptr_add_ref(t.impl); 
+    }
+
+    // Helper functions to implement the ctor, dtor, copy, assign
+    static void ctor(T& t, Impl* p) { t.impl = p; if (p) boost::intrusive_ptr_add_ref(p); }
+    static void copy(T& t, const T& x) { if (&t == &x) return; t.impl = 0; assign(t, x); }
+    static void dtor(T& t) { if(t.impl) boost::intrusive_ptr_release(t.impl); }
+    static T& assign(T& t, const T& x) { set(t, get(x)); return t;}
+};
+
+}} // namespace qpid::client
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_CLIENT_PRIVATEIMPL_H*/