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+#ifndef QPID_FRAMING_BODYFACTORY_H
+#define QPID_FRAMING_BODYFACTORY_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/intrusive_ptr.hpp>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace framing {
+
+/**
+ * Indirect creation of body types to allow centralized changes to
+ * memory management strategy.
+ */
+class BodyFactory {
+  public:
+    template <class BodyType> static boost::intrusive_ptr<BodyType> create() {
+        return new BodyType;
+    }
+
+    template <class BodyType> static boost::intrusive_ptr<BodyType> copy(const BodyType& body) {
+        return new BodyType(body);
+    }
+};
+
+}} // namespace qpid::framing
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_FRAMING_BODYFACTORY_H*/