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+#ifndef QPID_FRAMING_INVOKER_H
+#define QPID_FRAMING_INVOKER_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/AMQMethodBody.h"
+#include "qpid/framing/MethodBodyDefaultVisitor.h"
+#include "qpid/framing/StructHelper.h"
+
+#include <boost/optional.hpp>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace framing {
+
+class AMQMethodBody;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for invoker visitors.
+ */ 
+class Invoker: public MethodBodyDefaultVisitor, protected StructHelper
+{
+  public:
+    struct Result {
+      public:
+        Result() : handled(false) {}
+        const std::string& getResult() const { return result; }
+        bool hasResult() const { return !result.empty(); }
+        bool wasHandled() const { return handled; }
+        operator bool() const { return handled; }
+
+        std::string result;
+        bool handled;
+    };
+
+    void defaultVisit(const AMQMethodBody&) {}
+    Result getResult() const { return result; }
+
+  protected:
+    Result result;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Invoke an invocable object.
+ * Invocable classes must provide a nested type Invoker.
+ */
+template <class Invocable>
+Invoker::Result invoke(Invocable& target, const AMQMethodBody& body) {
+    typename Invocable::Invoker invoker(target);
+    body.accept(invoker);
+    return invoker.getResult();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Invoke an invocable object.
+ * Invocable classes must provide a nested type Invoker.
+ */
+template <class Invocable>
+Invoker::Result invoke(Invocable& target, const AMQBody& body) {
+    typename Invocable::Invoker invoker(target);
+    const AMQMethodBody* method = body.getMethod();
+    if (method)
+        method->accept(invoker);
+    return invoker.getResult();
+}
+
+}} // namespace qpid::framing
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_FRAMING_INVOKER_H*/