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+#ifndef QPID_SYS_MODULE_H
+#define QPID_SYS_MODULE_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/sys/Shlib.h"
+#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace sys {
+
+template <class T> class Module : public AutoShlib, private boost::noncopyable
+{
+  public:
+    Module(const std::string& name) :
+        AutoShlib(name),
+        ptr(getSymbol<T*(*)()>("create")()) {}
+                
+    T* get() { return ptr; }
+    T* operator->() { return ptr; }
+    ~Module() throw() {
+        getSymbol<void (*)(T*)>("destroy")(ptr);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    T* ptr;
+};
+
+}}
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_SYS_MODULE_H*/