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+/*
+ *
+ * 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/StrError.h"
+#include <string>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace sys {
+
+std::string strError(int err) {
+    const size_t bufsize = 512;
+    char buf[bufsize];
+    buf[0] = 0;
+    if (0 == FormatMessage (FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK
+                            | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
+                            0,
+                            err,
+                            0,        // Default language
+                            buf,
+                            bufsize,
+                            0))
+    {
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+        strerror_s(buf, bufsize, err);
+#else
+        return std::string(strerror(err));
+#endif
+    }
+    return std::string(buf);
+}
+
+}}