#ifndef QPID_MESSAGING_LISTVIEW_H
#define QPID_MESSAGING_LISTVIEW_H

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#include "qpid/messaging/ImportExport.h"
#include "Variant.h"

namespace qpid {
namespace messaging {

class ListViewImpl;
class Message;

/**
 * Provides a view of message content as a list
 */
class ListView
{
  public:
    typedef Variant::List::const_iterator const_iterator;
    typedef Variant::List::const_reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;

    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN ListView(const Message&);
    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN ~ListView();
    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN ListView& operator=(const ListView&);

    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN const_iterator begin() const;
    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN const_iterator end() const;
    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const;
    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN const_reverse_iterator rend() const;

    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN bool empty() const;
    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN size_t size() const;

    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN const Variant& front() const;
    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN const Variant& back() const;
    
    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN const Variant::List& asList() const;
  private:
    ListViewImpl* impl;
};

QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const ListView& m);

}} // namespace qpid::messaging

#endif  /*!QPID_MESSAGING_LISTVIEW_H*/