#ifndef QPID_CLIENT_ACKPOLICY_H
#define QPID_CLIENT_ACKPOLICY_H

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namespace qpid {
namespace client {

/**
 * Policy for automatic acknowledgement of messages.
 *
 * \ingroup clientapi
 */
class AckPolicy
{
    size_t interval;
    size_t count;

  public:
    /**
     *@param n: acknowledge every n messages.
     *n==0 means no automatick acknowledgement.
     */
    AckPolicy(size_t n=1) : interval(n), count(n) {}

    void ack(const Message& msg) {
        if (!interval) return;
        bool send=(--count==0);
        msg.acknowledge(true, send);
        if (send) count = interval;
    }
};

}} // namespace qpid::client



#endif  /*!QPID_CLIENT_ACKPOLICY_H*/