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+//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2001-2008.
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.
+//
+//  File        : $RCSfile$
+//
+//  Version     : $Revision: 54633 $
+//
+//  Description : simple facility that mimmic notion of read-only read-write 
+//  properties in C++ classes. Original idea by Henrik Ravn.
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_CLASS_PROPERTIES_HPP_071894GER
+#define BOOST_TEST_CLASS_PROPERTIES_HPP_071894GER
+
+// Boost.Test
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/config.hpp>
+
+// Boost
+#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__IBMCPP__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(600))
+#include <ndnboost/preprocessor/seq/for_each.hpp>
+#endif
+#include <ndnboost/call_traits.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/add_pointer.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/add_const.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/utility/addressof.hpp>
+
+// STL
+#include <iosfwd>
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/suppress_warnings.hpp>
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace unit_test {
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                 class_property               ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<class PropertyType>
+class class_property {
+protected:
+    typedef typename call_traits<PropertyType>::const_reference     read_access_t;
+    typedef typename call_traits<PropertyType>::param_type          write_param_t;
+    typedef typename add_pointer<typename add_const<PropertyType>::type>::type address_res_t;
+public:
+    // Constructor
+                    class_property() : value( PropertyType() ) {}
+    explicit        class_property( write_param_t init_value )
+    : value( init_value ) {}
+
+    // Access methods
+    operator        read_access_t() const   { return value; }
+    read_access_t   get() const             { return value; }
+    bool            operator!() const       { return !value; }
+    address_res_t   operator&() const       { return &value; }
+
+    // Data members
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_NO_PROTECTED_USING
+protected:
+#endif
+    PropertyType        value;
+};
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#ifdef BOOST_CLASSIC_IOSTREAMS
+
+template<class PropertyType>
+inline std::ostream&
+operator<<( std::ostream& os, class_property<PropertyType> const& p )
+
+#else
+
+template<typename CharT1, typename Tr,class PropertyType>
+inline std::basic_ostream<CharT1,Tr>&
+operator<<( std::basic_ostream<CharT1,Tr>& os, class_property<PropertyType> const& p )
+
+#endif
+{
+    return os << p.get();
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#define DEFINE_PROPERTY_FREE_BINARY_OPERATOR( op )                              \
+template<class PropertyType>                                                    \
+inline bool                                                                     \
+operator op( PropertyType const& lhs, class_property<PropertyType> const& rhs ) \
+{                                                                               \
+    return lhs op rhs.get();                                                    \
+}                                                                               \
+template<class PropertyType>                                                    \
+inline bool                                                                     \
+operator op( class_property<PropertyType> const& lhs, PropertyType const& rhs ) \
+{                                                                               \
+    return lhs.get() op rhs;                                                    \
+}                                                                               \
+template<class PropertyType>                                                    \
+inline bool                                                                     \
+operator op( class_property<PropertyType> const& lhs,                           \
+             class_property<PropertyType> const& rhs )                          \
+{                                                                               \
+    return lhs.get() op rhs.get();                                              \
+}                                                                               \
+/**/
+
+DEFINE_PROPERTY_FREE_BINARY_OPERATOR( == )
+DEFINE_PROPERTY_FREE_BINARY_OPERATOR( != )
+
+#undef DEFINE_PROPERTY_FREE_BINARY_OPERATOR
+
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, < 1300)
+
+#define DEFINE_PROPERTY_LOGICAL_OPERATOR( op )                                  \
+template<class PropertyType>                                                    \
+inline bool                                                                     \
+operator op( bool b, class_property<PropertyType> const& p )                    \
+{                                                                               \
+    return b op p.get();                                                        \
+}                                                                               \
+template<class PropertyType>                                                    \
+inline bool                                                                     \
+operator op( class_property<PropertyType> const& p, bool b )                    \
+{                                                                               \
+    return b op p.get();                                                        \
+}                                                                               \
+/**/
+
+DEFINE_PROPERTY_LOGICAL_OPERATOR( && )
+DEFINE_PROPERTY_LOGICAL_OPERATOR( || )
+
+#endif
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************               readonly_property              ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<class PropertyType>
+class readonly_property : public class_property<PropertyType> {
+    typedef class_property<PropertyType>         base_prop;
+    typedef typename base_prop::address_res_t    arrow_res_t;
+protected:
+    typedef typename base_prop::write_param_t    write_param_t;
+public:
+    // Constructor
+                    readonly_property() {}
+    explicit        readonly_property( write_param_t init_value ) : base_prop( init_value ) {}
+
+    // access methods
+    arrow_res_t     operator->() const      { return ndnboost::addressof( base_prop::value ); }
+};
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(__IBMCPP__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(600))
+
+#define BOOST_READONLY_PROPERTY( property_type, friends ) ndnboost::unit_test::readwrite_property<property_type >
+
+#else
+
+#define BOOST_READONLY_PROPERTY_DECLARE_FRIEND(r, data, elem) friend class elem;
+
+#define BOOST_READONLY_PROPERTY( property_type, friends )                           \
+class BOOST_JOIN( readonly_property, __LINE__ )                                     \
+: public ndnboost::unit_test::readonly_property<property_type > {                      \
+    typedef ndnboost::unit_test::readonly_property<property_type > base_prop;          \
+    BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH( BOOST_READONLY_PROPERTY_DECLARE_FRIEND, ' ', friends )   \
+    typedef base_prop::write_param_t  write_param_t;                                \
+public:                                                                             \
+                BOOST_JOIN( readonly_property, __LINE__ )() {}                      \
+    explicit    BOOST_JOIN( readonly_property, __LINE__ )( write_param_t init_v  )  \
+    : base_prop( init_v ) {}                                                        \
+}                                                                                   \
+/**/
+
+#endif
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************              readwrite_property              ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<class PropertyType>
+class readwrite_property : public class_property<PropertyType> {
+    typedef class_property<PropertyType>                base_prop;
+    typedef typename add_pointer<PropertyType>::type    arrow_res_t;
+    typedef typename base_prop::address_res_t           const_arrow_res_t;
+    typedef typename base_prop::write_param_t           write_param_t;
+public:
+                    readwrite_property() : base_prop() {}
+    explicit        readwrite_property( write_param_t init_value ) : base_prop( init_value ) {}
+
+    // access methods
+    void            set( write_param_t v )  { base_prop::value = v; }
+    arrow_res_t     operator->()            { return ndnboost::addressof( base_prop::value ); }
+    const_arrow_res_t operator->() const    { return ndnboost::addressof( base_prop::value ); }
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_NO_PROTECTED_USING
+    using           base_prop::value;
+#endif
+};
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+} // unit_test
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/enable_warnings.hpp>
+
+#undef BOOST_TEST_NO_PROTECTED_USING
+
+#endif // BOOST_TEST_CLASS_PROPERTIES_HPP_071894GER