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+// (C) Copyright 2008 CodeRage, LLC (turkanis at coderage dot com)
+// (C) Copyright 2003-2007 Jonathan Turkanis
+// 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/iostreams for documentation.
+
+#ifndef NDNBOOST_IOSTREAMS_CLOSE_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define NDNBOOST_IOSTREAMS_CLOSE_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1020)
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+#include <ndnboost/config.hpp>  // DEDUCED_TYPENAME, MSVC.
+#include <ndnboost/detail/workaround.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/categories.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/flush.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/detail/adapter/non_blocking_adapter.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/detail/ios.hpp> // NDNBOOST_IOS
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/detail/select.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/detail/wrap_unwrap.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/operations_fwd.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/traits.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/identity.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/if.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/is_integral.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/remove_cv.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/remove_reference.hpp>
+
+// Must come last.
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/detail/config/disable_warnings.hpp>
+
+namespace ndnboost { namespace iostreams {
+
+template<typename T>
+void close(T& t);
+
+template<typename T>
+void close(T& t, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which);
+
+template<typename T, typename Sink>
+void close(T& t, Sink& snk, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which);
+    
+namespace detail {
+
+template<typename T>
+void close_all(T& t)
+{ 
+    try {
+        ndnboost::iostreams::close(t, NDNBOOST_IOS::in);
+    } catch (...) {
+        try {
+            ndnboost::iostreams::close(t, NDNBOOST_IOS::out);
+        } catch (...) { }
+        throw;
+    }
+    ndnboost::iostreams::close(t, NDNBOOST_IOS::out);
+}
+
+template<typename T, typename Sink>
+void close_all(T& t, Sink& snk)
+{ 
+    try {
+        ndnboost::iostreams::close(t, snk, NDNBOOST_IOS::in);
+    } catch (...) {
+        try {
+            ndnboost::iostreams::close(t, snk, NDNBOOST_IOS::out);
+        } catch (...) { }
+        throw;
+    }
+    ndnboost::iostreams::close(t, snk, NDNBOOST_IOS::out);
+}
+
+} // End namespace detail. 
+
+} } // End namespaces iostreams, boost.
+
+#if NDNBOOST_WORKAROUND(NDNBOOST_MSVC, < 1300) //-----------------------------------//
+# include <ndnboost/iostreams/detail/vc6/close.hpp>
+#else // #if NDNBOOST_WORKAROUND(NDNBOOST_MSVC, < 1300) //--------------------------//
+
+namespace ndnboost { namespace iostreams {
+
+namespace detail {
+
+template<typename T>
+struct close_impl;
+
+} // End namespace detail.
+
+template<typename T>
+void close(T& t) { detail::close_all(t); }
+
+template<typename T>
+void close(T& t, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which)
+{ 
+#ifdef NDNBOOST_IOSTREAMS_STRICT
+    NDNBOOST_ASSERT(which == NDNBOOST_IOS::in || which == NDNBOOST_IOS::out);
+#else
+    if (which == (NDNBOOST_IOS::in | NDNBOOST_IOS::out)) {
+        detail::close_all(t);
+        return;
+    }
+#endif
+    detail::close_impl<T>::close(detail::unwrap(t), which); 
+}
+
+template<typename T, typename Sink>
+void close(T& t, Sink& snk, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which)
+{ 
+#ifdef NDNBOOST_IOSTREAMS_STRICT
+    NDNBOOST_ASSERT(which == NDNBOOST_IOS::in || which == NDNBOOST_IOS::out);
+#else
+    if (which == (NDNBOOST_IOS::in | NDNBOOST_IOS::out)) {
+        detail::close_all(t, snk);
+        return;
+    }
+#endif
+    detail::close_impl<T>::close(detail::unwrap(t), snk, which); 
+}
+
+namespace detail {
+
+//------------------Definition of close_impl----------------------------------//
+
+struct close_boost_stream { };
+struct close_filtering_stream { };
+
+template<typename T>
+struct close_tag {
+    typedef typename category_of<T>::type             category;
+    typedef typename detail::unwrapped_type<T>::type  unwrapped;
+    typedef typename
+            iostreams::select<
+                mpl::not_< is_convertible<category, closable_tag> >,
+                any_tag,
+                mpl::or_<
+                    is_boost_stream<unwrapped>,
+                    is_boost_stream_buffer<unwrapped>
+                >,
+                close_boost_stream,
+                mpl::or_<
+                    is_filtering_stream<unwrapped>,
+                    is_filtering_streambuf<unwrapped>
+                >,
+                close_filtering_stream,
+                mpl::or_<
+                    is_convertible<category, two_sequence>,
+                    is_convertible<category, dual_use>
+                >,
+                two_sequence,
+                else_,
+                closable_tag
+            >::type type;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct close_impl
+    : mpl::if_<
+          is_custom<T>,
+          operations<T>,
+          close_impl<NDNBOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME close_tag<T>::type>
+      >::type
+    { };
+
+template<>
+struct close_impl<any_tag> {
+    template<typename T>
+    static void close(T& t, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which)
+    {
+        if (which == NDNBOOST_IOS::out)
+            iostreams::flush(t);
+    }
+
+    template<typename T, typename Sink>
+    static void close(T& t, Sink& snk, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which)
+    {
+        if (which == NDNBOOST_IOS::out) {
+            non_blocking_adapter<Sink> nb(snk);
+            iostreams::flush(t, nb);
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct close_impl<close_boost_stream> {
+    template<typename T>
+    static void close(T& t)
+    {
+        t.close();
+    }
+    template<typename T>
+    static void close(T& t, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which)
+    {
+        if (which == NDNBOOST_IOS::out)
+            t.close();
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct close_impl<close_filtering_stream> {
+    template<typename T>
+    static void close(T& t, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which)
+    {
+        typedef typename category_of<T>::type category;
+        const bool in =  is_convertible<category, input>::value &&
+                        !is_convertible<category, output>::value;
+        if (in == (which == NDNBOOST_IOS::in) && t.is_complete())
+            t.pop();
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct close_impl<closable_tag> {
+    template<typename T>
+    static void close(T& t, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which)
+    {
+        typedef typename category_of<T>::type category;
+        const bool in =  is_convertible<category, input>::value &&
+                        !is_convertible<category, output>::value;
+        if (in == (which == NDNBOOST_IOS::in))
+            t.close();
+    }
+    template<typename T, typename Sink>
+    static void close(T& t, Sink& snk, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which)
+    {
+        typedef typename category_of<T>::type category;
+        const bool in =  is_convertible<category, input>::value &&
+                        !is_convertible<category, output>::value;
+        if (in == (which == NDNBOOST_IOS::in)) {
+            non_blocking_adapter<Sink> nb(snk);
+            t.close(nb);
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct close_impl<two_sequence> {
+    template<typename T>
+    static void close(T& t, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which) { t.close(which); }
+    template<typename T, typename Sink>
+    static void close(T& t, Sink& snk, NDNBOOST_IOS::openmode which)
+    {
+        non_blocking_adapter<Sink> nb(snk);
+        t.close(nb, which);
+    }
+};
+
+} // End namespace detail.
+
+} } // End namespaces iostreams, boost.
+
+#endif // #if NDNBOOST_WORKAROUND(NDNBOOST_MSVC, < 1300) //-------------------------//
+
+#include <ndnboost/iostreams/detail/config/enable_warnings.hpp>
+
+#endif // #ifndef NDNBOOST_IOSTREAMS_CLOSE_HPP_INCLUDED