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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_DETAIL_TEMPLATE_PARAMS_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+#include <ndnboost/preprocessor/control/expr_if.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/preprocessor/control/if.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/preprocessor/repetition/enum_params.hpp>
+
+#define NDNBOOST_IOSTREAMS_TEMPLATE_PARAMS(arity, param) \
+    NDNBOOST_PP_EXPR_IF(arity, template<) \
+    NDNBOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS(arity, typename param) \
+    NDNBOOST_PP_EXPR_IF(arity, >) \
+    /**/
+
+#define NDNBOOST_IOSTREAMS_TEMPLATE_ARGS(arity, param) \
+    NDNBOOST_PP_EXPR_IF(arity, <) \
+    NDNBOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS(arity, param) \
+    NDNBOOST_PP_EXPR_IF(arity, >) \
+    /**/
+
+#endif // #ifndef NDNBOOST_IOSTREAMS_DETAIL_BUFFERS_HPP_INCLUDED