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+//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2005-2008.
+//  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: 49312 $
+//
+//  Description : defines simple text based progress monitor
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_PROGRESS_MONITOR_HPP_020105GER
+#define BOOST_TEST_PROGRESS_MONITOR_HPP_020105GER
+
+// Boost.Test
+#include <ndnboost/test/test_observer.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/trivial_singleton.hpp>
+
+// STL
+#include <iosfwd>   // for std::ostream&
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/suppress_warnings.hpp>
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace unit_test {
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                progress_monitor              ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+class BOOST_TEST_DECL progress_monitor_t : public test_observer, public singleton<progress_monitor_t> {
+public:
+    // test observer interface
+    void    test_start( counter_t test_cases_amount );
+    void    test_finish() {}
+    void    test_aborted();
+
+    void    test_unit_start( test_unit const& ) {}
+    void    test_unit_finish( test_unit const&, unsigned long );
+    void    test_unit_skipped( test_unit const& );
+    void    test_unit_aborted( test_unit const& ) {}
+
+    void    assertion_result( bool ) {}
+    void    exception_caught( execution_exception const& ) {}
+
+    // configuration
+    void    set_stream( std::ostream& );
+
+private:
+    BOOST_TEST_SINGLETON_CONS( progress_monitor_t );
+}; // progress_monitor_t
+
+BOOST_TEST_SINGLETON_INST( progress_monitor )
+
+} // namespace unit_test
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/enable_warnings.hpp>
+
+#endif // BOOST_TEST_PROGRESS_MONITOR_HPP_020105GER
+