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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 : simple helpers for creating cusom output manipulators
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_CUSTOM_MANIP_HPP_071894GER
+#define BOOST_TEST_CUSTOM_MANIP_HPP_071894GER
+
+// STL
+#include <iosfwd>
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/suppress_warnings.hpp>
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace unit_test {
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************          custom manipulators helpers         ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<typename Manip>
+struct custom_printer {
+    explicit custom_printer( std::ostream& ostr ) : m_ostr( &ostr ) {}
+
+    std::ostream& operator*() const { return *m_ostr; }
+
+private:
+    std::ostream* const m_ostr;
+};
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename Uniq> struct custom_manip {};
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename Uniq>
+inline custom_printer<custom_manip<Uniq> >
+operator<<( std::ostream& ostr, custom_manip<Uniq> const& ) { return custom_printer<custom_manip<Uniq> >( ostr ); }
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+} // namespace unit_test
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/enable_warnings.hpp>
+
+#endif // BOOST_TEST_CUSTOM_MANIP_HPP_071894GER