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+//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2005-2008.
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
+//  is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
+//  This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty,
+//  and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+  
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+//
+//  File        : $RCSfile$
+//
+//  Version     : $Revision: 54633 $
+//
+//  Description : argument usage printing helpers
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef BOOST_RT_CLA_ARGUMENT_VALUE_USAGE_HPP_062604GER
+#define BOOST_RT_CLA_ARGUMENT_VALUE_USAGE_HPP_062604GER
+
+// Boost.Runtime.Parameter
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/runtime/config.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/runtime/cla/argv_traverser.hpp>
+
+// Boost.Test
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/io.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/compare.hpp>
+
+#include <ndnboost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+
+// STL
+// !! can we eliminate these includes?
+#include <list>
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace BOOST_RT_PARAM_NAMESPACE {
+
+namespace cla {
+
+namespace rt_cla_detail {
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************             argument_value_usage             ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+// generic case
+template<typename T>
+inline void
+argument_value_usage( format_stream& fs, long, T* = 0 )
+{
+    fs << BOOST_RT_PARAM_CSTRING_LITERAL( "<value>" );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+// specialization for list of values
+template<typename T>
+inline void
+argument_value_usage( format_stream& fs, int, std::list<T>* = 0 )
+{
+    fs << BOOST_RT_PARAM_CSTRING_LITERAL( "(<value1>, ..., <valueN>)" );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+// specialization for type bool
+inline void
+argument_value_usage( format_stream& fs,  int, bool* = 0 )
+{
+    fs << BOOST_RT_PARAM_CSTRING_LITERAL( "yes|y|no|n" );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+} // namespace rt_cla_detail
+
+} // namespace cla
+
+} // namespace BOOST_RT_PARAM_NAMESPACE
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+#endif // BOOST_RT_CLA_ARGUMENT_VALUE_USAGE_HPP_062604GER