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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 facilities for accessing type information at runtime
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_RTTI_HPP_062604GER
+#define BOOST_TEST_RTTI_HPP_062604GER
+
+#include <cstddef>
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace rtti {
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                   rtti::type_id              ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+typedef std::ptrdiff_t id_t;
+
+namespace rtti_detail {
+
+template<typename T>
+struct rttid_holder {
+    static id_t id() { return reinterpret_cast<id_t>( &inst() ); }
+
+private:
+    struct rttid {};
+
+    static rttid const& inst() { static rttid s_inst;  return s_inst; }
+};
+
+} // namespace rtti_detail
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename T>   
+inline id_t
+type_id()
+{
+    return rtti_detail::rttid_holder<T>::id();
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#define BOOST_RTTI_SWITCH( type_id_ ) if( ::ndnboost::rtti::id_t switch_by_id = type_id_ )
+#define BOOST_RTTI_CASE( type )       if( switch_by_id == ::ndnboost::rtti::type_id<type>() )
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+} // namespace rtti
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+#endif // BOOST_RT_RTTI_HPP_062604GER