#ifndef MACIACSCOMPONENTDEFINES_H
#define MACIACSCOMPONENTDEFINES_H
/*******************************************************************************
*    ALMA - Atacama Large Millimiter Array
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*
* "@(#) $Id: maciACSComponentDefines.h,v 1.21 2006/10/20 10:25:43 bjeram Exp $"
*
* who       when        what
* --------  --------    ----------------------------------------------
* msekoran  2003-09-17  ConstructCOB renamed to ConstructComponent
* rcirami   2003-08-28  created
*/

/************************************************************************
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

#ifndef __cplusplus
#error This is a C++ include file and cannot be used from plain C
#endif

#include <acserrACSbaseExImpl.h>


/** @file maciACSComponentDefines.h
 *  This file contains macros that are very helpful in creating distributed
 *  objects.
 */

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include <baciCharacteristicComponentImpl.h>
#include <acserr.h>
#include <maciErrType.h>

/** \def MACI_DLL_SUPPORT_FUNCTIONS(Class, ...)
 *  MACI DLL Support Functions Macro
 *  This macro implements the DLL support functions for a specific class.<br><br>
 *  ConstructComponent(...) creates a CORBA object of type "Class".<br>
 *  DLLOpen(...) presently does nothing.<br>
 *  DLLClose() presently does nothing...
 *  @param Class Name of the class
 *  @param args... (variable number of arguements)  WE need it that template class with template list longer than one can be send as a class
 *  @htmlonly
 *  <br><hr>
 *  @endhtmlonly
 */

// !!!! to be able to handel also template classes with template list longer than one we have to add args.... (variable macro arguemnt)
// in this case the class name that is send to the logging system (ACS_LOG) does not add comma between first and second template argument
#define MACI_DLL_SUPPORT_FUNCTIONS(Class, args...) \
ACS_DLL_UNMANGLED_EXPORT PortableServer::Servant ConstructComponent( \
	                  CORBA::ULong, \
				      const char * name_p, \
				      const char * type_p, \
                      maci::ContainerServices * containerServices) \
{ \
    ACE_UNUSED_ARG(type_p); \
    Class,##args* servant_p =0; \
    servant_p = new Class,##args(name_p, containerServices); \
    return servant_p; \
} \
\
ACS_DLL_UNMANGLED_EXPORT bool DLLOpen(int, char**) \
{ \
    return true; \
} \
\
ACS_DLL_UNMANGLED_EXPORT void DLLClose() \
{ \
}


#endif /*MACICOMPONENTDEFINES_H*/