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+#ifndef QPID_MESSAGING_ADDRESS_H
+#define QPID_MESSAGING_ADDRESS_H
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+#include <string>
+#include "qpid/client/ClientImportExport.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace client {
+}
+
+namespace messaging {
+
+/**
+ * Represents an address to which messages can be sent and from which
+ * messages can be received. Often a simple name is sufficient for
+ * this. However this struct allows the type of address to be
+ * specified allowing more sophisticated treatment if necessary.
+ */
+struct Address
+{
+    std::string value;
+    std::string type;
+
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN Address();
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN Address(const std::string& address);
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN Address(const std::string& address, const std::string& type);
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN operator const std::string&() const;
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN const std::string& toStr() const;
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN operator bool() const;
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN bool operator !() const;
+};
+
+QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const Address& address);
+
+}} // namespace qpid::messaging
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_MESSAGING_ADDRESS_H*/