2 files changed, 100 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/qpid/framing/FrameHandler.h b/cpp/src/qpid/framing/FrameHandler.h
index 817c569119..c552fbb9df 100644
--- a/cpp/src/qpid/framing/FrameHandler.h
+++ b/cpp/src/qpid/framing/FrameHandler.h
@@ -21,18 +21,12 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
+#include "Handler.h"
 
 namespace qpid {
 namespace framing {
 class AMQFrame;
-
-class FrameHandler : private boost::noncopyable {
-  public:
-    virtual ~FrameHandler() {}
-    virtual void handle(AMQFrame& frame) = 0;
-};
-
+typedef Handler<AMQFrame&> FrameHandler;
 }}
 
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/qpid/framing/Handler.h b/cpp/src/qpid/framing/Handler.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05a02a30b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/src/qpid/framing/Handler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#ifndef QPID_FRAMING_HANDLER_H
+#define QPID_FRAMING_HANDLER_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 "qpid/shared_ptr.h"
+#include <vector>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace framing {
+
+/** Handler for objects of type T. */
+template <class T> struct Handler {
+    typedef T Type;
+    typedef shared_ptr<Handler> Ptr;
+
+    virtual ~Handler() {}
+    virtual void handle(T) = 0;
+    virtual void link(Ptr next_) { next=next_; }
+  protected:
+    void nextHandler(T data) { if (next) next->handle(data); }
+  private:
+    Ptr next;
+};
+
+
+/** Factory interface that takes a context of type C */
+template <class T, class C> struct HandlerFactory {
+    virtual ~HandlerFactory() {}
+    typedef typename Handler<T>::Ptr Ptr;
+
+    /** Create a handler */
+    virtual Ptr create(C context) = 0;
+
+    /** Create a handler and link it to next */
+    Ptr create(C context, Ptr next) {
+        Ptr h=create(context);
+        h->link(next);
+    }
+};
+
+/** Factory implementation template */
+template <class FH, class C>
+struct HandlerFactoryImpl : public HandlerFactory<typename FH::Type, C> {
+    shared_ptr<Handler<typename FH::Type> > create(C context) {
+        return typename FH::Ptr(new FH(context));
+    }
+};
+
+/** A factory chain is a vector of handler factories used to create
+ * handler chains. The chain does not own the factories.
+ */
+template <class T, class C>
+struct HandlerFactoryChain : public std::vector<HandlerFactory<T,C>* > {
+    typedef typename Handler<T>::Ptr Ptr;
+    
+    /** Create a handler chain, return the first handler.
+     *@param context - passed to each factory.
+     */
+    Ptr create(C context) {
+        return this->create(context, this->begin());
+    }
+
+  private:
+    typedef typename std::vector<HandlerFactory<T,C>*>::iterator iterator;
+    Ptr create(C context, iterator i) {
+        if (i != this->end()) {
+            Ptr h=(*i)->create(context);
+            h->link(create(context, i+1));
+            return h;
+        }
+        return Ptr();
+    }
+};
+
+}}
+
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_FRAMING_HANDLER_H*/