#ifndef QPID_SERIALIZER_H
#define QPID_SERIALIZER_H

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#include <boost/type_traits/remove_const.hpp>
#include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_const.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_class.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/add_const.hpp>
#include <algorithm>

namespace qpid {

/**
 * Base class for serializers.
 */
template <class Derived> class Serializer {
  public:
    template <class T>
    typename boost::enable_if<boost::is_class<T>, Derived&>::type
    operator()(T& t) {
        // const_cast so we don't need 2 serialize() members for every class.
        const_cast<typename boost::remove_const<T>::type&>(t).serialize(self());
        return self();
    }

    template <class Iter> Derived& iterate(Iter begin, Iter end) {
        std::for_each(begin, end, self());
        return self();
    }

  private:
    Derived& self() { return *static_cast<Derived*>(this); }
};

} // namespace qpid

#endif  /*!QPID_SERIALIZER_H*/