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+    /*
+
+    Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Stefan Westerfeld
+                            stefan@space.twc.de
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+  
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+   
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+    */
+
+#ifndef TYPE_H
+#define TYPE_H
+
+#include "arts_export.h"
+#include "buffer.h"
+
+/*
+ * BC - Status (2002-03-08): Type
+ *
+ * Keep binary compatible. DO NOT TOUCH, DO NOT CHANGE.
+ */
+
+namespace Arts {
+
+/**
+ * Base class for the IDL mapping of struct-like types
+ */
+class ARTS_EXPORT Type {
+private:
+	static long _staticTypeCount;
+
+public:
+	inline static long _typeCount() { return _staticTypeCount; }
+	/**
+	 * constructor
+	 */
+	inline Type()
+	{
+		_staticTypeCount++;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * copy constructor
+	 */
+	inline Type(const Type&)
+	{
+		_staticTypeCount++;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * virtual destructor (since we have virtual functions and this stuff
+	 */
+	virtual ~Type();
+
+	/**
+	 * read the type from a stream
+	 */
+	virtual void readType(Buffer& stream) = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * write the type to a stream
+	 */
+	virtual void writeType(Buffer& stream) const = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * type name
+	 */
+	virtual std::string _typeName() const = 0;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif