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+/*]  Copyright (c) 2009-2010, Charles McGarvey  [**************************
+**]  All rights reserved.
+*
+* vi:ts=4 sw=4 tw=75
+*
+* Distributable under the terms and conditions of the 2-clause BSD license;
+* see the file COPYING for a complete text of the license.
+*
+**************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _MOOF_BACKEND_HH_
+#define _MOOF_BACKEND_HH_
+
+/**
+ * \file backend.hh
+ * Initialize the backend libraries and subsystems.
+ */
+
+
+namespace moof {
+
+
+/**
+ * Some classes and subsystems require certain backend libraries to be
+ * initialized.  This is the mechanism to accomplish that.  Classes which
+ * rely on any backend libraries just need to instantiate this class as a
+ * member.  Backend cleanup will occur automagically when there are no more
+ * instances.
+ */
+class backend
+{
+public:
+
+	/**
+	 * Construct a backend reference, initializing the backend if it hasn't
+	 * already been initialized.
+	 */
+	backend();
+
+	/**
+	 * Get whether or not the backend has been initialized.
+	 * \return True if the backend is initialized, false otherwise.
+	 */
+	static bool is_initialized();
+
+
+	// The rest of this stuff is to implement the reference counting.
+
+	backend(const backend& backend);
+	backend& operator=(const backend& backend);
+	~backend();
+};
+
+
+} // namespace moof
+
+#endif // _MOOF_BACKEND_HH_
+