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+// **********************************************************************
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2003-2006 ZeroC, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This copy of Ice is licensed to you under the terms described in the
+// ICE_LICENSE file included in this distribution.
+//
+// **********************************************************************
+
+#ifndef ICE_PROTOCOL_H
+#define ICE_PROTOCOL_H
+
+#include <Ice/Config.h>
+
+namespace IceInternal
+{
+
+//
+// Size of the Ice protocol header
+//
+// Magic number (4 Bytes)
+// Protocol version major (Byte)
+// Protocol version minor (Byte)
+// Encoding version major (Byte)
+// Encoding version minor (Byte)
+// Message type (Byte)
+// Compression status (Byte)
+// Message size (Int)
+//
+const ::Ice::Int headerSize = 14;
+
+//
+// The magic number at the front of each message
+//
+extern const ::Ice::Byte magic[4];
+
+//
+// The current Ice protocol and encoding version
+//
+const ::Ice::Byte protocolMajor = 1;
+const ::Ice::Byte protocolMinor = 0;
+const ::Ice::Byte encodingMajor = 1;
+const ::Ice::Byte encodingMinor = 0;
+
+//
+// The Ice protocol message types
+//
+const ::Ice::Byte requestMsg = 0;
+const ::Ice::Byte requestBatchMsg = 1;
+const ::Ice::Byte replyMsg = 2;
+const ::Ice::Byte validateConnectionMsg = 3;
+const ::Ice::Byte closeConnectionMsg = 4;
+
+//
+// The request header, batch request header and reply header.
+//
+extern const ::Ice::Byte requestHdr[headerSize + sizeof(Ice::Int)];
+extern const ::Ice::Byte requestBatchHdr[headerSize + sizeof(Ice::Int)];
+extern const ::Ice::Byte replyHdr[headerSize];
+
+}
+
+#endif