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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ *  $RCSfile: TestEnv.cxx,v $
+ *
+ *  $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *
+ *  last change: $Author: kz $ $Date: 2007-05-09 13:26:30 $
+ *
+ *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to
+ *  the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.
+ *
+ *
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *    =============================================
+ *    Copyright 2005 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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+ *
+ *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *    License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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+ *    MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#include "cppu/EnvDcp.hxx"
+
+#include "cppu/helper/purpenv/Environment.hxx"
+#include "cppu/helper/purpenv/Mapping.hxx"
+
+
+
+#define LOG_LIFECYCLE_TestEnv
+#ifdef LOG_LIFECYCLE_TestEnv
+#  include <iostream>
+#  define LOG_LIFECYCLE_TestEnv_emit(x) x
+
+#else
+#  define LOG_LIFECYCLE_TestEnv_emit(x)
+
+#endif
+
+
+class SAL_DLLPRIVATE TestEnv : public cppu::Enterable
+{
+    int m_inCount;
+
+    virtual  ~TestEnv();
+
+public:
+    explicit  TestEnv();
+
+protected:
+    virtual void v_enter(void);
+    virtual void v_leave(void);
+
+    virtual void v_callInto_v(uno_EnvCallee * pCallee, va_list param);
+    virtual void v_callOut_v (uno_EnvCallee * pCallee, va_list param);
+
+    virtual int  v_isValid   (rtl::OUString * pReason);
+};
+
+TestEnv::TestEnv()
+    : m_inCount(0)
+{
+    LOG_LIFECYCLE_TestEnv_emit(fprintf(stderr, "LIFE: %s -> %p\n", "TestEnv::TestEnv(...)", this));
+}
+
+TestEnv::~TestEnv(void)
+{
+    LOG_LIFECYCLE_TestEnv_emit(fprintf(stderr, "LIFE: %s -> %p\n", "TestEnv::~TestEnv(void)", this));
+}
+
+
+void TestEnv::v_callInto_v(uno_EnvCallee * pCallee, va_list param)
+{
+    ++ m_inCount;
+    pCallee(param);
+    -- m_inCount;
+}
+
+void TestEnv::v_callOut_v(uno_EnvCallee * pCallee, va_list param)
+{
+    -- m_inCount;
+    pCallee(param);
+    ++ m_inCount;
+}
+
+void TestEnv::v_enter(void)
+{
+    ++ m_inCount;
+}
+
+void TestEnv::v_leave(void)
+{
+    -- m_inCount;
+}
+
+int  TestEnv::v_isValid(rtl::OUString * pReason)
+{
+    int result = m_inCount & 1;
+
+    if (result)
+        *pReason = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("OK"));
+
+    else
+        *pReason = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("not entered/invoked"));
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+extern "C" void SAL_CALL uno_initEnvironment(uno_Environment * pEnv) SAL_THROW_EXTERN_C()
+{
+    cppu::helper::purpenv::Environment_initWithEnterable(pEnv, new TestEnv());
+}
+
+extern "C" void uno_ext_getMapping(uno_Mapping     ** ppMapping,
+                                   uno_Environment  * pFrom,
+                                   uno_Environment  * pTo )
+{
+    cppu::helper::purpenv::createMapping(ppMapping, pFrom, pTo);
+}
+