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--  This package provides mechanisms to attach a PolyORB's Notepad to
--  a thread.

with PolyORB.Annotations;

package PolyORB.Tasking.Threads.Annotations is

   type Thread_Annotations_Factory is abstract tagged limited null record;

   type TAF_Access is access all Thread_Annotations_Factory'Class;

   procedure Register (TAF : TAF_Access);

   function Get_Current_Thread_Notepad
     (TAF : access Thread_Annotations_Factory)
     return PolyORB.Annotations.Notepad_Access
      is abstract;
   --  Return the annotation object associated with current thread. If no
   --  object associated with current thread, allocate new object.

   function Get_Current_Thread_Notepad
     return PolyORB.Annotations.Notepad_Access;

end PolyORB.Tasking.Threads.Annotations;
