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 *                     | |___ / ___ \|  _|      Framework                     *
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 * Copyright 2011-2018 Dominik Charousset                                     *
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#pragma once

#include "caf/detail/core_export.hpp"
#include "caf/fwd.hpp"

namespace caf {

/// Represents an object pointing to a `type_erased_tuple` that
/// is convertible to a `message`
class CAF_CORE_EXPORT message_view {
public:
  virtual ~message_view();

  virtual type_erased_tuple& content() = 0;

  virtual const type_erased_tuple& content() const = 0;

  virtual message move_content_to_message() = 0;

  virtual message copy_content_to_message() const = 0;
};

} // namespace caf
