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+/*
+* Library Initialization
+* (C) 1999-2008 Jack Lloyd
+*
+* Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
+*/
+
+#ifndef BOTAN_LIBRARY_INITIALIZER_H__
+#define BOTAN_LIBRARY_INITIALIZER_H__
+
+#include <botan/build.h>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Botan {
+
+/**
+* This class represents the Library Initialization/Shutdown Object. It
+* has to exceed the lifetime of any Botan object used in an
+* application.  You can call initialize/deinitialize or use
+* LibraryInitializer in the RAII style.
+*/
+class BOTAN_DLL LibraryInitializer
+   {
+   public:
+      /**
+      * Initialize the library
+      * @param options a string listing initialization options
+      */
+      static void initialize(const std::string& options = "");
+
+      /**
+      * Shutdown the library
+      */
+      static void deinitialize();
+
+      /**
+      * Initialize the library
+      * @param options a string listing initialization options
+      */
+      LibraryInitializer(const std::string& options = "")
+         { LibraryInitializer::initialize(options); }
+
+      ~LibraryInitializer() { LibraryInitializer::deinitialize(); }
+   };
+
+}
+
+#endif