// -*- C++ -*-

//=============================================================================
/**
 *  @file    LB_Location_Equal_To.h
 *
 *  $Id$
 *
 *  @author  Ossama Othman <ossama@uci.edu>
 */
//=============================================================================


#ifndef TAO_LB_LOCATION_EQUAL_TO_H
#define TAO_LB_LOCATION_EQUAL_TO_H

#include "ace/pre.h"

#include "ace/config-all.h"

#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
# pragma once
#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */

#include "orbsvcs/LoadBalancingC.h"

/**
 * @class TAO_LB_Location_Equal_To
 *
 * @brief "Equal_To" function object that determines if two location
 *        names are the same.
 *
 * This functor simply does a string comparison of each of the
 * elements in the given TAO_PortableGroup::Location name sequences.
 */
class TAO_LB_Location_Equal_To
{
public:

  /// Perform a string comparison on each of the sequence elements in
  /// the given locations.
  int operator() (const PortableGroup::Location &lhs,
                  const PortableGroup::Location &rhs) const;

};


#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
#include "LB_Location_Equal_To.inl"
#endif  /* __ACE_INLINE__ */

#include "ace/post.h"

#endif  /* TAO_LB_LOCATION_EQUAL_TO_H */