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+#ifndef QPID_MESSAGING_SHUTDOWN_H
+#define QPID_MESSAGING_SHUTDOWN_H
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "qpid/messaging/ImportExport.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace messaging {
+
+/** Shut down the qpid::messaging library, clean up resources and stop background threads.
+ * Note you cannot use any of the qpid::messaging classes or functions after calling this.
+ *
+ * It is is not normally necessary to call this, the library cleans up automatically on process exit.
+ * You can use it to clean up resources early in unusual situations.
+ */
+QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN void shutdown();
+
+}}
+
+#endif // QPID_MESSAGING_SHUTDOWN_H