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+// (C) Copyright Jonathan Turkanis 2003.
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt.)
+
+// See http://www.boost.org/libs/iostreams for documentation.
+
+// Forward declarations of templates defined in traits.hpp.
+
+#ifndef BOOST_IOSTREAMS_IO_TRAITS_FWD_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define BOOST_IOSTREAMS_IO_TRAITS_FWD_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1020)
+# pragma once
+#endif              
+
+#include <iosfwd> // stream types, char_traits.
+
+namespace boost { namespace iostreams {      
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_istream;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_ostream;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_iostream;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_streambuf;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_stringstream;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_stringbuf;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_std_io;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct io_char;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct io_category;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct io_int;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct io_mode;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_device;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_filter;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_direct;
+
+} } // End namespaces iostreams, boost.
+
+#endif // #ifndef BOOST_IOSTREAMS_IO_TRAITS_FWD_HPP_INCLUDED