text: // Copyright (c) 2019 by Robert Bosch GmbH. All rights reserved.
  //
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  #pragma once
  
  #include "iceoryx_posh/capro/service_description.hpp"
  #include "iceoryx_posh/iceoryx_posh_types.hpp"
  #include "iceoryx_posh/internal/popo/interface_port.hpp"
  
  #include <memory>
  
  namespace iox
  {
  namespace capro
  {
  struct CaproMessage;
  }
  namespace popo
  {
  class InterfacePort;
  
  /// @brief Generic gateway for communication events
  class GatewayGeneric
  {
    public:
      using CaproMessage = capro::CaproMessage;
  
      /// @brief Constructor for creating generic gateway based on type of interface
      /// @param[in] f_interface Type of interface
      GatewayGeneric(const Interfaces f_interface) noexcept;
  
      GatewayGeneric& operator=(const GatewayGeneric& other) = delete;
      GatewayGeneric(const GatewayGeneric& other) = delete;
  
      /// @brief Get function for type of capro message - service or event or field
      /// @param[in] msg Type of caro message
      bool getCaProMessage(CaproMessage& msg) noexcept;
  
    protected:
      // needed for unit testing
      GatewayGeneric() noexcept
      {
      }
  
    protected:
      InterfacePort m_interfaceImpl{nullptr};
  };
  
  } // namespace popo
  } // namespace iox
  