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+// Copyright 2003 The Trustees of Indiana University.
+
+// Use, modification and distribution is subject to 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)
+
+//  Shared container iterator adaptor 
+//  Author: Ronald Garcia
+//  See http://boost.org/libs/utility/shared_container_iterator.html 
+//  for documentation. 
+
+//
+// shared_iterator_test.cpp - Regression tests for shared_container_iterator.
+//
+
+
+#include "boost/shared_container_iterator.hpp"
+#include "boost/shared_ptr.hpp"
+#include <vector>
+#include <cassert>
+
+struct resource {
+  static int count;
+  resource() { ++count; }
+  resource(resource const&) { ++count; }
+  ~resource() { --count; }
+};
+int resource::count = 0;
+
+typedef std::vector<resource> resources_t;
+
+typedef boost::shared_container_iterator< resources_t > iterator;
+
+
+void set_range(iterator& i, iterator& end)  {
+
+  boost::shared_ptr< resources_t > objs(new resources_t());
+
+  for (int j = 0; j != 6; ++j)
+    objs->push_back(resource());
+  
+  i = iterator(objs->begin(),objs);
+  end = iterator(objs->end(),objs);
+  assert(resource::count == 6);
+}
+
+
+int main() {
+
+  assert(resource::count == 0);
+  
+  {
+    iterator i;
+    {
+      iterator end;
+      set_range(i,end);
+      assert(resource::count == 6);
+    }
+    assert(resource::count == 6);
+  }
+  assert(resource::count == 0);
+  
+  return 0;
+}