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+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+set(BOOST_MINREV 1.53)
+
+macro(REQUIRE_BOOST_HEADERS)
+  find_package(Boost ${BOOST_MINREV} QUIET REQUIRED)
+  if (NOT Boost_FOUND)
+    string(CONCAT fatal_message
+	    "Boost 1.53 or later is required to build sources in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR, ${fatal_message})
+  endif()
+  include_directories(SYSTEM "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+endmacro()
+
+macro(REQUIRE_BOOST_LIBRARIES libs)
+  message(STATUS "Locating boost libraries required by sources in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+  find_package(Boost ${BOOST_MINREV} REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${${libs}})
+  if (NOT Boost_FOUND)
+    string(CONCAT fatal_message
+	    "Boost 1.53 or later is required to build sources in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}, "
+	    "or use -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR, ${fatal_message})
+  endif()
+endmacro()