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+//
+// Copyright (c) Chris Glover, 2016.
+//
+//
+// 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)
+//
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_RUNTIME_CAST_STD_SHARED_PTR_CAST_HPP
+#define BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_RUNTIME_CAST_STD_SHARED_PTR_CAST_HPP
+
+/// \file std_shared_ptr_cast.hpp
+/// \brief Contains the overload of boost::typeindex::runtime_pointer_cast for
+/// std::shared_ptr types.
+
+#include <boost/type_index/runtime_cast/detail/runtime_cast_impl.hpp>
+#include <boost/type_traits/is_base_and_derived.hpp>
+#include <memory>
+
+#ifdef BOOST_HAS_PRAGMA_ONCE
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+namespace boost { namespace typeindex {
+
+/// \brief Creates a new instance of std::shared_ptr whose stored pointer is obtained from u's
+/// stored pointer using a runtime_cast.
+///
+/// The new shared_ptr will share ownership with u, except that it is empty if the runtime_cast
+/// performed by runtime_pointer_cast returns a null pointer.
+/// \tparam T The desired target type to return a pointer of.
+/// \tparam U A complete class type of the source instance pointed to from u.
+/// \return If there exists a valid conversion from U* to T*, returns a std::shared_ptr<T>
+/// that points to an address suitably offset from u.
+/// If no such conversion exists, returns std::shared_ptr<T>();
+template<typename T, typename U>
+std::shared_ptr<T> runtime_pointer_cast(std::shared_ptr<U> const& u) {
+    T* value = detail::runtime_cast_impl<T>(u.get(), boost::is_base_and_derived<T, U>());
+    if(value)
+        return std::shared_ptr<T>(u, value);
+    return std::shared_ptr<T>();
+}
+
+}} // namespace boost::typeindex
+
+#endif // BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_RUNTIME_CAST_STD_SHARED_PTR_CAST_HPP