diff --git a/headers/private/app/AppServerLink.h b/headers/private/app/AppServerLink.h
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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//	Copyright (c) 2001-2002, OpenBeOS
+//
+//	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+//	copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+//	to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+//	the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+//	and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+//	Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+//	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+//	all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+//	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+//	IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+//	FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+//	AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+//	LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+//	FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+//	DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+//	File Name:		AppServerLink.h
+//	Author(s):		Erik Jaesler (erik@cgsoftware.com)
+//	Description:	BAppServerLink provides proxied access to the application's
+//					connection with the app_server.  It has BAutolock semantics:
+//					creating one locks the app_server connection; destroying one
+//					unlocks the connection.
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef APPSERVERLINK_H
+#define APPSERVERLINK_H
+
+// Standard Includes -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+// System Includes -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Project Includes ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Local Includes --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Local Defines ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Globals ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class PortLink;
+
+namespace BPrivate {
+
+struct BAppServerLink
+{
+	BAppServerLink();
+	~BAppServerLink();
+
+	void Init();
+
+	PortLink*	portlink;
+};
+
+}	// namespace BPrivate
+
+#endif	//APPSERVERLINK_H
+
+/*
+ * $Log $
+ *
+ * $Id  $
+ *
+ */
+
diff --git a/src/kits/app/AppServerLink.cpp b/src/kits/app/AppServerLink.cpp
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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//	Copyright (c) 2001-2002, OpenBeOS
+//
+//	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+//	copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+//	to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+//	the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+//	and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+//	Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+//	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+//	all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+//	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+//	IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+//	FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+//	AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+//	LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+//	FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+//	DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+//	File Name:		AppServerLink.cpp
+//	Author(s):		Erik Jaesler (erik@cgsoftware.com)
+//	Description:	BAppServerLink provides proxied access to the application's
+//					connection with the app_server.  It has BAutolock semantics:
+//					creating one locks the app_server connection; destroying one
+//					unlocks the connection.
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Standard Includes -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+// System Includes -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Project Includes ------------------------------------------------------------
+#include <AppServerLink.h>
+
+// Local Includes --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Local Defines ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Globals ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace BPrivate {
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+BAppServerLink::BAppServerLink()
+{
+}
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+BAppServerLink::~BAppServerLink()
+{
+}
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void BAppServerLink::Init()
+{
+}
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}	// namespace BPrivate
+
+/*
+ * $Log $
+ *
+ * $Id  $
+ *
+ */
+