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#ifndef COMMAND_H
#define COMMAND_H

#include "apache/das/RefCountingObject.h"

#include "commonj/sdo/DataObject.h"

#include <string>

namespace apache {
	namespace das {

class Command;
typedef RefCountingObject<Command> CommandObject;

/**
 * A Command is used to execute a read or write to a database
 */
class Command : public CommandObject {

	public:
		Command(void);
		virtual ~Command(void);

		/**
		 * Performs the function defined by the command
		 */
		//void execute(void);

		/**
		 * Performs the function defined by the command and return the results in the root DataObject
		 * 
		 * @return the root DataObject
		 */
		virtual commonj::sdo::DataObjectPtr executeQuery(void);
		
};

	};
};

#endif //COMMAND_H