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/* $Rev$ $Date$ */

#ifndef SETTING_H
#define SETTING_H

#include "commonj/sdo/export.h"

#include "commonj/sdo/Type.h"
#include "commonj/sdo/DataObject.h"
#include "commonj/sdo/SDODate.h"

namespace commonj{
namespace sdo {

    class Property;

     /**  
     * A Setting encapsulates a property and a corresponding single value of 
     * the property's type.
      */

    class Setting
    {
          public:

        Setting(bool set, bool nul, void* invalue, unsigned int len, const Property& p, 
            unsigned int inindex);

        Setting(const Setting& s);

        void copy(const Setting& s);

        Setting& operator=(const Setting& s);


        virtual ~Setting();


         /**  getProperty returns the property set.
         *
         * Returns the property of the Setting.
         * @return the Setting property.
          */
        
        SDO_API const Property& getProperty() const;

        /**  getType returns the type of the property
         *
         * Returns the type of this property. This is the same as
         * getProperty().getType()
          */
        
        SDO_API const Type& getType() const;

        /**  getTypeEnum returns the type enumerator
         *
         * Returns the enum for the type of this property
          */

        SDO_API Type::Types getTypeEnum() const;


         /** get methods get the right type of value from the setting
         *
         *
         * Returns the value of the Setting. This must be of the right type for 
         * Setting value.
          */
        
        SDO_API bool getBooleanValue() const;
        SDO_API char getByteValue() const;
        SDO_API wchar_t getCharacterValue() const;
        SDO_API unsigned int getBytesValue(char* buffer, unsigned int max) const;
        SDO_API unsigned int getStringValue(wchar_t* buffer, unsigned int max) const;
        SDO_API short getShortValue() const;
        SDO_API long getIntValue() const;
        SDO_API int64_t getLongValue() const;
        SDO_API float getFloatValue() const;
        SDO_API long double getDoubleValue() const;
        SDO_API const SDODate getDateValue() const;
        SDO_API const char* getCStringValue() ;
        SDO_API DataObjectPtr getDataObjectValue() const;



         /**  getIndex returns the index in a many-valued property
         *
         * Returns the index  of the Setting, if this is many valued
          */

        SDO_API unsigned int getIndex() const; 


        /**  getLength gives the length of a string or bytes
         *
         * Returns the length of the setting, if this is a String or
         * Bytes type
         */

        SDO_API unsigned int getLength() const ; 
        
        /** isSet returns whether the property WAS set.
         *
         * Returns whether or not the property is set. This value comes from the
         * setting, and tells us whether the property was set before the change
         * occurred.
          */

        SDO_API bool isSet() const;

        /**  isNull is true if the property value WAS null
         *
         * Returns whether or not the property was null beforfe the setting
         * happened.
          */

        SDO_API bool isNull() const;

        private:

            bool bisSet;
            bool bisNull;
            void* value;
            const Property* theProp;
            unsigned int length;
            unsigned int index;
            char* strbuf;
    };
};
};

#endif