1 krisbash 1.1 // Copyright (c) 2005 DMTF.  All rights reserved.
 2                 [Association, Abstract, Aggregation, Version ( "2.6.0" ), 
 3                  UMLPackagePath ( "CIM::Policy" ), 
 4                  Description ( 
 5                     "PolicyActions may be aggregated into rules and into compound "
 6                     "actions. PolicyActionStructure is the abstract aggregation "
 7                     "class for the structuring of policy actions." )]
 8              class CIM_PolicyActionStructure : CIM_PolicyComponent {
 9              
10                    [Aggregate, Override ( "GroupComponent" ), 
11                     Description ( 
12                        "PolicyAction instances may be aggregated into either "
13                        "PolicyRule instances or CompoundPolicyAction instances." )]
14                 CIM_Policy REF GroupComponent;
15              
16                    [Override ( "PartComponent" ), 
17                     Description ( 
18                        "A PolicyAction aggregated by a PolicyRule or CompoundPolicyAction."
19                         )]
20                 CIM_PolicyAction REF PartComponent;
21              
22 krisbash 1.1       [Description ( 
23                        "ActionOrder is an unsigned integer \'n\' that indicates "
24                        "the relative position of a PolicyAction in the sequence "
25                        "of actions associated with a PolicyRule or "
26                        "CompoundPolicyAction. When \'n\' is a positive integer, "
27                        "it indicates a place in the sequence of actions to be "
28                        "performed, with smaller integers indicating earlier "
29                        "positions in the sequence. The special value \'0\' "
30                        "indicates \'don\'t care\'. If two or more PolicyActions "
31                        "have the same non-zero sequence number, they may be "
32                        "performed in any order, but they must all be performed "
33                        "at the appropriate place in the overall action sequence. \n"
34                        "\n"
35                        "A series of examples will make ordering of PolicyActions "
36                        "clearer: \n"
37                        "o If all actions have the same sequence number, "
38                        "regardless of whether it is \'0\' or non-zero, any order "
39                        "is acceptable. \n"
40                        "o The values: \n"
41                        "1:ACTION A \n"
42                        "2:ACTION B \n"
43 krisbash 1.1           "1:ACTION C \n"
44                        "3:ACTION D \n"
45                        "indicate two acceptable orders: A,C,B,D or C,A,B,D, \n"
46                        "since A and C can be performed in either order, but only "
47                        "at the \'1\' position. \n"
48                        "o The values: \n"
49                        "0:ACTION A \n"
50                        "2:ACTION B \n"
51                        "3:ACTION C \n"
52                        "3:ACTION D \n"
53                        "require that B,C, and D occur either as B,C,D or as "
54                        "B,D,C. Action A may appear at any point relative to B, "
55                        "C, and D. Thus the complete set of acceptable orders is: "
56                        "A,B,C,D; B,A,C,D; B,C,A,D; B,C,D,A; A,B,D,C; B,A,D,C; "
57                        "B,D,A,C; B,D,C,A. \n"
58                        "\n"
59                        "Note that the non-zero sequence numbers need not start "
60                        "with \'1\', and they need not be consecutive. All that "
61                        "matters is their relative magnitude." )]
62                 uint16 ActionOrder;
63              
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65              };