//%2006////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002 BMC Software; Hewlett-Packard Development
// Company, L.P.; IBM Corp.; The Open Group; Tivoli Systems.
// Copyright (c) 2003 BMC Software; Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.;
// IBM Corp.; EMC Corporation, The Open Group.
// Copyright (c) 2004 BMC Software; Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.;
// IBM Corp.; EMC Corporation; VERITAS Software Corporation; The Open Group.
// Copyright (c) 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.; IBM Corp.;
// EMC Corporation; VERITAS Software Corporation; The Open Group.
// Copyright (c) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.; IBM Corp.;
// EMC Corporation; Symantec Corporation; The Open Group.
//
// 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.
//
//==============================================================================

//
// Authors: David Rosckes (rosckes@us.ibm.com)
//          Bert Rivero (hurivero@us.ibm.com)
//          Chuck Carmack (carmack@us.ibm.com)
//          Brian Lucier (lucier@us.ibm.com)
//
// Modified By: Aruran, IBM(ashanmug@in.ibm.com) for Bug# 3588
//
//%/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef Pegasus_CQLChainedIdentifier_h
#define Pegasus_CQLChainedIdentifier_h

#include <Pegasus/CQL/Linkage.h>
//#include <Pegasus/Common/Array.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/ArrayInternal.h>
#include <Pegasus/Query/QueryCommon/QueryChainedIdentifier.h>
#include <Pegasus/CQL/CQLIdentifier.h>

#ifdef PEGASUS_USE_EXPERIMENTAL_INTERFACES

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN 
class CQLFactory;
class CQLChainedIdentifierRep;

/**  
CQLChainedIdentifier class is used for parsing (not resolving)
the identifier portion of a CQL select statement.  
A couple examples of a CQLIdentifier:

  Class.EmbeddedObject.Property[3]
  Class.Property#'OK'


The CQLChainedIdentifier class can parse and return each
 section of a CQL identifier.  The possible sections are:

     class (optional)
     zero or more embedded objects
     property

Note:  this must handle wildcard("*"), embedded objects, arrays, symbolic
constants, etc.
   */
class PEGASUS_CQL_LINKAGE CQLChainedIdentifier : public QueryChainedIdentifier
{
  public:

    CQLChainedIdentifier();
    /**  
	Constructor 
        Parses the string into the various components of a CQL identifier.
	@param  - inString.  The raw string to be parsed into a CQLChainedIdentifier
        @return - None.
        @throws - None.
    */
    CQLChainedIdentifier(const String& inString);
    
    /**  
	The constructor for a CQLChainedIdentifier object.
                                                                                                                                                             
        @param  - id.  The CQLIdentifier to construct this object with.
        @return - None.
        @throws - None.
    */
    CQLChainedIdentifier(const CQLIdentifier & id);
 
    /**
        Copy Constructor
                                                                                                                                                             
        @param  - cid.  The CQLChainedIdentifier to construct this object with.
        @return - None.
        @throws - None.
    */
    CQLChainedIdentifier(const CQLChainedIdentifier& cid);

    /**
        Destructor
                                                                                                                                                             
        @param  - None.
        @return - None.
        @throws - None.
    */
    ~CQLChainedIdentifier();

    /**
        Opertor=
                                                                                                                                                             
        @param  - rhs. Right hand side of assignement operator.
        @return - *this.
        @throws - None.
    */
    CQLChainedIdentifier& operator=(const CQLChainedIdentifier& rhs);

    /**
        Operator[]. Allows indexed access into the CQLChainedIdentifier
                                                                                                                                                             
        @param  - index. Location of data within the CQLChainedIdentifier
        @return - CQLIdentifier.  returns CQLIdentifer() if index is out of bounds.
        @throws - None.
    */
    CQLIdentifier operator[](Uint32 index)const;

    /**
        Gets all of the CQLIdentifiers within the CQLChainedIdentifier
                                                                                                                                                             
        @param  - None.
        @return - Array<CQLIdentifier>.
        @throws - None.
    */
    Array<CQLIdentifier> getSubIdentifiers()const;

    /**
        Gets the last CQLIdentifier in this objects Array of CQLIdentifiers
                                                                                                                                                             
        @param  - None.
        @return - CQLIdentifier.
        @throws - None.
    */
    CQLIdentifier getLastIdentifier()const;
	
    friend class CQLFactory;

  private:

};

/*
#ifndef PEGASUS_ARRAY_T
#define PEGASUS_ARRAY_T CQLChainedIdentifier
#include <Pegasus/Common/ArrayInter.h>
#undef PEGASUS_ARRAY_T
#endif
*/

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END
#endif
#endif /* Pegasus_CQLChainedIdentifier_h */