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// Author: Chip Vincent (cvincent@us.ibm.com)
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#ifndef Pegasus_ResponseHandler_h
#define Pegasus_ResponseHandler_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/Array.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

template<class object_type>
class ResponseHandler
{
public:
//    enum ProcessingClass { POLL, SIGNAL };
//    enum FilteringClass { INDISCRETE, DISCRETIONARY };

      /** ATTN:
      */
      ResponseHandler(void) {};

      /** ATTN:
      */
      virtual ~ResponseHandler(void) {};

      /** ATTN:
      */
      virtual void deliver(const object_type & object) = 0;

      /** ATTN:
      */
      virtual void deliver(const Array<object_type> & objects) = 0;

      /** ATTN:
      */
      virtual void reserve(const Uint32 size) = 0;
//    virtual CIMPredicate *processing(
//	 ProcessingClass pc = POLL,
//	 FilteringClass fc = INDISCRETE ) = 0;

      /** ATTN:
      */
      virtual void processing(void) = 0;

      /** ATTN:
      */
      virtual void complete(void) = 0;

};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif