//%LICENSE////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Licensed to The Open Group (TOG) under one or more contributor license
// agreements.  Refer to the OpenPegasusNOTICE.txt file distributed with
// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
// Each contributor licenses this file to you under the OpenPegasus Open
// Source License; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
// License.
//
// 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.
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
//%/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef Pegasus_Union_h
#define Pegasus_Union_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

struct StringRep;

/** This union is used to represent the values of properties, qualifiers,
    method return values, and method arguments. All of the types
    defined in CIMType.h are represented by a Union. The
    Union is used as the the basis for the CIMValue implementation.
*/
union Union
{
    Boolean _booleanValue;
    Uint8 _uint8Value;
    Sint8 _sint8Value;
    Uint16 _uint16Value;
    Sint16 _sint16Value;
    Uint32 _uint32Value;
    Sint32 _sint32Value;
    Uint64 _uint64Value;
    Sint64 _sint64Value;
    Real32 _real32Value;
    Real64 _real64Value;
    Uint16 _char16Value;
    char _stringValue[sizeof(void*)];
    char _dateTimeValue[sizeof(void*)];
    char _referenceValue[sizeof(void*)];
    char _objectValue[sizeof(void*)];
    char _instanceValue[sizeof(void*)];

    char _booleanArray[sizeof(void*)];
    char _uint8Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _sint8Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _uint16Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _sint16Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _uint32Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _sint32Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _uint64Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _sint64Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _real32Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _real64Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _char16Array[sizeof(void*)];
    char _stringArray[sizeof(void*)];
    char _dateTimeArray[sizeof(void*)];
    char _referenceArray[sizeof(void*)];
    char _objectArray[sizeof(void*)];
    char _instanceArray[sizeof(void*)];
    void* _voidPtr;
};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_Union_h */