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#ifndef _Pegasus_Repository_Closure_h
#define _Pegasus_Repository_Closure_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMClass.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/** This function computes the closure of the given class. The closure of a 
    class includes all classes related in any of the following ways:

        1. Through reflexivity (the class itself).
        2. Through superclass.
        3. Through references.
        4. Through reference parameters.
        5. Through EmbeddedInstance qualifiers.
        6. Through recusive application to classes discovered in 1 to 5.

    The closure is contained in the #closure# parameter upon return.
*/
int Closure(
    const CIMName& className,
    const Array<CIMClass>& classes,
    Array<CIMName>& closure);

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /*_Pegasus_Repository_Closure_h */