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//
// Header for a class to generate CIMValue objects from String values
//

#ifndef _VALUEFACTORY_H_
#define _VALUEFACTORY_H_

#include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMValue.h>

PEGASUS_USING_PEGASUS;
PEGASUS_USING_STD;

// The valueFactory builds a CIMValue object given an indication of
// whether this is a Array type, the CIM type to be coerced, and
// a String representation of the value.
//
class PEGASUS_COMPILER_LINKAGE valueFactory  {
 public:
  static unsigned long Stoi(const String &s);
  static CIMValue * createValue(CIMType::Tag type, int arrayDimension,
                             Boolean isNull,
			     const String *rep);
};

#endif