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#ifndef Pegasus_AssocClassTable_h
#define Pegasus_AssocClassTable_h

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMObjectPath.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/ArrayInternal.h>
#include <Pegasus/Repository/Linkage.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/** Maintains all associations for a given namesspace.
*/
class PEGASUS_REPOSITORY_LINKAGE AssocClassTable
{
public:

    /** Appends a row into the association class table. There is no checking
	for duplicate entries (the caller ensures this). The case of
	the arguments doesn't matter. They are ignored during comparison.
    */
    static void append(
	PEGASUS_STD(ofstream)& os,
	const CIMName& assocClassName,
	const CIMName& fromClassName,
	const CIMName& fromPropertyName,
	const CIMName& toClassName,
	const CIMName& toPropertyName);

    /** Appends a row into the association class table. There is no checking
	for duplicate entries (the caller ensures this). The case of the
	arguments doesn't matter. Case is ignored during comparison.
    */
    static void append(
	const String& path,
	const CIMName& assocClassName,
	const CIMName& fromClassName,
	const CIMName& fromPropertyName,
	const CIMName& toClassName,
	const CIMName& toPropertyName);

    /** Deletes the given association from the table by removing every entry
	with the given assocClassName.
	@returns true if such an association was found.
    */
    static Boolean deleteAssociation(
	const String& path,
	const CIMName& assocClassName);

    /** Finds all associators of the given class. See 
	CIMOperations::associators() for a full description.
    */
    static Boolean getAssociatorNames(
	const String& path,
	const CIMName& className,
        const CIMName& assocClass,
        const CIMName& resultClass,
        const String& role,
        const String& resultRole,
	Array<String>& associatorNames);

    /** Obtain all references (association instance names) in which the
	given class involved. See CIMOperations::associators() for a 
	full description.
    */
    static Boolean getReferenceNames(
	const String& path,
	const CIMName& className,
 	const CIMName& resultClass,
 	const String& role,
	Array<String>& referenceNames);

private:

    AssocClassTable() { /* private */ }
};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_AssocClassTable_h */