1 karl  1.1.2.2 // Copyright (c) 2009 DMTF.  All rights reserved.
 2                  [Association, Version ( "2.22.0" ), 
 3                   UMLPackagePath ( "CIM::Core::CoreElements" ), 
 4                   Description ( 
 5                      "CIM_OrderedDependency is used to establish a relationship "
 6                      "between a ManagedElement and its dependencies. Each dependency "
 7                      "is an Antecedent reference and the order in which the "
 8                      "dependencies need to be resolved is indicated by the "
 9                      "AssignedSequence property. \n"
10                      "For example, if this association is used to arrange "
11                      "dependencies of a software in a hierarchical order, then this "
12                      "specifies the sequence in which the dependencies need to be "
13                      "installed prior to installing the software." )]
14               class CIM_OrderedDependency : CIM_Dependency {
15               
16                     [Description ( 
17                         "AssignedSequence is an unsigned integer \'n\' that "
18                         "indicates the relative order of ManagedElement "
19                         "instances. When \'n\' is a positive integer, it "
20                         "indicates a place in the sequence of members, with "
21                         "smaller integers indicating earlier positions in the "
22 karl  1.1.2.2           "sequence. The special value \'0\' indicates \'don\'t "
23                         "care\'. If two or more members have the same non-zero "
24                         "sequence number, then the ordering between those members "
25                         "is irrelevant, but they must all be ordered at the "
26                         "appropriate place in the overall sequence. \n"
27                         "\n"
28                         "A series of examples will make ordering of members "
29                         "clearer: \n"
30                         "If all members have the same sequence number, \n"
31                         "regardless of whether it is \'0\' or non-zero, any \n"
32                         "order is acceptable. \n"
33                         "o The values: \n"
34                         "1:MEMBER A \n"
35                         "2:MEMBER B \n"
36                         "1:MEMBER C \n"
37                         "3:MEMBER D \n"
38                         "indicate two acceptable orders: A,C,B,D or C,A,B,D, \n"
39                         "since A and C can be ordered in either sequence, but \n"
40                         "only at the \'1\' position. \n"
41                         "\n"
42                         "Note that the non-zero sequence numbers need not start "
43 karl  1.1.2.2           "with \'1\', and they need not be consecutive. All that "
44                         "matters is their relative magnitude." )]
45                  uint64 AssignedSequence;
46               
47               
48               };