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/** @name CIM Objects in Pegasus

The Common Information model (CIM) consists of a number of basic objects

defined in the CIM specification. This includes:

<UL>

<LI>Classes \Ref{CLASS}

<LI>Instances of Classes \Rf{REFERENCE}

<LI>Qualifiers \Ref{QUALIFIER}

<LI>Properties

<LI>Methods

<LI>Arrays

</UL>

Pegasus implements representations of these objects in C++ classes and

provides methods for creation, manipulation, and deletion of the objects.

In addition, Pegasus implements a number of the key concepts built into CIM as objects including:

<UL>

<LI> Scope

<LI> Flavor

<LI>Object Path

<LI>etc.

</UL>

Much of the programming of the Pegasus object broker, clients, and in particular providers and service extensions in the Pegasus envrinment depends on the use of these C++ representations of CIM Objects and concepts.

Each Pegasus CIM C++ Object representation includes:

<UL>

<LI>TConstructors and destructors

<LI>Methods for manipulation of sub-objects. Thus, the class and instance classes provide for manipulation of the property, qualifier, and method objects that are contained in these classes.

<LI>Methods for finding sub-objects. Thus, the class and instance classes provide for finding property, qualifier, and method objects within an instnace of a CIMClass or CIMInstance. These methods are generally built around defining the name of the object to be found and having an index to that object returned.

<LI>Methods for comparison

<LI>Methods for cloning

<LI>Methods to convert the object to XML

<LI>Methods to convert the object to MOF (Planned)

</UL>

There is a class for every major CIM object and concept as shown in the table in \Ref{CIM Object Table}

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