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28             //==============================================================================
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30             // Author: Marek Szermutzky (MSzermutzky@de.ibm.com) PEP#139 Stage2
31             //
32 a.arora 1.3 //%/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
33             #ifndef Pegasus_CIMClientConnectionManager_h
34             #define Pegasus_CIMClientConnectionManager_h
35             
36             #include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>		// get platform specific definitions
37             #include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>		// for usage of class String out of Pegasus/Common
38             #include <Pegasus/Client/CIMClientRep.h>
39             #include <Pegasus/Client/Linkage.h>
40             
41             PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
42             
43             class PEGASUS_CLIENT_LINKAGE CIMClientConnectionManager
44             {
45             
46             public:
47             
48             	// class constructor
49             	CIMClientConnectionManager() { };
50             	
51             	// virtual class destructor has to be implemented by specific implementation
52             	virtual ~CIMClientConnectionManager() { };
53 a.arora 1.3 
54             	// this function shall return the specified connection (task of specific ClientConnectionManager)
55             	// of no connection is found, return NULL
56             	virtual CIMClientRep* getConnection(
57             								const String& host,
58             								const String& port,
59             								const CIMNamespaceName& nameSpace) = 0;
60             
61             };
62             
63             PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END
64             
65             #endif  // Pegasus_CIMClientConnectionManager_h