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32             // Author: Marek Szermutzky (MSzermutzky@de.ibm.com) PEP#139 Stage2
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34 a.arora 1.3 //%/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
35             #ifndef Pegasus_CIMClientConnectionManager_h
36             #define Pegasus_CIMClientConnectionManager_h
37             
38             #include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>		// get platform specific definitions
39             #include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>		// for usage of class String out of Pegasus/Common
40             #include <Pegasus/Client/CIMClientRep.h>
41             #include <Pegasus/Client/Linkage.h>
42             
43             PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
44             
45             class PEGASUS_CLIENT_LINKAGE CIMClientConnectionManager
46             {
47             
48             public:
49             
50             	// class constructor
51             	CIMClientConnectionManager() { };
52             	
53             	// virtual class destructor has to be implemented by specific implementation
54             	virtual ~CIMClientConnectionManager() { };
55 a.arora 1.3 
56             	// this function shall return the specified connection (task of specific ClientConnectionManager)
57             	// of no connection is found, return NULL
58             	virtual CIMClientRep* getConnection(
59             								const String& host,
60             								const String& port,
61             								const CIMNamespaceName& nameSpace) = 0;
62             
63             };
64             
65             PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END
66             
67             #endif  // Pegasus_CIMClientConnectionManager_h