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#ifndef Pegasus_CIMAssociationProvider_h
#define Pegasus_CIMAssociationProvider_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Provider/CIMProvider.h>

#include <Pegasus/Common/Array.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMName.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMPropertyList.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMObjectPath.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMInstance.h>
#include <Pegasus/Provider/Linkage.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/**
This class defines the set of methods implemented by an association provider. A providers that derives
from this class must implement all methods. The minimal method implementation simply throw the
NotSupported exception.
*/
class PEGASUS_PROVIDER_LINKAGE CIMAssociationProvider : public virtual CIMProvider
{
public:
    CIMAssociationProvider(void);
    virtual ~CIMAssociationProvider(void);

    /**

    @param context contains security and locale information relevant for the lifetime
    of this operation.

    @param objectName
    @param associationClass
    @param resultClass
    @param role
    @param resultRole
    @param includeQualifiers
    @param includeClassOrigin
    @param propertyList

    @param handler asynchronously processes the results of this operation.

    @exception NotSupported
    @exception InvalidParameter
    */
    virtual void associators(
	const OperationContext & context,
	const CIMObjectPath & objectName,
	const CIMName & associationClass,
	const CIMName & resultClass,
	const String & role,
	const String & resultRole,
	const Boolean includeQualifiers,
	const Boolean includeClassOrigin,
	const CIMPropertyList & propertyList,
	ObjectResponseHandler & handler) = 0;

    /**
    @param context contains security and locale information relevant for the lifetime
    of this operation.

    @param objectName
    @param associationClass
    @param resultClass
    @param role
    @param resultRole

    @param handler asynchronously processes the results of this operation.

    @exception NotSupported
    @exception InvalidParameter
    */
    virtual void associatorNames(
	const OperationContext & context,
	const CIMObjectPath & objectName,
	const CIMName & associationClass,
	const CIMName & resultClass,
	const String & role,
	const String & resultRole,
	ObjectPathResponseHandler & handler) = 0;

    /**
    @param context contains security and locale information relevant for the lifetime
    of this operation.

    @param objectName
    @param resultClass
    @param role
    @param resultRole
    @param includeQualifiers
    @param includeClassOrigin
    @param propertyList

    @param handler asynchronously processes the results of this operation.

    @exception NotSupported
    @exception InvalidParameter
    */
    virtual void references(
	const OperationContext & context,
	const CIMObjectPath & objectName,
	const CIMName & resultClass,
	const String & role,
	const Boolean includeQualifiers,
	const Boolean includeClassOrigin,
	const CIMPropertyList & propertyList,
	ObjectResponseHandler & handler) = 0;

    /**
    @param context contains security and locale information relevant for the lifetime
    of this operation.

    @param objectName
    @param resultClass
    @param role

    @param handler asynchronously processes the results of this operation.

    @exception NotSupported
    @exception InvalidParameter
    */
    virtual void referenceNames(
	const OperationContext & context,
	const CIMObjectPath & objectName,
	const CIMName & resultClass,
	const String & role,
	ObjectPathResponseHandler & handler) = 0;
};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif