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28           //==============================================================================
29           //
30           // Author: Mike Brasher (mbrasher@bmc.com)
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32 kumpf 1.4 // Modified By: Carol Ann Krug Graves, Hewlett-Packard Company
33           //                (carolann_graves@hp.com)

34 mike  1.2 //
35           //%/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
36           
37           #ifndef Pegasus_WQLPropertySource_h
38           #define Pegasus_WQLPropertySource_h
39           
40           #include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>

41 kumpf 1.4 #include <Pegasus/Common/CIMName.h>

42 mike  1.2 #include <Pegasus/WQL/Linkage.h>
43           #include <Pegasus/WQL/WQLOperand.h>
44           
45           PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
46           
47           /** This class must be implemented to provide a source of properties for the
48               WQLSelectStatement::evaluateWhereClause() method which calls methods of
49               this class to obtain real values for property names used in the where
50               clause.
51           */
52           class PEGASUS_WQL_LINKAGE WQLPropertySource
53           {
54           public:
55           
56               /** Virtual destructor.
57               */
58               virtual ~WQLPropertySource();
59           
60               /** Returns the value whose property has the given name. The output
61           	parameter value is populated with the value of that parameter.
62           	Note that only integer, double, and string types are supported
63 mike  1.2 	(see the WQLOperand class). The implementer of this method must
64           	perform appropriate conversions to the appropriate type.
65           
66           	@param propertyName name of property to be gotten.
67           	@param value holds the value of the property upon return.
68           	@return true if such a property was found and false otherwise.
69               */
70               virtual Boolean getValue(

71 kumpf 1.4 	const CIMName& propertyName, 

72 mike  1.2 	WQLOperand& value) const = 0;
73           };
74           
75           PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END
76           
77           #endif /* Pegasus_WQLPropertySource_h */